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There Ia something very carrying nhnW
contact with enthusiasts Thcy enter th'"
tho ming that interests them ~ the moment
40 heartily and so untcaer vcdly that the out
slder 10 oyefbofne before 10 u aware Iho
Kneip curists for example running slectuly
In the early morning upon the ratb grass,
shoes and stocklngs In hand half persuaded
even the cyno that possibly tho Ills ~ Uis 10
long only where tho doctrines ~ kneip are
unknown or at least uuprnctscd IL IL pmic
astonishing 20 ind how eesy " II 20 persuade
one's sef that upon certain obscrvnnce' or
non-observances OF narrow limit depend 40 un-
sSpectedlv much There are the veeeiarians'
They hold that diet determines whether there
shall be health or sickness. Joy oT sorrow, hopo
or despair. love or hate, good or bnd form.
natural or unnat tural conditions They verify
believe that were It possible to baui-h the IN
toiioating fesh-eatIng habit among men and
women the present degeneracy Of the race
would disappear ard that all tears would there
upon he wiped away Earthly heaven could
thus be gained at q single bound
There Is a little group Of vegetsrians In
New York who have banded themselves to-
gcthor under the name Of the vegetarian so
ciety They are few in numbers. but great In
expectations They meet each month at Met
aphysical Hall TO commune with the Hight and
to seek It's promulgatlon. II IL a liberal edu-
cation 10 attend the meetings OF this vege-
tartan society The same Is true. Of course, Of
the Christian Science people and their meet
ings but that IL. at tho moment, entirely ir-
relevant There are many kinds Of vegeta-
rans. Some Of them eschew nll food that IL
not Of the vegetable kingdom, willie others
daily now and then with the meat that comes
from deceased animals. with the deadly fowls
OF the air. OF the eggs thereof. and even with
the poisonous fsh OF the sea Some back
sdsrs occasionally look upon the lobster
whom II Is red. forgetting that at last all these
animal products are only too apt 10 be found
arrayed with the wine cup. which biteth Ike
a serpent and stlngeth like an adder
The gorilla, according to o German authority,
Is now regarded as the most human-like Of the
anthropod apes He IL an enormously strong
and ferocious animal Standing erect b" ia
not more than 8 feet high and yet is able
to encounter at once six strong men md to
overcome them by his superior strength and
agility. But the gorilla Is OF The Fru0irord
class that is TO saw he Is fruit and grain eater,
or In other words he Is vegetarian There
fore II a human being wishes 10 get strong.
and to stay strong. let him initiate the acton
Of the gorilla, and by means OF dietetlcs "stlnen
the slnews summon up the blood. SC let him
become vegetarian and he happy
The New York Vegetarian Society had It's
t.nth annual meeting last Wednesday even
inc Uenrv n pcrkv q, Worcester. Mass
delivered an address at that time upon Nat
urally Organized Food Makes Possible Natural
Conditions Mr.. Perky IL an exceedingly at
tractive personality, He has long been an
Interested student Of food questions. In carly
life he failed In most Of the things undertaken
hv him becou.e he had not come TO the ycge-
tartan ,,oh, hut since hls renuncla.,on Of flesh
eating about eight wears sao. he has become
a new man Us has rut OF the bodily innrmi-
,,.s that formerly hsndlcanred him and Is now
pre.,dent of tho Orced Institute OF Worcester
yepotnrlani.m ns viewed hv DR.. Perky tho
renudiste, ths DR. md array, himself among
m. fsr,ners, Is somethinu wonderful IL
oure. the incurable cancer 1t supplants tho
public school svstnrs and Ia generally a PAN
soea for all civil religion. md moral ills Tho
citizens COMMITTEES in It's crusade against
vloe might we'll consider yegptarianls:n 40
.rnounded nv MIR Perky. Ninety-fye per
oent Of mercantile falling, are due 70 i'm
nroper diet Business men cnt foods that
ara too he,tlrs There is too much devotion
70 douehnuts pies and cakes White -four
IA a dangerous thing and those who have
not embraced vegetarian doctrines are taking
desDerate chances rather neglected field
of inquiry IL will easily be seen oyens rp thus
70 the astute credit man.who is really conserya-
tive and up-to-date. Tho OK and tho squirrel
flourish because OF n devotion to veQetariani.m
but 25 per cent OF the children that como into
existence perish because of II. neglect
Our system is altogether wrong, II not ini-
ouitous being founded upon Grass error. as
no truly great man ever lived, so far as Mr..
Perky knows. whose diet was not exceedingly
frugal and mainly vegetable The outlook
II must be said. Ia particularly gloomy for those
outside the fold The Buddhists are natural