The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

n EMINENT metropolitan divine
u has put upon record as his
~ opinion that. were il not for the
Intervention Of Lent between
The fashionable season and the almost
as gay summer campaign. the women
who compose the major portion Of his
cure OF souls would never remember
that there is any other life than this.
in Lent. it is the fashion to go
10 church" ne said. ''and women must.
perforce. get some idea Of the reason
for holding church services
A learned judge who belonged TO a
communion which does not enioin
church services during the forty days
observed as a peniJential period by other
sects took another view OF the expedi-
ency OF abstaining from fiesh-foods in
the late winter and early spring.
CHANGING 10 go into his eoachman's
house. and finding the family at dinner,
he noted that there was no meat on
the table.
"Ah. # is Lent" he remarked. And
a very sensible thing il is TO abstain
from meat on three or four days week
ia the spring. We should all be better
on for following your example We
eat too much 1esh-foOd-"
You mean better for the body. sir,
rejoined the man. respectfully. I'VE
think fasting good for the souls sake"
The Physical Side.
This is not the place for dissertation
upon the spiritual benefit to be gained
from denial of the grosser dispositions
OF the body. nor for a computation OF
the influence OF a purified body upon
religious experience. For the present l
range myself with the jurist who claim
ed that we should all be In better con-
dition physically II meat were stricken
from the family bill-Of-fare for three
davs IN each week as a relief from the
congestion wrought by winter diet and
habits and IN preparation for summer
heats
The national appetite for iesh-foods
NAV be called a passion with certain
classes. Conspicuous among these are
adopted citizens OF our lavish land. II
would be a curious and a melancholy
study-the comparison Of statistics as
10 the quantity OF flesh per capita, eaten
~ the transpianted immigrant and that
eaten BY the brother OF sister left in the
old country. AS curious and mere mel
ancholv would be the difference between
the Doctors bill and the death rates OF
the Two
Ii is not 10 be denied that We need
carbon In winter ana that meat supplies
more carbon than vegetables II Is as
undeniable that continuous consumption
CT meat and a scanty use OF esculents
begets bile and uric acid. third ano
consecutive truth is that 70 these 1--WE
evil agents may be traced az least one
half OF the maladies from which resi-
dents OF the United States sui1er anc
die.
Reform Menus.
Let US begin a nuch-needed reform by
inaulring how the national menu may b'
modified without making it less attrac
tive; in other phrase. add 10 our culin
arv repertoire Lenten dishes that vii
commend themselves TO the popular
palate. The average eater does not TAX
kindly TO fare the chief recommendation
OF which is WhOlesOmeness. He wants
what tastes good" Savoriness Is
prime essential. And savoriness is
natural characteristic OF meat. Having
once eaten thereof. and frequently, IN
sophisticated palate accounts all else in
sipid AS my oft-quoted HiberniaI
maid-'-three years in the country -
complained when eggs We're put befoT
her II breakfast-"I mOight lie six ant
rise hOOugry! The mate corner must D.
She is a wise caterer who oontrivsl
TO MI the meat corner with food mat J.
at once nOurishing. acceptable 10 IN
taste, and. at this time of the year
gently Alternative.
The object OF this and the next pape
will be 10 direct the hOusemothers er
forts into channels that may lead L
these desirable ends.
II in dealing with Lenten fare / seen
TO make less than might be expected o
these, the usual mainstays or cook an
caterer who exclude animal food rroT
their daily menus while Lent holds on
IL is because so much has already bee
written OF the multifarious ways O
cooking eggs-aud with respect TO Ms
diet IN winter / have grave misgiving'
Fresh hsh is wholesome-to some q
gestiOns. Others cannot assimilate i
Stale FISH is a poison. And fish that Ia
been laid up IN cold storage for week
ald months is as stale as If II Wer
not advertised as fresh.
Dangers of Fish Diet.
Have You ever paused TO consider no
many more cases OF ptomaine pOisonin
occur in winter than in summer?
have been led 10 look into the subJe'
BY several severe and two fatal eass
that have come under nay immediai
observation In each instance the ifs
cod salmon halibut. and shad-wa
purchased from a reputable dealer at
high price 1t lay buried in ice on ii
stall and the buyer was assured th'
IL had been drawn from cold storas
within a few hours a majority
women marketers DO not ask themselvs
questions as to the age OF fsh TIN
Eiibiy recommended. They know tn,
salmon are not caught in iee-l0cke
rivers and that the shad season in n
Northern States IL not January an
February. They accept the nshmonl