The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-07-28
oulDA ON MEAT EATING.
She consIdersI II ObJectlonableF From
an Esthetic Point of View.

She considersIt ObJectlonableF From
an Esthetic Point of View.
Ihave all my life thought that meat
eating was Objectionable from the
aesthetic point of view. Even as q
child the fashion of handing around q
huge gross piece on an enormous dish
revolted my sense of beauty, and /
was delighted when, onmy first visit to
England, small and thin slice of beef
was unobtrusively shown to me be-
hind my left shoulder, to be accepted
or rejected ad libitum. Iquite agree
with Lord Byron, who said he would
not marry u girl because she had asked
for two helps OF lobster salad, though
il beefsteak had been substituted |
should understand it better still.
The biftek q Panglalse, which seems
to be the only idea q foreign waiter ever
has when he is asked to suggest some
thing to eat to English speaking tray
ellers, is simply piece of hot raw
meat, far more fit for the geological
gardens than for human food; for,
despite of constant and sometimes
indignant disclaimers, it is generally
| believed on the Continent that it
forms the staple food of the British ma
tion-that the strong limbs of the
men, the lovely compilations OF the
girls and the bright eyes of the chill
dren are entirely due to this nourish-
ment, and anxious mothers offamilies
abroad are constantly impressing up
on their offspring and everybody else
about them the utility and necessity
of this panacea, if they wish to be in
good health and feel fit and strong.
1t is q curious fact that in places
where this regimen ofviande saignante
is followed anemia is very frequent.
have been told, though have not
real it myself, she writes in the
Nineteenth Century, that somebody
has written q description Of town
where the whole population was
vegetarian. The change this would
make in all the sights and smells is
far greater than we at first imagine.
The CHASTITY butchers shops which
meet one at every turn appear to me
an incongruity, not to say more, in
this civilized age. They would dis
appear, as we'll as the fish-mongers',
which are hardly any better. Then
there are the sausage shops, which,
in Southern countries, prosecute one
with their pungent odor. How often
have l been driven away while admir-
ing the facade of an old palazzo or the
portico of an ancient church by the
emanatione of the terrible pizzicheria
half way down The street.
Another dr.. ad sight which meets
our eyes abroad, especially in Ger
many and Austria, where much veal is
eaten, are the slaughtered calves pa
raded about the streets, q dozen or
two of them hanging over the sides of
the cart. There can be little doubt,
too, that our kitchens and dining
rooms would be far sweeter and more
attractive if no animal food was ever
brought into them. The eggs certain
ly would be gamers, and our olfactory
senses, to. In pictures and in poetry
the tables are laid out with luscious
fruit and sparkling wines whenever
charming and pleasant scenes are to
be conjured up before our minds.
When coarseness and discomfort are
portrayed "men brought in whole
hogs and quarter beeves, and all the
hall was dim with steam of flesh"