The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-08

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tear Of modern society life tell heavily
upon the bodies and nerves of women.
many of whom often feel tempted 10
doubt whether the game is worth the
candle. And if the mind does rot re-
volt the body will in time rebel, and
outraged nature demands compensa-
ton for disturbance as surely as night
follows day. Illness suDervenes, and
the victim of an unnatural mode Of life
has to give up for time and seek re-
newed health at the seaside, the sana-
forum, or undergo one Of the many
Continental cures" Such modern dts
eases as cancer and appendicitis are
undoubtedly due to the modern manner
Of ltving-Of wrong feeding and high
pressure. Thus the present wave of re-
form in food and drink is but the result
another form of expression-of the
physical reaction which nature imposes
upon all who break her laws.
vegetarian regime is often bug
bear to the majority of readers, who
regard it either as an unmitigated nui-
sance or a harmless fad. AS matter
of fact however, a diet from which
flesh meats are excluded may to-day be
made so appetizing, so palatable and so
satisfying that its adoption is by no
means the modification of the flesh
that most people think who have not
tried it. In the first place, science has
of late years made so many new dietics
that not only are there many new food
substances discovered or invented, but
there arc now so many preparations of
vegetable foodstuffs that an infinite
variety of dishes and palatable food
can be put on the table. and the alb
sence of meat is scarcely noticed or its
presence desired. The science and art
of cookery are now so we'll developed,
and so much facility has come with
practice, that there need be little or no
self-denial in restricting ones self to a
vegetable diet. In fact, so varied, 50
palatable and profuse may a modern
meatless meal be that 1t is open to the
charge brought against the ordinary
regime being a long way off from the
simple life now advocated. In warm
ATTITUDES, where the populations are
densest, the mass of the people subsist
mainly on cereals, fruit and legumes,
with milk, butter, cheese. gtisi and
condiments according to locality and
rank of life. The Japanese, for in
stance, are practically a vegetarian
race, and yet they have proved them
selves infinitely superior in physique,
courage and endurance to the bury
Russian soldier. Moreover, the peas
antry of many European countries eat
very little meat, because they are tos
poor to purchase it. Up to quite recent
times the Scottish and Irish peasantry
lived very largely upon oatmeal and
potatoes.
Chemically considered, we know, of
course. that vegetable food contains ev-
cry element that is found in meat, since
all animals derive their sustenance
from the vegetable world. directly or
indirectly. AS the late MattIeu Will
liams used to say. in eating beef we eat
grass at second hand, and what is now
done for us by the OK would soon be
done in the laboratory of the chemist.
This is now in fair way of being done,
and what, with condensed, predigested
and chemically prepared foods
Eutlch uFeaIA OF LaDi0iu meals
would seem to be almost capable of re-
alization. One thing in favor of the
meatless diet will>apDeal strongly. to
women, who are 'habitually more tenn
perate in eating than men-a vegetable
diet is undoubtedly great aid to a
clear complexion. Another and Incl
dental advantage which viii be pppre-
ciated in the kitchen is the fact that
the plates and dishes for the reformed
diet are easier TO wash than those used
for meats.-Jueen..