The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-05
No MEAT Al THIS RESTAURANT.
A Place Where Pic Has No Crust ar

A Place Where Pic Has No Crust and
Coffee Is looked Upon as Poison.
New York Tribune.
The roust looks an righta rich brown.
obloug, smothcced IN gravy aud dcckcd
with a snrlg Of parsley. 1t looks like
slice OF some kind OF 'lonf'--bccf loaf or
mutton loaf But when one TASTES It he
hccomes aware Of curious haunting navors
of things dimly remembered Of the palate,
us II enfen tn some past existence First,
| hc thinks % Christmas turkey then speed
ny becomes aware that 1t IS only because
OF sage or herbs uf some kind IN the sauce
Underneath and behind aud beyond the
herbs there is an all peYading mayor OF
nuts, hut what nuts the explorer can not
specify. Is sc peanutst Is 1t almondsi Is
a. tlbcrts3 is Il English wulnutst lie
tastes slowly with an absorbed expression
upon his face, lie is trying TO make cut
the puzzle.
The place where this is served is down IN
! a basement, Just on tiitu avenue, In NO
uptown section. There is green paper
I on the wall, aud I'm The center of each tl-
bic, around which sit vugetaruns, l6 a
bunch OF glgdi0H, iut although there are
flowers upon the table, there Is no pepper
box, The vatsup bottle Is likewise nhsegt
and The WORCESTERSHIRE sauce ana t2Je mus
/ tard N0t nll vegetable produces ARE, served
100 the vegetarian restaurant Ten or c11re
one can no more nrder imam beer 90 VINE,
Tor they Ere equally poisonous In ilTC rrrcd
of the cult. One can have MS butter
straight however, n hc prefers b. Co mt
butter. and milk and eggs are Forthcoming
tn order Hygiene comes before fanuilclsm
az this vegetarian restaurant
he soups and vegetables and poachcd
oggs gaze MP from the menu. subcrly urtu0.
dos The saluds wander into fruity ruga.
ries, orange and loycupplc, tor instance,
WITH tHTagun sauce; apple and pineapple,
with cream dressing An imposing array or
pies uud buildings rs found undcr the mend
of desserts. But no "Crust prur1nes
. their composition they are huiit vu iiukes
just hakes-iu place OF crust ISN'T the
natural a- lifc, au3 there Is delicious
sense Of sulcty I'm consuming tine believed
National dnNi without tear or dread ~ q
rlotoue, iardbllrd crust Lara is anuthcmu
, al The vegetarian restaurant
As for the meat ordcrS, they ARE an nuts
, They appoar to Doe nuts mashed together
, / HicUd aud toasted %" fried ur otherwise
/. subjected tp beating proceys Nuts per
, wade the menu card one drinks matted
, ! nuts aud cats nuj sandwiches ones ruus
Us covered with gravy and with " II
/, brought q large, Fat hot, baked potato.
b. Two snc'll maj mixtures seem o. be sac
r. foundation materials of many dishes They
s come In cans already prepared, aud rosrm
| bling pressed chicken, nf those VuriOu
s | rottcd and deviled things which comt
r without any bones or humps aud gro sun
= posed TO be Sliced an The slices serve a
b ! roast or q hroll. with mushrooms IL
% creme, or with chttnpy sauce or ipllv Tho,
I
= masquerade as cruuucttts, They build ul
4 n ragout, or they Cuuulngly take on th
l. | guisc OF boiled dinner
g There are many kinds OF other cnriou,
y oatnbles, all warranted 60 produce hcaltl
y aud wealth; d0kcs and powders aud but
trrs. toasted corn and hulless hcalis. NAL
4 honey aud oven food caudV." wUrrante,
y not nnly ia make ono think he Is cutiu.
candy. hut Ia hclu digest hts dinner a
. wei. rhCrc Is hrcdd already digcstcd chill
drcu Warranted 60 crv FOR 81 THE root
4 render teeth snncrhuous, aud the bread 20
y ing step further declares the stomach an
" hnporinence Whit need Of "a stomach
- WHOM tlis bread IS all ready for immediate
conversion into energy, Into an article q,
tue esoterics NJ the RubaivRt for lnrtnuro
or n new intent scrcwdrycr, of something
Ike thdtf However. when the last morse
II Of the health food ME IS flushed and th
~ eNpiorcr snllics forth into Tie world of lur
ANA hectSienk once more he Is conscton
e that his dinner has hocu worry Hilin'
70 And. although some OF the navors were
% ( little wclrd. now that the things arc al
down, they seem 20 at nicely lint All IA
time There h lttlo streak nf suheot
e selous ccrehration going ou in the back 4
Z | his head, which keeps rfpcating pcrsistcut
~ j., NOW was it peanut Huvor, on wa
h y an almond; was u pecan or WINS n a
y English wahtutt What flavor was tia
Il roast, anywayt'