The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-06-13
REASONS LED MRS HEN
DERSON TO DESTROY
WINE COLLECTION
FUSSY ABOUT HER HEALTH
Believes Alcohol is Poison.
Gus to Human System
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, June 1s.-The emptying
OF the Henderson wine cellar Is stnl af-
fording a subject FOR newspaper articles.
Several weeks ago a local branch Of the
Rechabites. temperance organization.
nssisted IN destroying bottles OF wine
taken from tho cellar at the hoefn OF
Mr. aud Mrs John B. Henderson. for
mcriy from Missouri. II deyelops that
lit was the butler Of the Henderson
household who wac responsible for the
episode
Mrs. Henderson. q appears. Is not a
moral prohibitionist. She is opposed 70
the use OF alcoholic stimulants for phys
/ ical reasons her objections being based
upon scientific grounds.
In Washington and St. Louis Mrs
Henderson was always prominent So
clally. but sho devoted more attention
to things intellectual than to the mere
pleasures OF life In 1876 she organized
the ST. Louis school OF design, and has
found time to write two books. the titles
Of which give some idea OF the direction
IN which her studies tended The first
was practical Cooking and Dinner
Giving" and the other a recent product.
THE Aristocracy OF Health" The Hen
dersons had become noted as dinner
givers. and Mrs Henderson devoted her
self 70 tbs study of foods. As a result
she and Mr.. Henderson became convino-
ed that tho eating OF animal flesh was
Injurious TO human health. But Mrs.
Henderson did not intend 70 give up
her dinner parties. and she realized that
II would be an imposition on her guests
70 feed them only on grasses and vege-
tables and fruits that appeared to be
exactly what they were SO she set
about deviaing recipes that would enable
her to prepare vegetarian dishes in
way that wauld attract the eye and de-
light the palate. ss..-
! II Is great treat to be asked 70 n
vegetarian dinner at Henderson castle.
The chef is an Englishman. and a Won
der at preparing dishes OF things that
contain no flesh or other animal in
gradients. Washington epicures have
admitted that they we're completely
fooled by thedlshes which they ate. One
OF these was the late Thomas Il. Reed
OF Maine and New York. man who
appreciated the good things of life and
was disappointed il heidi not get them.
He accepted an Invitation 20 dine with
the former senator and Mrs Henderson
and was warned In advance that he
would get nothing to cat except nuts.
vegetables and fruits. Mr.. Reed was
rather alarmed over the prospect and ex-
pected to be woefully disappointed. but
he found that the warnings were decep-
tlte. There were fish and meat dishes
Cor what he thought were FISH and meat
dishes). and he enjoyed the whole din
ner. When II was over he learned TO
] > "a
substance had been used in any OF the
dishes.
Not a Reehablte.
After eschewlng theuse OF carnivorous
food, Mrs Henderson turned her atten-
tion 10 licuids and became convinced
that alcoholic preparations were poison
Gus TO the human system. Other things.
too. she decided were njuriour. The
Hendersons are not members Of the TEN
perance order known as the Rechabltes
The butler and one OF their other SER
wants belong to the order, and It was
partly due to the butler that the wine
spilliug ON the castle lawn came about
When AIRS. Henderson veached the con-
elusion that everything that contained
alcohol was poison the castle cellar was
well stocked with expensive wines What
TO 90 with them was Il problem. so the
stock lay In the cellar for years. and
might have been there to this day II
the temperance butler OF the castle had
not secured from Mr.. and Mrs Header
son promise that his tent of Recha-
bites might have the use Of their space
ious grounds for lawn party. The day
was tInaliy set, and when the butler was
( THANKING his mistress she said 1--WE
might rs wen clean out the cellar when
yonr friends come" At the word they
went into thecellars, and carrying out
the bottles by the armtui, proceeded 70
smash them.