The Washington times., 1904-03-13
Mrs. John Brooks Hen
derson Dimes Guests
on ure1y Vege-
table Food.
Deceptions Practiced Sc
Ski11fully, Epicures
Fail to Discover
Substitutes.
HE human race is i'll. The hui
man race is anaemic. and the

L world. which is a paradise.
but by man converted into a hospital. is
seen and judged through the eyes Of an
invalid"
These are the opening words Of a new
book. The Aristocracy Of Health, "
written BY Mrs. Mary Foote Henderson,
wife of former United States Senator
John Brooks Henderson OF Missouri
which has just been placed on the mar
ket by the Cotton Publishing Company.
Of this city.
For some time it had beeniknown that
Mary Henderson is writing a book
This was enough In itself to elicit the
interest OF a wide circle. Irrespective
Of what the book might treat. it was
certain that whatever the brilliant So
ciety leader of Washington and St.
Louis should choose TO write would he
read by the social world of two CONT
nents And it was known in advance
that the book would be bright, for who
has not heard Of the charming men
tally which has made her beautiful
home and hospitable dinner table the
Mecca OF statesmen and Diplomatic
Corps, and an invitation thereto TO be
accepted. Irrespective Of distance or pre-
vious engagements?
Yet, when a man reporter was as
signed TO review the book for The Times
he entered upon the task-let him make
the confession which is good for the
soul right here and noV-under an en-
tire misrepresentation. He might have
known better. but he didn't Starting
with the premises Of a book written
By a society woman, whom he conceived
10 be slightly eccentric because Of her
habit of giving vegetarian dinners" at
which neither meats nor wine are
served. he came 10 the conclusion in
advance that he would find a series Of
recipes for beauty such as "A cold
bath Is good for the complexion. lac
ing is no longer considered good form,
and the Ike. intersperFed with bon mots
and personal anecdotes. Instead he
found-what2
\ book which challenged his respect
from the opening line Of the preface,
and held his attention through every
one OF the more than seven hundred
pages; a literary style so vigorous and
virile, so terse and epigrammatic, and a
chain Of reasoning sotlogical. as TO leave
the sense Of contact with master;
motive so pure that to read the book is
like taking a shower bath, and the
whole pervaded with a personal, human
quality which kept him interested, and
made him long TO meet the author.
Mrs. Henderson has conviction,
fund Of information. and a remedy for
existing evils. She herself says: Il had
something TO tell, and was so fun Of
my subject that my greatest trouble
was keeping the book within the bounds
of a single volume" The book might
bear any of half a dozen titles, each as
appropriate as the one chosen. Favor
tie Poisons might have served, for
much of the book is devoted to the
study of the poison or narcotics and del
eterious diet, and their effects on the
human system and the progress Of the
race. Il might be termed "A Study Of
Physical Culture" for in such the au-
thor maintains lies the sane solution Of
The many physiological and coordinate
moral problems, and the book closes
with the outlines of a proposed Nation
al and International League for the Adj
vancement Of Physical Culture" which
shall undertake the work Of reform in
this and other lands.
But let the book speak for itself. In
the beginning Mrs Henderson asks her
reader how many II his personal ac-
quaiutances are absolutely sound at
fifty. at forty. at thirty? Three, two
one? Mind you. do not place the stand
ard of health too low-not below that Of
a flock Of birds, for example, each Of
which is equally whole physically and
equally beautiful"
Indeed, the violation Of hygienic laws
has been 50 general and long-prevailing
that human degeneracy has come to be
accepted as the appointed lot of human
ity. Human life is but an apology. a
TnalCeshift. a compromise
THE natural. glowing, energetic fire
OF health-superb health-is seen and
felr. 1t is magnetic. It makes for itself
place and following. IL is initiative IL
IS happy II is humane II is beautiful.
II radiates strength and brightness. It
aQitates for the good OF others. It com
pels pleasantly 10 be and do ones best.
How TO accumulate physiological cap
ftal is the study of the physical Gull
turist. He must ind best conditions. not
as one stumbled across something in the
dark. but scientifically. through patient
and careful experiment. observation. and
study
''The world Is again beginning 10 alb
nor physical weakness. Young men no
longer boast. as in the days Of Sternc
and Samuel johnson. of diseases which
they do not possess. and feeble. faint
ing heroines Of the early Victorian era
are giving way 20 rosy and laughing
PRODUCTS Of hygienic conditions. The
anaenaic worskipers Of nicotine. those
knights OF atteEusted and spiculateo
blood cells Will also pass away. The
new blood cell will be red Of color. and
round Of form. Indeed. the thought OF
illness becomes more than ever odious
when one learns how 10 live. for disease
is a waste of time. energy. and happi-
meas not only of self. but Of others
Disease makes one helpless, unhappy,
i'll 10 look upon. disagree
able. lrritab abuOrmal-useless.
SUGGEST Success, and the only We
hicIe for success IS the Incompatible
human machine. II there is q NANTES
tation Of human life. and feeling OF
this earth apart from this mechanism.
St Is not known. Nan is wholly alive OF