The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26

Christian. TheHealth- Culture company.
New York. For sale by ST. Paul Book
and Stationery company.
Every now and then some one dis
covers what is the matter with us and
writes book to tell about it Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian have found out that all
the ills of this life are due to the fact
that we eat cooked food. 1t was not
intended, according to the writer's;
food that we call raw, is, so they say,
thoroughly done, cooked it is undone.
They go into this matter exhaustively
and urge the use of cereals and fruit
on many grounds. The emancipation
of women from the kitchen, is perhaps
the ost7convincing argument advanc-
ed, although according to the recipes
for the preparation of these uncooked
meals, much time must be given to
them even though the stove is actually
not used. At first thought 1t would seem
that with meat and other things which
need cooking left out of our menu ii
would be difficult to make a bill of fare,
but a glance over the dishes suggested
in this book convinces the reader that
il is possible to have innumerable ex--
celIent dishes without cooked food
There are fruits of many kinds, cereals.
some vegetables, nuts and combina-
tions of these make surprisingly pala-
table dishes which no one need despise
Even though one does not care to give
up cooked food entirely, still II must be
admitted that we eat too much meat
and hot bread, and our stomachs are
frequently overtaxed- So this book
gives many hints of wholesome edibles
which the housekeeper. used to the
routine, is likely to overlook. Therefore
it is valuable even il one does not ac-
cept its teachings in entirety.
John W. Luce & Co. For sale by ST.
Paul Book and Stationery company.
1t is very difficult to know Just what
Mr.. Shaw means, and one sometimes
doubts whether he knows himself This
essay on churchgoing will undoubted-
ly be hailed by the Shawites as one
more sign of extraordinary genius, and
the fact that they will find much of il
incomprehensible win be but added
proof. He appears to believe that re-
ligion is the last thing which should
take one TO church, but that IL the
building is artistic and beautiful, the
stained glass windows worth seeing.
that some good can be gotten out of It,
This is sample of the sort of thing
he says and which his admirers expect
of him:
IF from the fine art of today we set
aside feelinglesS or proSaic art which
is. properly, not fine art at all, we may
safely refer most or the rest to the
feeling produced by the teapot, the
bottle or the hypodermic syringe. An
exhibition of the cleverest men and
women in London at p. m, with their
afternoon tea cut off, would shatter
many illusions. Tea and. coffee and
cigarettes produce conversations; lager
beer and pipes produce routine jour-
nalism; wine and gallantry produce
brilliant journalism, essays and novels:
brandy and cigars produce devotional
or erotic poetry; morphia produces
tragic exaltation (useful on the stage) ;
and sobriety produces an average Gu
rates sermon" Mr.. Shaw is the apos-
tie of pessimism and his message is a
sneer.
Amy Dora's Amusing Day-By Frank
Bicknell, Henry Altemus Co. Philadei-
Stationery company.
Supposedly written for children. this
most amusing little tale will entertain
older folk as well. Amy Dora lives in
New York and is left to her own de-
vices for one day. upon which she re-
solves to do many forbidden things. II
is not necessary to explain the joy OF
this to children, or older people either
So, after much thought, Amy Dora re-
solves to spend her one day downtown
at a certain department store where
they are obliging enough to give away
samples whether you buy or not Her
adventures are somewhat on the order
of Alice in Wonderland" as the story
is not meant to be real, and what AMY