The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-06-05
ExTRAvAeANzAs

many curious notions prevail, and they
peryade every department in life. From
the sports of children to the gravest
pursuits of mature age there is spirit
of droll innovation that bewilders one
who acts as connecting link between
the present and the past. From Kinder
garten to cremation it is all very strange
60 the old timer, and the novelty is be-
dazzling. Chickens are made by steam;
conversation is carried on between per-
sons hundreds of miles away, orally;
the old-fashioned hell, with its brim-
stone and fire, where hot lead was
labeled out, has been metamorphosed
into place of departed spirits; all the
rugged paths Of life have become
smooth shaver lawns, and wealth so &C.
cumuiated that the laboring man Of to-
day enjoys more Of the comforts of life
than the baron OF few generations
past, The lantern of the Genii
has been rubbed and Aladdin
has cast Its full refulgence
on the leat quarter of the nineteenth
century.
But orc Of the most noticeable ex-
travsgancies of the present age crops
out in tho commonplace line Of diet. a
scientific gentleman lately promulgated
atheoTy somewhat startling, to tho Of
feet that crazy people, being no longer
useful to the world or agreeabSe 70
themselves, ought to be murdered. II
was only a few months since this Gallo
| characterization was launched, and ii
did not fOat lightly on the wave Of pop
ulGr taste. But now comes another Of
tho gems naturalist and deliberately
proposes for the world diet OF bugs.
This freethinking bug-eater has many
specious reasonC to assign for the sub
stitution of this delectable msstioatiOn,
and is evidently strongly impressed
with the importance Of his suggestions.
He says lOcusts have been long az
Eastern item o. dietation and wants TO
know why spiders and reaches may not
equally be 80 considered and
used. To tho fair sex no espe-
cially appeals, and lures them
into respectful consideration of
his theory by reciting the fact that Cir
cassian wocon, who are the most beau
tiful and long-haired in the world, live
principally on these locusts The
charms of the voice may be wonder
fully enhGaced, too, by such te BILE
habit, and TO prove it he adduces the IL
Illustration of the sweetest natural war
blers-the hooking bird and nightin.
gale, which live exclusively on insects.
lie even seems to think that their
clothes would be improved, 40 ne al
ludes to the fact that the bright plumage
of the birds which feed on bugs is in
glazing contrast with the rough coating
of crows, buzZards and such other com.
mon species of the aviary which live on
vegetable grub. This is very attract
i've feature in the proposed regimen, but
there are young ladies known to the
HERALD who. 1t honestly believes,
would prefer living in comparative sim
plicity rather than have either voice,
complexion or wardrobe intensified in
excellence by continued dict
of doodle bugs, ants, flies, spiders,
katydids, or even locusts themselves.
But another reason for advancing his
theory the originator draws from tho
broad field OF practical sability. How
masy bugs there are in this world at
Ia full of them" said he, Sand IL utilized
al articles of food how easy it would DO
for any person with ordinary exertion to
supply himself with meal at once and
by hand" Same of these insects are
troublesome, too, as the mosquito and
the fly, and their numbers by the con-
slant depreciation upon them would be
sensibly disminished. There is some
truth in all this, and If some species
were removed from the menu advanced
thinkers might be persuaded into the
role Of active subscribers TO the doc
trinei bat rs long as the whole tribe is
included, not emitting some whose
operations are confined to,acrobatic pro.
ceedings, the HERALD must profess a
conservatism which ii would seem i'm
possible TO overcome. The Chicago
Times seriously attacks the ACCESSIBILITY
of urging the new system at the pres.
ent, but does not fully commit itself ia
future opposition.