The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-20
A FACETIOUS VIEW.
vxaxr<xrxNrsM CARRIED our TO
IT'S LOGICAL END.
ne Arguments Of the Advocate OF Vess-
table Diet Applied TO Some OF the
Recognized Evils of Life.

OF veGefaDie IOou arc iuoiot'u "POh W
the members OF the vegetarian congress
At CHICAGO. and each advantage Landed
- salutary In the highest degree. Pro
fessor Mayor, o well known classical
scholar Of st. Johns college. Cambridge
sycrs that vegetarians suffer but little
from thirst. They are "set free from
cravings which the world without hears
"A the voice Of instinct, strong, imperi-
ous. memorable" he drinks o glass OF
lemonade at 7:i5 .. rn. "from habit rath-
or than 10 Stake thirst" and he some
times takes a swig Of milk at railway
station restaurants ito encourage the
dairy at the expense Of the brewery"
Thus, 90 far az be Is concerned, thirst Is
abolished. He needs no drink Of any
kind.
The English soldiers and civil servants
Ia The tropio stretches of Asia and Afri-
ca have only to follow Professor Mayors
example. Thus the value Of vegetarian
ism to military science becomes evident.
In fact, not merely the operations Of the
commissary department, but the whole
art Of war would DO wonderfully changed
and si1npliAed X Mr.. Thomas Atkins
would forswear meat. Professor Mayor
has not attained his victory over thirst
without sacrifices, at which tho grosser
race of meat eaters will grin. For IN
stance, he takes the white OF an egg,
neat, without salt or pepper. Thus he
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keeps his palate In condition to receive
with rapture that British vegetable, the
Brussels sprout Doubtless vegetari-
an palate. long brought up on herbs
and grasses and salads guiltless Of condi-
meut, becomes capable of receiving savo-
~ sensations from dishes of the simplest
sort, and turnip picked up in the fur
row may be sweeter than a stalled OK
tenderloin.
We hope that Professor Mayor will
now go on TO the abolition Of hunger.
He has put thirst away from him, and
there seems no reason why he should be
less successful with its running mate.
OF course he will be allowed to nibble q
xadish now and then from habit, even
after he has conquered imperious, mex
orable instinct. The economic advan-
tages arising from the abolition Of thirst
would be very great. and Professor May
or has 1t In his power, if he can get the
worlds hunger throttled, TO add enor-
mously 10 the wealth of the world. Still
greater would be the saving if the world
would eat vegetables from habit only.
It's cheaper to keep COW than a man.
We are afraid, however, that the major
ity Of men would go on perpetual strike
II the necessity Of eating and drinking
were removed, so that there would be a
Loss Of wealth after all. But what's the
use of being wealthy IL You can become
healthy and virtuous by eating vegetar
bies only.
The profound moral which vegetarian
Ism holds for prohibitionists Is obvious
'srbe consumption Of flesh," says vege-
tartan resolution, ''creates thirst for
intoxicating liquors and should be aban-
doned by all who desire to promote tenn
perance reform" This goes to the root
Of the matter. Prohibiting grapes and
corn and hops and apples wouldn't DO
enough. There will always DO some in
toxicant as long as men continue to be
subject to the demands Of thirst. Here's
the real gold cure, the elixir of temper
ance, tho pin ofprohibition. Prohibition
and garden ''sass, one and inseparable,
DOW and foSeveri Nor is incompetence
the only evii which viii not and cannot
grow In the garden. DR.. Paul Foster Of
Berlin Is confident that the adoption Of
vegetarian principles win "end the war
between tho poor end the rich, solve the
social problem. complete the work of re-
Ggion and In all ways amehorate the I'M
happy condition Of the human race"
Reflect upon these things, erring car
nivures, and think that every time you
order beefsteak OF the butchers, you
are ordering unhappiness, the deteriora-
lion OF the human race and the debase-
ment of society. Go to the grocers and
buy peck Of potatoes and some cucam-
bers and plug Of tobacco, and carry
peace and potency Of social regeneration
bone to your cook. Who can tell that
the future OF Europe may not DO peace
ful II Professor Foster can induce the
German emperor TO live upon string
beans and asparagus tips for q few
monthsf Will anybody pretend that
Ezzelino might not have been man rs
mild as milk If no had been restricted to
q diet Of spaghetti in his youth? Does
anybody suppose that Jeffreys lived
upon olives?
In addition to the moral, physical and
economic advantages Of vegetable diet
there Is tho sesthetioh advantage. Mrs.
Bruce, the English woman whose paper
ON 1.-The Aesthetics of Vegetarianism"
was read at the congress, believes that
''meat eating is opposed to idealism,
while vegetarianism has much to offer
that connects it with the highest and
best in life. The highest aspect Of veg
etarianism Is estheticism. 1t is full OF
vital truth and beauty" We now SEQ
why Mr.. Oscar Wilde ate huckleberries
when be was In the United States. Using
the term @stheticism In its larger sense,
we see why Emerson ate beans and
why, judged by results, SO many Of his
disciples seem TO have lived on cabbages.
New York Sun.