Arizona republican., 1898-12-31

are no knives-are of German silver in
 stead Of pewter, which IS ussd on tn
 upper floor. Rolls are served in thi
 room instead Of chunks of bread bu.
 could net see that the soups and savoIy
 dishes, sweets, etc., were any bettel
 than those upstairs.
 A plate of very good soup, eithe' pen
 macaToni or Scotch broth, is served fO.
 three pence (six cents), though thu ! waitress assured me there was no men
 stock in it, but when asked what to k
 the place Of the stock she was unabls
 to say. For five pence one could ee: 6
 lentil outlet, which was very appetizine
 and locked like a meat croquette. The
 po.ato stew was even better than ths
 cutlst, and was served with blt.e.
 beans for five penca. There were var
 GUS other "savory dishes,' which is the
 vegetarian's name for what meat eat
 CTS would call an sntree, ;st from two to five pence each. Piain vegetables we e
 two pence and thTee pence a plat2,
 though the savcry dishes were so very filling that plain vegetables to accom-
 pany them were not much in demand.
 The sweets were, of course, like these
 served in ordinary restaurants.
 T'o see the six-p- my table d'hCte din-
 ner in full swing one should go to the
 restaurant in Poultney, at the begin
 ming Of Cheapside, between 1 and 2
 o'clock on any day exc;p: Sunday.
 In the large, bare-locking room on the top floor are about dozen long,
 narrow tables. At these tables sit per | haps 100 men, and it is doubtful if in
 any other dining room in the city Of London can be found moe diverse types of humanity eating together.
 The majority, Of course, arc rather seedy, but here and there one s2es a well-dressed and prosperous looking man, and fine intellectual faces are not uncommcn. The man with frayed cuffs and dirty finger nails and vest minus button or two sits beside the dapper- looking law clerk, and neither pays any attention tc the other. The chances are that they havs both come here fer the same purpose-economy; fer plenti ful and well-ccoked dinner foc siXpenca is a consideration to many who would be quite indifferent to the ethical de of vegetarianism. The cashier assure Il me, however, that many of the GUS tcmers wers strict vegetaria1s, who wished to encourage the movement in every possible way.
 On each tab,e is a large bowl of brown sugar and another of salt, from which the customers help themselves at discretion. A fork and two pewter spoons are laid beside each plate, bu as vegetables do net require to be cut, there are no kniv5s cn any of the ta- |bles The tablecloths are, cs course, | brown linen and scrupulously clean, ! but if one is so fastidjous as to require al napkin it IS necessary tCl hand cvFr a plenny for it's USE. Though I looked cArefully, I saw only two men in the whole room who had evidently thought 1 it Unnecessary to indulge themselves in this luxury. On leaving I ofe ed the waitress sixpence, as he had answered . aIE my questions. but she declined the EipA saying they were not allowed t0 acdept gratuities under any circum- stdnces.
 Between and o'clock tea is s2rved ,n tthe first flCor, or, if d'ss:red it e n be f. lad in the smoking room ol the second iooE One can get a pct of excellent ca, made fresh, fer three pence, CT ;ingFe cup for two pence. There is ,read and butter fer penny, cake at he same price, honey for two psnce, md biscuits, buns CT pastry for ,ennI. One can get a Welsh rabbit or four pence (eight cents), but it is lot a very large one and is made with ; milk ipstead of ale {
 Though these are strictly temperance tlaces, ithey serve what is called "l2gar op al9'' fer two pence a small bottle { nd "a nti-burton a1e'' at the same ' rice These beveragss are said to con- ain no alcchol. and they certainly ta-,e ! ather faA These restaurants are doing much to z lake veget9Tianism popular in London ( he Vegetarian Society is behind them, ! nd the cashieU's desk at each place is S rell stocked with literature on the sub- ( sct, which can De had for the asking, I nd cook bcokA for a. penny, giving l ecipes for manyl Of the simpler vege- lrian dishes. arelforwardcd to any one | skiing. | Much propagaIlda work is done in the [ oorer quarters of the city, and the GOT people arg taught hCw they can ve on a vegetable di-t a. less than | ne-half the expense Of af meat diet. hey are shown. for instance, that [ leat contains 60 per cent Of impure ater, which they pay for at the butch | $ at SC much a pound and that cna V ound of peas beans. lenils CT oltneal, V a cost of on2 or tive pence, contains S ore n'ourishmcnt than pound of beef W r mUStton at six times the price, be- o use in te fCTmer case water is adde ], | hich costs nothing, while in the latter l . is purchased at about tcn pence a r ound. In support Cle the contention D nat meat is not necessary even fer r lose who do the hardest manual labor, L is asserted that the athletes of Greece O nd the soldiers Of Rome were vege- lrians, and that the chief food Of the W oman gladiQtcr was barley cak s and U I. O. Tho vegeterian society TOW has hun D 'eds Of members and associates. The Ill members pledge themselves to ab- s' ain from the use of flesh, fish audf owl O. !, food tbc11oh tba veeete h1e die+ may tC c1,rn1eroen+cd bI, e,fcb aniroa1 ,,rcd- c1 cts as sggs, cheese butter and milk u he associate members do nct pledge II lemselves to total abstinence from Ie eat, but agree to promo.e the aims Of st e society and to follow them as far as p Ieir environments will alIcw The V m nm s11 c.,a .ilIi1cr IS