Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-09
Table and Kitchen.
The Eating Of Meat In Useful to
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| The use to man Of everything created and
| growing Will be demonstrated to him In the
fullness Of time and as his needs demand.
And in the final wise adjustment Of things
| the useless and often the harmful Will be
set aside. having served their purpose to
man in some part Of his higher develop
| ment. either mental or physical. The conn
mon conditions under which we live are
| those best adapted for such development
| to certain stages Of our existence. after
which they may degenerate into useless
customs.
Taking up the subject OF meat eating and
considering 1t in regard to Its economic
value to the human race, we must admit
that 1t has been Of undeniable service to
man In the past In advancing him to GER
tain stages Of being and higher conditions.
The conluerors Of races. nations and cir
cumstanceS were necessarily men of war
ring nature and abilities: with the in
domnitabie boldness and aggressiveness of
the wild beast stalking its prey but de-
void Of the wavering fear that haunts the
breast OF every member Of the dumb crea-
ton. These men were generally meat eat
erS, with tastes quite as simple and very
little above the wild beast. The mission
of these men was to advance physically
into new and often untried territory, or to
overcome the luxuriant races grown effete
and degenerate and therefore detrimental
to the good of all mankind; races noted for
their extravaganza in pandering to the ma
terial part of the nature only, with few de-
sires above the qualification of gluttonous
instincts.
Following the hewers Of new dynasties
creators of new nations. came those OF
more ascetic views and calling, exercising
the softer and more refining influences to
Subdue the mere animal in the otherwise
splendid life embodied In man. The habits
or these men were quite the opposite OF
the mode of living followed by the fighters;
their tastes in direct contrast naturally eX-
cluded meat from their dietary. These two
extremes have existed down to the present
time, although the need of the mere brute
physical force may now be considered need
less in the further advancement and devel- |
opment of nations, have evidence
that more can be accomplished through |
well-directed intellectual forces than by
mere force of arms
Without any seeming or appreciate evil |
dence, there has been a strong. growing |
tendency, not toward a more ascetic dietary |
In the actual sense, but toward the selec- |
ton of those classes Of foods that will give |
us the true elements of nutrition without |
the unpleasant association of ideas that the |
eating of animal flesh gives to persons OF |
refined tastes and instincts That more |
sins are committed for want of thought |
than actual desire to do wrong has been /
pretty fully demonstrated through the
agency Of those who, least Of ALL would |
seek to bring about a reformation in meat |
eating, the meat producers themselves.
But our general good seems more certain |
to result through their unwilling agency
than through any appeal that has or can
be directed to the finer nature. The sledge-
hammer blow which the meat packers so
unwittingly dealt in behalf of those who
preach down this class of foods was a di-
rect home-thurst to the pocket book and
mans innate sense of fairness and justice;
and II set him to thinking more seriously |
on the subject Of what really constituted
his bodily necessities in the way of nutri-
ment. and from what available sources he |
could best obtain these supplies. Much to
the surprise OF many they find that the |
meat which they considered so necessary
and which could not in their estimation.
be replaced in strengthening properties by
other substances, is quite superfiuous, and
IN a surprisingly great number Of cases a
source of suffering and harm to the eater.
The forced abstinence from animal food
Will also prove to a very great number that !
the bad effects which they have felt forced
% attribute to coffee drinking were due to
neat eating alone, although in many in |
stances even a mild indulgence in coffee
VIII have bad results. Combine the harm
Jul tendencies of these two foods and what |
wonder that in the business world we have |
so many nervous and mental wrecks. even |
among men in the very early years of their |
Isefuiness. The right use of foods is one
)f the simplest and easiest lessons We have |
% learn if We will make up our minds to |
Inlearn in order to learn rightly as soon as
We find that We are eating the wrong way |
ihu lildl our looo doeS not 1ulnll the pur-
bose intended in giving not only the APP |
of good health, but health that is |
positive in every respect. |
The effect Of continued errors of diet are |
10 far reaching, even unto the third and |
ourth generation, that 1t is our duty to |
,osterlty, as well as ourselves, to avoid |
hem. Learn what foods are useless to us
md therefore harmful, thoroughly unsuited |
o our condition and necessary mode of life |
Goods that excite, rather than build I'D the
bodily functions, either by powerful soda
i've or stimulating elements they contain,
nd instead of being actual and wholesome
God products are merely waste products" 7
ertain to produce the worst results in the
ystem by disorganizing the internal econ
my
low Do We Know What Food Suits Us
Best?
To be sure. bad health may result from y
ariouS causes other than errors in diet !