The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-28
A MEATLESS DINNER.
Woman's Plan to Advance Vegetables
Ideas Before Doctors.

Woman's Plan to Advance Vegetables
Ideas Before Doctors.
Distinguished delegates to the first
annual convention Of the National So
ciaty For the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis, who have been in ses-
sion at Washington, were entertained
recently 1T a dinner in some respects
unique, says Washington special dis
patch to the New York Herald. Mrs.
John B. Henderson, wife of the former
senator from Missouri, society lead
err and author of THE Aristocracy OF
HEALTH was the hostess, and the din
ner was partly social in character and
partly to illustrate the dietetic ideas
Mrs. Henderson advocates.
Many physicians hold that consump-
ton Is to be controlled only by an abb
solutely sanitary mode Of living, in
which unlimited air and sunlight and
an abundance Of rich food are prime
elements. Mrs. Henderson insists not
only that meat is unnecessary as an
article Of diet, but that it is harmful
and should be avoided as q food. 1t
was to demonstrate this contention
that the dinner was planned, and the
guests were selected from those dele
gates known to hold the view that q
vegetarian diet is totally incapable of
meeting the requirements Of a system
depleted by the ravages Of tuberculo-
sis.
This was the menu at the dinner:
Fruit Soup.
Imitation Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise
Cucumbers.
Cnfermented Concord Grape Juice mixed
with Apollinaris.
Broiled Slices Pinenut Protose, Nut
Sauce
Artichoke Cups and Asparagus.
Unfermented Catawba Wine
Eggs a la Villerer. Mushrooms.
G. c. Protose Timbale, Tomato Sauce.
Grapefruit and Cherry Salad.
Cheese Souff1e.
Fruit Frappe. Kellogg Gelatin.
Imitation Coffee.
The menu was printed on handsome
cards adorned with views Of the home
of the former senator from Missouri.
Bound in the same cover was another
card, which might be termed the SCI
entific menu, gastrOnomic prescription
or dietetic analysis. This bore sets of
figures corresponding to each item OH
the bill Of fare, showing the number,
kind and proportion of the food units
or 'calories'' contained in each dish
served. Each guest was thus able to
discuss intelligently with his neighbOr
the percentage, of proteids or carbohy-
drates he was absorbing and it's effect
on muscle or maintaining the body
heat.
You see," Mrs. Henderson explain
ed in reference to her idea Of the sup
Elementary cards, there is now real
science of dietetics. 1t is no longer
necessary to guess at what, when or
how much to eat. We know what food
elements the body requires under CIV
en- conditions. The properties and val
ues and differences have been studied
and determined. What more sensible
and sane than to provide just the food
elements required-nO more, no less
and no other? The real problem is,
then, so to arrange bill Of fare as to
supply the requisite elements in the
proper proportions.
I'm pathological conditions, such as
presented by tubercuar patients, it Is
probable that physicians are always
the best judges. What l aimed to
show in my dinner was that all the
life and food elements could be sup
piled in palatable form without the use
of meat"