The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-22
HIS PRACTICE AND
HIS PRINCIPLES

The other night Jones brought home
a big paper bag full of whole wheat
I'm going to stop making a bury
ing ground of my stomach he an
nounced as he deposited the bag on the
Kitchen table. This flesh eating this
carniverous Indulgence. this overload
ing of the system with the dead flesh
OF animals is what is running the human
race. 1t is what is making us deterior-
ate from-from-"
"Savages?" suggested the wife mild
ly.
From what we are to what we will
be-" he finished, weakly
You see this little grain?" he con-
tinued. picking a kernel out of the bag.
We'll, IT contains all the nutriment any
human system needs. 1 tell you, it's
generalization that is Transforming
us into-into-"
"Prize fighters and football players,
and athletes" asked his wife, gently.
The elephant" he went on, calmly
ignoring her, never eats anything but
hay, and he is the strongest animal
in the world
And what a lovely complexion he
has!" she added.
It's not a natural instinct to con-
sumo dead flesh. Now, take the mon
key; does he call for baked fowl?"
NO" agr eed his wife; but the cat
likes it raw"
There is no use arguing with
woman" he grunted disgustedly. Com
mon sense doesn't appeal to her. Just
cook that wheat, please. and I'll eat it.
You can go on making a coffin of your
stomach as long as you like
For two days he ate the wheat raw
enously. He had it boiled and baked
and fried and made into porridge. He
ate Ii with honey which is a natural
food, and he ate it with lettuce, which
is a natural herb. On the third day
he varied it with. a little fried pota-
toes. On the fourth he tried some
F'repch peas. On the fifth his wife no
ticed that his appetite was failing. He
scarcely touched anything and seemed
10 eat with that strange abstracted
look that only comes with a bad di-
gestion or a full stomach.
What's the matter dear?" she ask
ed. You seem to have lost interest in
your new diet"
Nothing of ~the sort" he replied
stoutly. I'm simply cultivating a. nor
NAL appetite. Half the troubles in this
world come from oYereating."
For few days things went on in this
way, and then she had occasion one
morning to drop in at her husbands
office. AS she got IN the elevator she
noticed hallboy from a nearby hotel
carrying tray full of steaming dishes.
When the elevator reached the sew
enth floor she got out. The boy with
the tray followed her She turned to
the left. The boy with the tray turned
to the left. She walked down a long
corridor and the boy followed. She
stopped in front of her husbands office
door and the boy with the tray stopped.
The hallboy raped gently on the
panel.
But somebody inside had already
heard the rafting of dishes and the
door was flung open so suddenly that
the boy with the tray had not time to
step back There was a crash and a
loud falling of silver covers. And while
the hallboy stopped to pick them up,
she looked at her blushing husband
rs that your lunch. James," was all
she said. as she pointed to a big, fat,
juicy sirloin steak, rich, carnivorOus
looking giblet stew and a dish of dain-
ty fried smelts.
IL he began weakly.
Because if 1t is she added tartly,
Il don't wonder that you have degener-
ated from-what you were to what you
are"
And Jones adds now when he tells
the story, Il never had a man or wOm-
an either call 'nfe q liar with more re-
fined emphasis. Say, do you like duck
best broiled or roasted?"