The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-05
The Health Food Lady
EFT US float into the Universal"

uW EFT us float into the Universal"
said Mrs. Arethusa Polydraggin.
Let US detach our minds from
mere things; let us FIX them at the
Center. To do this let us simplify our
lives to the utmost.
Let us not bestow on the adornment
of our changeable bodies that time we
should give to the development of the
soul Let us not gorge our bodies with
food that viii ally them to the mere
earth plane. The control Of the body
is the first step toward the attainment
of the state of the blessed, where man
knows no wants and no desires. Ant-
NAL food first of all should be Stunned.
The one who lives on the high plane
will neither slaughter nor slay to
crafty his mere animal appetites. The
low state of the animal he devours en-
tiers into the man who eats flesh food.
Pork especially is of the evil one and
should on no account be touched.
Whatever is taken merely to crafty
the palate should be forbidden.
"All rich, heat producing foods and
drinks are taboo to her who enters
the path. Sweets. fat foods, wines,
rich pastry and puddings-these only
add to the dominion of the flesh and tie
back the soul that would ascend the
eternalIy rising spiral of immortal
| spiritual QGN0lOD1lEnl. IlCAlCS CdN
away the coats of the stomach. A little
oatmeal, or perhaps a few grains OF
parched wheat. with fruits Inv the nat
ural state-this is sufficient for the ami
NAL body's reasonable demands. In
case of extreme fatigue 1 myself take
sometimes a glass of hot milk Moth
! ing more is needed to restore me. When
| friends visit me offer them for re-
freshment pure, whole wheat waters
and pure, sparkling water. The road
up the eternally ascending spiral is
by the way of plain living and high
thinking. Let me leave with you for
your motto, ladies, this thought of our
great American seer. Emerson: Plain
living and high thinking"
Then Mrs. Wylliame Byrde Smythe
| invited the eloquent spirally ascending
lecturer home with her to dinner and to
spend the night. as the railway train
was not due in time for her to reach
home that evening. Mrs. Wylliame
! Byrde Sinythe had Maryland fried
chicken for dinner with a nip of sherry
wine to stimulate the appetite, as it
were. Mrs. Polydraggin was asked to
partake.
II do not believe the teentiest, ween-
test drop Will hinder my progress this
once" said Arethusa. She drank three
glasses and declared it refreshed her
though, of course, partaken of habit
ually, the consequence could be only
evil
Then came the Maryland fried chick
en-. A bite or two for that once would
not imperl her progress or make hel
chicken souled, she declared; just &
bite of the second joint. She put away
without a groan two second joints and
a piece of white meat. Then came the
glorious American dish, pie-peach pie
with rich, fiaky crust. oh, my Are
thusa was helped the second time. II
: the morning the ineffable aroma o
1 rich. brown coffee, broiled ham anC
delicately fried eggs, just right foates
on the circumambient ether to the room
in which Arethusa had dreamed of TIL
eternally ascending spiritual spiral. oh
MY again. She came, she saw, sh'
! fell. She said that, away from home
, when one had a journey before one
, the evil karma of flesh food could b.
counteracted by strenuous will powe
: and by the unusual physical exertion
2 So that breakfast did not hamper tn
$ soul on its way up the spiral. either.
e Arethusas daughter Ideala met he
at the home station with the two seat
e one horse vehicle in which the Poly
, draggins motored through the land. 4
I mile from home Arethusa bade Ideal