Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1903-11-12

held in the United States was enjoyed
In New York by large number of
guests recently at the invitation of Eu-
gene c. Christian. Mr.. Christian. pres
ident of the Physical Culture Associa-
ton of America. is well known as an
that most of the ills that flesh is heir to
are the direct result of faulty diet a
diet in which predominant meats and
heavy pastries and which are other
foods frequently overlooked, and the
aforementioned dinner was held to
demonstrate the feasibility of living on
uncooked or elementary foods, thus
solving the problem of emancipating
the housewife from the evils of the
cook stove. In the entire ten courses,
consisting of no less than twenty-seven
dishes. not single dish was cooked
In or on a stove, and not a vestige OF
meat or pastry appeared. Notwith-
standing these features. all present
found rare enjoyment in the repast
and averred that theip,hunger had been
entirely appeased.
Many of the women. who, like the
majority Of housekeepers, had suffered
for years the bondage of the kitchen
and had experimental with cooks ga
lore. vowed unhesitatingly that their
season of servitude was now ended
and that henceforth they would by
following in the path blazed by Mr..
Christian enjoy glorious freedom
never even dreamed of by housekeep-
ers of the past Then. too, the health
of their families. the elementary food
lists believe. will improve vastly through
system, thus awarding them double
reward.
The menu placed before Mr.. Chris
tian's guests was as novel as it was
interesting and was as follows:
Cream OF Corn.
Unfired Waters.
Ripe Olives. Celery
Tomato Salad.
Stuffed Peppers. Blanched Almonds.
Mascerated Cereal Dates. Whipped Cream.
Sun Cooked Corn
Pecan Meats- Brazil Nuts.
Sweet Butter.
Fruit and Nut Medley.
Ginger Pudding. Whipped Cream
Turkish Full Figs
Spanish Persimmons Pignolias.
Cream Cheese. Date Butter.
Unfired Fruit Waters.
Ice Cream. Nut Fruit Cake
Cereal Waters.
The dishes were chosen with due re-
gard to their combining qualities. and.
in spite of their large numJer, no dis
comfort was caused The cream of
corn was served in cups and was made
by extracting the juice from fresh
green Form and combining it with milk
and the proper seasoning. The unfired
waters and the uniired bread were
distinct innovations even to those folk
that considered themselves somewhat
experienced in uncooked food affairs.
On being questioned, Mr. Christian
stated that they had been placed in a
cabinet lined with electric lights. Civ
ing n temperature of about 40 degrees
F., and dried This process gives the
waters and bread peculiar white
ness.
The sun cooked corn was cut from
the cob about two weeks before the
dinner and dried out of doors. To pre-
pare II for use II was soaked in milk.
On a page of the menu was a quat-
rain expressing sentiments distinctly
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We may live without poetry. music and
art:
We may live without conscience and live
without heart:
We may live without friends. we may
live without books.
And civilized man may now live without
Cooks.
Apologies to owen Meredith.
In a speech Host Christian stated
that the dinner was but one of Sc
ries that he purposed giving. He thus
hopes TO spread further the gospel of |
elementary fopdism. BY a series of ex-
haustive experiments he has demon
strated tina. uncooked food. the food |
that grows in the sunshine. among |
the breezes and the green trees" is |
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opinion that the closer we adhere to
nature and her simplicity just so much |
further will we have advanced toward |
the solving of the all important food |
question and fits relation to health.
Among the guests were several men
and women having rank as authorities
on dietetic matters. Albert and Dir. W.
Il. C. Latson. publisher and editor re-
spectively of well known health
were among the speakers
and expressed interest and delight at
the unqualified success Of the dinner.
One of the women. who is an advO-
cate Of elementary foods. told of the
envy her comparatively care free life
had aroused among her sister house
wives. A neighbor recently said to
her: why is It that your home life is
so simple? You do not even have
cook. and yet you yourself never seem
overburdened with work"
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