The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-15
LIVING WITHIN
ONES INCOME
How 1t May Best Be Done III,
These Days OF Siren
uousity.
GOOD FOOD NOT COSTLY
A Vegetarian Diet Is Not Absolutely
Necessary. but the Less Meat
One Consumes, the Better
the Chance for Health.
GooD FOOD NOT COSTLY

nave not been wanting advocates of {;
life simpler than that led by the con-
tefnporaries of the reformers. From the
times of the Essences. who drank no
wine and prlctised the greatest as
ceticism in diet. to the present, With
its vegetarian associations. mankind
mas been urged to give up the flesh
pots of Egypt and live upon herbs and
fruit II water from the spring.
Whether or not this doctrine mas made
substantial progress among the nations
of the world is doubtful: but today
there is q marked tendency to accept,
II live up to this teaching on the part
of many leaders OF thought and
fashion.
Were this novernen:. for y simpler
life due to Il mere love of novelty and.
change, a pandering to a morbid crav-I
ing for some new excitement, no words,
could be too strong WhereWith to con-!
denim it. But we believe that there is a.
general wave of feeling for Ii more ideal
life. and a strong reaction OH the part
OF many wome.l against the a~rtiticialty'
Of modern living. The life of the ordi-.
nary woman of society. to say nothing,
Of the leaders thereof, is too frequently
such a Oun of engagements, of
functions" Of social duties, thas, CONF
pared with the lives of many women of
the laboring classes, it is very hard,
work. And even if the object be pleas.
ure. the pursuing of it entails q great!
deal of trouble. work and very often
considerable personal sacrifice. More
over. the pursuit of pleasure, when:
continuous, becomes simply another
form of work. and the strain of it on
the body and mind is practically just
the same as if it were done for a
wage. Late hours. excitement, loss of
sleep. improper food, irregular meals.
bridge parties. and all the wear and
tear of modern society life tell heavily
upon the bodies and nerves of women,
many of whom often feel tempted to
doubt whether the game is worth the
candle. n if the mind does not revolt
the body will i'll time rebel, and out
ragged nature demands compensation
for disturbance as surely as night fol-
lows day. Illness supervenes, n the
victim of an unnatural mode of life a
TO give up for 4 time and seek renewed
health at the seaside, the sanatorium,
or undergo one Of the many continental
cures" Such modern diseases as can
Ger and appendicitis are undoubtedly
due to the d manne of living
of wrong feeding and high pressure.
Thus h present wav of reform in
food and drink is but the resultant,
other form of expression-of the physi-,
cal reaction which nature imposes upon
all h break her laws. \
A vegetarian regime is often a bug,
bear to the majority of readers. who
regard it either as an unmitigated NUS
ance or a harmless fad. AS a matter of.
TACT. hoWeveS, Il diet from which flesh
meats are excluded may today be made
so appetiZfng, SO palatable and so salts
flying that its adoption is by no means,
tho ,,Nr ,fS @,t - - H. - ~
people hin who ave not tried it.. In
the first place, scienc has of late years
made SO many strides in dietetics that
not only are there many new food sub.
stances discovered or invented, butt
there are now SO many preparations of
vegetable foodstuffs that an infinite
variety of dishes and palatable food
can be put on the table. Inc the abb
n of meat is scarcely noticed or it's
presence desired. The science and art;
of cookery are now so we'll developed
n so much facility has come with,
practice. that there need be little or no,
self-denial in restricting oneself to a.
vegetarian diet. In fact, SO varied. so
ip%alatable and pynfuse may a modern.
meatless meal be Lax it is open to the,
charge brought against the ordinary;
regime being a long way of from the
simple life now advocated. In warm
ATTITUDES, where the populations are
denSeS the mass of the people SubSiSt,
mainly on cereals, fruit and legumes, !
with milk, butter, cheese, fish and con-
diments, according to locality and rank
of life. The Japanese, for instance,
are practically a vegetarian race. and
yet they have proved themselves infin-.
itely superior in physique, courage and:
endurance to the burly Russian soldier.
Moreover, the ~pcasantry of many Eu-
opean countries eat very little meat,
because they are too poor to purchase
it. Up to quite recent times the Scot,
fish and Irish %peasantry lived very.
largely upon oatmeal and potatoes.
Chemically considered, we know Of
course, that vegetable food contains
every element that is found in meat.
since all animals derive their susten-
ance 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 a fair way of being done,
and what, with condensed, pre-digested
and chemically prepared foods,
"Punch's' dream of tabloid meals
would seem to be almost capable of
realization: One thing in favor of the
tmeatless diet will appeal strongly TOT
women, who are habitually more tenn!
perate in eating than men-a vegetar-.
ian diet is undoubtedly a great aid to 4.
clear complexion. Another and Incl
dental advantage which will be appre-
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.
Headed OF.