Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-08
VEGETARIAN FARE.
a WOMAN WHO EATS NO MEAT AND
LIVES ON $3.50 a WEEK.

thing About Those Who lat Meat
whyi. It there nrc only abon, 200
vcgctarians in New YORK city, l,.4 thnu
The numbor In either Boston or ChIc.qp.
In tho latter ci,y visit 90 thoautuinary
meat packing csinblis hm,n, have driven
people 10 % u1unent diet. and thrro isn
largo and increasing cla.s that fura.
upon Ice fruits, nuts aud leaves oi the
earth
These facts were communicated 90 me
the other day by MIR. L1 Fayro. ti,e
leader of Sew York; vegetarian
900 She has not eaton meat for
four years. A dict Of nuts, fruits aud
seeds she claims II moro wholesome and
much cheaper than one composed ui
flesh. Her thirty day experiment OF
living ON her fsyoriie foods 90 tho lowe,
possible cost was recently sold Of. sha
brought hor table board down 90 St.tJa
week. She claims thal with this she
committed many gnsirouomIol,rx'rava.
rancos aud that tho price eau be- sdn
further pared down.
Mrs. 10 Fnyrc goes lii,lo further
than most vegetarian .n discarlins
rootB and leaves altogether. Tho hum.
bic potato. the sncculcDt lettuce aud tho
A1mciy cabbage are not 10 bo found
upon her bill Of fare, nor will sho var.
take Of fudishcs. turnip', carrots on tine
many itrms usually 90 we'll rolish,l
that como und1r the head u roots ur
leave.
She thinks that they arc % very Door
class Of nuurishmcnt and intended only
for horses aud pigs. though under
vegetarian dispcusation what the pig,
arc intended for It would hc difficult 10
say. some OF tho propriaioa Vt ,tgr.
tartan sanitariums WHO hud potatoes
SOMEWHAT cheap and excessively filling
for their patients take issue with her VI
these points.
don't think that Mrs 10 Favre Is
very hearty eater, as eaters eu but fh1
b. very well nOur.shcd nul docs q yast
amount Of work Tor the fuel thr con.
sumos, l doubt u any meat eater OF uiy
acquaintance can do mOIJ Labor Of brain
or muscle than she.
For her breakfast sho oats cereal
food, granuln, whoatcul, rice on corn.
OF ouo 81 lhcao things sha takes table.
spoonful ana % half, cusuu. perhaps ono
cent and cooks IL. Then she has o cup
OF cuiiec, costing about one cent more,
aud slice or two OF whole grained
bread ut less than penny a slice. and
concludes tho ropast with ava orange OF
banana. The quanttiu, given are uo,
large, but tloy can be increased 20 fuit
the appetite, aud the hgar.lost eater. sh1
think, couldn't very well mako away
with moro thu ten cent? worth.
The luncheon consists ut % plate Of
loniil soup, % most noufishins dish. in.
,olyiug au outlay Of about half cent.
This L. followed by n vegetable OF fu'no
sort wen cooked, n few olives or nuts,
two slices OF bread, some fruit, canned
chorrica or something like that Ur pud.
ding. The check for this meal would
be beyon or eight cents.
Supper Is made up OF whole grained
or oatmeal bread, preserves. bananas q
orange and little chocolate.
OucO this antineat advocate saw q
porter In tho east carrying largo pinnu
down the street ON his shoulders. she
became interested at once aud wanted
10 find out what food would produce
such enormous strength, She inquired
and found that DO lived chiefly on green
cucuinbcH and garlic, aud never dc.
yuurcd flesh at any time. TwO.third- OF
the people In the wOrld-thrco.fo urthl
s1mo people assori-noycr cat meat and
wouldn't know how to,
In Boston there arc yogotgriaus Of tha
second gcncrauuu-,ha is, their parents
had eaten no flesh for some years before
they were born and they themselves
have not broken their fast upon roasis
and boilcls, To these people tho sight
OF a butchers shop or "a wagon load Of
deceased pigs Is exceedingly ropul5iyc.
There Is no vegetarian restaurant in
the United Statcs, and tho nonmcat Gator,
want 10 start one ia New York. Lon.
don has at least forty places where oua
can dine upon the vegetable fat OF the
land without tasting flesh. Tho number
and variety OF dishes that are served In
these places would sJgrtle tho unsophis.
ticatcd and shock % butcher.
Nogotarans everywhere realize that
the best way to preach their doctrine is
~ AAAANN HNNIAN W 'AN hlAH VI lNfll
meals. Bachelor and spinstors bent on
dietary reform and ignorant Of cooking,
or perhaps not having u kitchen at their
disposal, find It hard to board At res
taurant and not live on meat, They can
live ON apples, porhnps-Nlrs. he Fayre
did once FOR two weeks and grow stout
and hcalthy--hat many Of them might
not care 10.
"All tho fighting Of the world Is done
by meat eaters, said Mrs. Lc Fayrp.
"Flosh cngondcrs a fierce rcstlos.ness
which finds vent Ia war. Negatariaus,
while they will work increasingly, arc
not fighters, but they win their point by
gentleness and persuasion.
There il constant craving FOR slim.
ulant in meat eater. Children fed on
flesh swallow slate pencils aud ashes.
IL Is because their system calls ont for
the carbonntes aud lime OF vegetables.
Vegetarian children never eat thoir alate
pencils,
"a square mile Of land win sustain
six times rs many ycgotarinns rs meat
oaterH. Think Of the waste there Is
herol Meat d the most eNtrayagnut
food We can use. Tho ovCrCrowding OF
the earth will compel tho universal
adoption Of ypgoigrnuiHm.
Tho roots and leaves / consider food
for the lower animals, The pig grabs
IN the ground for his potatoes, bnt !
don't. | pluck tho rich, ripe grain, tho
nuts and the apple, | consider the ap-
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