Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12
DIETeTIGS IN ENGLAND.
Tho Higher Life People Who Eat No
Meat.

Meat.
Especial Corrrspoudencel
NEw YORK, Sept 6.-My friend Louise has
just returned from Europe, has been away
six months or more, and has learned no end
of interesting things. don't know whether
Louise is a thcosophist or not, because they
say that thcosophiStS, real good ones, never
advertise themselves rs such. Louise, how
ever, always knows all about the new things
talked about among tho people who are
little ahead of the rest Of US; and while abroad
she met several Of the ChClaS, Gurus, NUNS
and Rishccs who write the remarkable things
that We read over here, with bulging eyes
She had the pleasure of knowing several
modern Pythago and women who
not only believe i'll prc-exiStence, but az
tually remember enough OF their last em-
boiiment to fix their identity For instance,
one man, celebrated preacher, calmly said
that he knew his previous personality per
fectly but rs he did not particularize my
friend did not inquire DR.. Anna Kings
ford is another who remembers her
past, or is said to- She is a remark
able woman in all respects, the au-
thor of many excellent books, among
them The Perfect Way" and The Perfect
Way in Dict" and is also the leader of the
opposition To viviScctiun i'll England. A
thorough Buddhist is she i'll the matter of
diet and regard for ali forms of life. She
eats no flesh whatever. and carries her theoriOs
against the slaughter of animals to the point
of wearing vegetable shoes, eschewing
leather altogether. ThCSe shoes, as described,
are something new and extraordinary, but
have not yet reached our mur,ierOus shores.
SOlCS and all are constructed of some fabric
made from plants. instead of the skins OF
beasts They are said To look like leather,
have the quality of endurance, and cost
enough to make them popular with the best
sn"iUty." which sees no merit i'll anything not
expensive. They are vegetable, certainly;
hut the vegetable fibre is first made into
paper. then pressed into a counterfeit of
leather.
Neither will DR.. KingSford wear feathers
or furs, or any article of use or ornament
which is procured by the destruction of its
original and only legitimate owner. She is
the founder of the IIermetic society, an
organization made up principally of English
thcnSnphiStS, who wish to investigate occult
subjects AMI acquire spiritual riches from a
western StandpOint-that Is, untrammelad by
nny absurd revere>ce for Indian wisdom,
simply because it is Indian. Ii is whispered
about among DIR. kmssfOrd's friends that she
is Lady Jane Grey, rcIncarnated She Is
very learned. and acquired her learning by
the intuitOnal method, which we are told by
the seers and wise ones of the east is the true
way and the perfect way, and the one that
will finally suppl3nt the long, tedious tire
some process of coming DER and DER now in
vogue
Dr. KingSford has many followers Of
have sprung up all over London, and meat is
ruled ont by the higher life people altogether.
These anti-meat people call their diet the
V E. N, which being interpreted is, "Eege-
tables, eggs, milk Some there are who
draw the line on eggs. One doctor has given
himself up wholly TO the fight against eggs as
an article of diet He says they are too con-
centrated altogether
Nv friend saws that all the V. F. NJ people
whom she met, with the exception of DIR.
Anna kinSSford. are sallow, unwholesome
looking creatures, and that the cooking in
the vegetarian restaurants Is the worst in the
world WHY the meat denouncers should be
sallow and thin | can't imagine. Their food
is surely more refined than that Of the car
uivora- An English lady in this country told
me that she had been II follower of the vegc-
tartan rules for some time but was forced to
abandon them because she found herself
rowing SO sensitive i'll mind as well as body
hat she could not come in contact with
Dthcrs without suffering. She learned, she
10 her before they opened their lips; and TO
know, without a word. often, what they were
thinking of. This is exactly what the striverS
after spiritual light claim for their diet and
why they adopt it. They want to refine
themselves i'll body and soul; to cultivate the
sixth sense said to DO in us all, but undevel-
oped because of our intensely materialistic
lives
Some of the English-Indian literature on
diet is deliCiously clear and irresiStibly allur-
ing. For instance, we are told that our
NUNS and Rishees have divided human fool
ami drink into three claSSes-Sathic, Rajasic
and Tama>ic. II we want to make progress
i'll Satwaguna we must register in the first
class. The othertwo classes develop Ra jas
and TsmaS altogether, anil aS everybody can
S'e nt n glance We can never climb spiritually
if we have such qualities. All food of the
first class starts one into Daiba Sampada,
while that of the second and third class
pushes one inevitably into Ashuric Sampada.
That being the wlSe, who would take the con-
sequences of Athurr. Sampada for the sake
of tickling his appetite, Not l. Who
wouldn't develop Satwagma ut all costSt
One author recommends pure and simple
COWS milk, some vegetable foods and fresh
fruits All, but we cannot all own pure
and simple cows and must take our milk
diluted, chalked. or otherwise manipulated
As the milkman sees fit. Any one who eats
RajaSic or Tamasic food acquires n thirst
after terrestrial happiness and enjoyment
which is never satisfied, hut ever increases
With that awful result before our eyes, who
would hunger for such deadly disheSf
NV friend also saw Mr. Sinnctt, author OF
"ESoteIlC Buddhism and reports him as far
less interesting than his hooks which is often
the way with authors. Mohin Chaturgi the
Hindu who writes much lofty thecsophisal
literature. was also known to Louise She
says he looks like an ChStrastion. One can't
think of him as an embodiment. He never
shakes hands with any one. Thinks it is all
unspiritual fOIm of salutation. He is not a
psychic, though Chela of high degree, He
wears the costume of the upper class Hindu,
and has it made Of black velvet for evening,
and he speaks English cxquisiteIy
GERTRUDE GARRISON.