The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09

sarily men of warning nature and abili-
ties; with the indo.nitable boldness and
aggresSiveness of the wild beast stalk
ing its prey, but devoid of the Wavering
fear that haunts the breast of every
member of the dumb creation. These
men were generally meat eaters, 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 det-
rimental to the good of all mankind:
races noted for their extravaganza in
pandering to the material part of their
nature only, with few desires above the
qualification of gluttonous instincts.
Following the hewers of new dynas-
ties, creatures of new nations, came
those of more ascetic views and calling,
exercising the softer and more reclining
influences to subdue the mere animal in
the otherwise splendid life embodied in
man. The habits of these men were
quite the opposite of the mode of living
| followed by the fighters; their tastes in
direct contrast naturally excluded 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
needless in the further advancement
and development of nations, as we
have evidence that more can be ac-
! complished through well directed intel
! lectual forces than by mere force of
arms.
| Without any seeming or appreciable
| evidence, there has been a strong, grow
| ing tendency, not toward more ascetic
| dietary in the actual sense, but toward
| the selection Of those classes of foods
| that will give us the true elements OF
nutrition without the unpleasant associ-
alton Of ideas that the eating of animal
flesh gives to persons of refined tastes
| and instincts. That more sins are COM
| mftted 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
i bring about reformation in meat eat
| ing, 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 finer nature. The sledge-
hammer blow which the meat packers
unwittingly dealt in behalf of those who
| preach down this class Of foods was
| direct home thrust to the pocket book
| ana mans innate sense of fairness and
| justice; and it set him to thinking
| more seriously on the subject of what
really constituted his bodily necessities
| in the way o. nutrient, and from what
| available sources he could best obtain
these supplies. Much to the surprise of
! many. they find the meat which they
considered so necessary and which could
| not, in their estimation, be replaced in
strength giving properties by other SUBJ
| stances, is quite superfuous, and in
surprisingly great number of cases
| source of suffering and harm to the
eater. The forced abstinence from ami
NAL food will also prove to a very great
number that the bad effects which they
have felt forced to attribute to coffee
| drinking were due to meat eating alone,
although in many instances even a mild
| indulgence in coffee will have bad re-
suits. Combine the harmful 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 usefulness. The right use of foods
is one of the simplest and easiest les :.
| sons we have to learn If we will MAKE
| up our minds to unlearn in order te
learn rightly as soon as we find that
we are eating the wrong way and that
our food does not fulfill the purpose in
tended in giving US not only the ap-
pearance of good health but health that
is positive in every respect.
| The effect of continued errors of diet
are SO far-reaehing, even unto the third
and fourth generation that it is our
duty to posterity as well as to ourselves
to avoid them. Learn what foods are
useless to US and therefore harmful.
thoroughly unsuited to our condition
and necessary mode of life. Foods that
excite rather than build up the bodily
functions. either by powerful sedative or
stimulating elements they contain, and
instead of being actual and wholesome.
food products are merely waste pro-
ducts certain to produce the worst re-
|
internal economy
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT FOOD
/ SUITS US BEST
| To be sure, bad health may result from
various causes other than errors in diet
very prolific source being bad air But
in order to know with a degree of GER
| tainty whether diet is well suited to
our especial requirements or not is to
note whether the daily expenditure of
energy can be regularly supplied with
| out drawing on reserve force which
| is our capital, while at the same time
| our physical condition continues to inn
the nervous breakdown at forty we are
only beginning to show the latent power
and energy within which will sue
cessfully carry us through to the natur-
al closing of an active and useful life.
The highly stimulating meat foods will
not do this, but will keep up such a high
rate of pressure necessarily that the
system actually has rest and the VIC
tim to the meat habit, which is just as
| serious a form of intemperance as the
abnormal taste for alcoholic drink. is
continually weighed down by that tired
feeling" which pervades his entire be-
ing. affecting mental as well as muscu-
lar energy. We do not mean to make
the assertion that this condition may
always be attributed to the eating of
meat alone. but the unnecessary eating
of meat, which we would like to affirm,
. | is at all times. There is no avoiding the
truth that meat is undeniably a poison,
s1oU srbfIe br1f deadly IN q Lar