Rock Island Argus., 1894-03-29

ognixed Evils OF Life. and Some Startling
Deductions Are Derived.
The beneficent physical, moral, So
cial. financial and aesthetic advantages
of vegetable food are insisted upon by
the members of the vegetarian congress
at Chicago. and each advantage is lauded
as salutary in the highest degree. Pro-
ffessor Mayor. well known classical
scholar Of St. Johns college. Cambridge,
AYERS that vegetarians suffer but little
from thirst. They arc set free from
cravings which the world without hears
as the voice of instinct. strong. imperi-
ous. inexorable." He drinks glass of
| lemonade at 1:l5 y. m. from habit rath-
sr than to slal.e thirst" and he some
times takes q swig Of milk at railway
station restaurants ITO encourage tho
dairy 1T the expense of the brewery"
Thus. so far us he il concerned, thirst is
abolished. Ee needs no drink of apv
kind
The English soldiers and civil servants
in the tropic stretches of Asia and Afri-
ca have only to follow Professor MAYORS
example. Thus the value of vegetarian
ism 10 military science becomes evident.
In fact. not merely the operations of the
comnissary department, but the whole
art of war would he wonderfully changed
and simpliiied if Mr. Thomas Atkins
wo,'id forswcar meat. Professor Mayor
has not attained his victory over thirst
without sacrifices, 1T which the grosser
race of meat eaters will grin. For in
stance. he takes the white of an egg.
neat. without salt or pepper Thus he
avoids the indictments TO thirst and
keeps his palate in condition to receive
with rapture that British vegetable. the
Brussels sprout. Doubtless Il vegetari-
an palate. long brought mp on herbs
and grasses and salads guiltless of condi-
ment, becomes capable of receiving savo-
~ sensations from dishes OF the simplest
sort. and a turnip picked up in the fur
row may he sweetcr than 4 stalled OK
teDderloin.
We hope that Professor Mayor will
now go Oh TO the abolition of hunger.
BE has put thirst away from him. ard
there seems no reason why he shnnld be
less successful with its running mate.
Or course he will toe allowed TO nibble d
ra,lish now and then from habit. even
after be has conquered ipperious. inex-
orab!e 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 c;:n get the
worlds hunger tnrottled. to add enor-
nonsly To the wealth of the world. Still
greater wouli be the saving if the world
would ea; vegetables from habit only.
-T.1,a Il
We are afraid. however. that the major
Ity of men woald 20 on perpetual strike
If the necessity Of eating and drinking
were removed. so that there would be
loss of wealth after all. But what's the
use of being wealthy If you can become
healthy and virt1ous by eating vegeta-
b.es only. f-.l
The profound moral which vegetarian
ism holds for prohibitionists is obvious
The consumption of flesh, says vere-
tartan resolution. "creates Il thirs: for
intoxicating liquors and should be aban-
do.ed by al who desire TO promote tenn
perance reform" Ihh%goes IL the roo.
Of the matter. Prohibiting grapes ami
, corn and hops and apples wouldn't be
enough. There VIII always be some in
toxicant us long as men continue to he
, subject to the demands of thirst Here's
. the real gold cure, the elixir of temper
ance. the pill Of prohibition. Prohibition
and garden sass" one and inseparable.
now and forever, Nor is inten!perance
the only evil which Will rot and cannot
grow in the garden. Or. Paul Foster of
Berlin is confident that the adoption Of
vegetarian principles viii end the war
between the poor and the rich, solve The
social problem, complete the worl: OF re-
ligion and i'll all ways amelior&te the IN
happy condition of the human race"
Reflect upon these things, erring car
nivores, and think that every time yoyi
order beefsteak at the butchers, you
are ordering unhappiness, the deteriora-
ton of the human race and the tebase-
nent of society. Go TO the grocer's and
buy peck of potatoes and some cucum-
bers and plug Of tobacco. and carry
peace and potercy of social regeneration
home to your cook. Who can tell that
the future Of Europe may not be peace
full if Professor Foster can induce the
German emperor to live upon string
beans and asparagus tips for few
months? Will anybody pretend that
Ezzelino might not have been a man as
mild as milk If he had been restricted to
: a diet of spaghetti In his youth? Docs
anybody suppose that Jeffreys lived
upon olives:
In addition to the moral. physical and
economic advantages Of vegetable diet
there is the sesthetical advantage. Mrs.
a Bruce. the English woman whose paper
. ON ''The Es,hetics of Vegetarianism'
= was read at the congress, believes that
!, '.lneat eating is opposed to idealism,
while veyetarianism has much to offer
!. that connects it with the highest and
/, best in life.s. The highest aspect otsres.
! etarianism 1snstheticism. 1t is FUN Of
> vital truth and beauty" We now see
= why Mr.. Oscar Wilde ate huckleberries
: when he was in the United States. Using
: the term estheticism in its larger sense.
we see why Emerson ate beans and
y why, judged by results. SO many of his
!. y disciples seem to have lived on cabbages.
New York Sun.