Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-30
VEGETARIANS FEAST
MEATS TABOoED AT BANQUET
OF WASHINGTON HEALTH CLUB

''The scorcled corpses of murdered ami
mails" was the term used by an after
dinner speaker last evening at the banquet
of the vegetarians comprising the WASH
iugton Health Club in describing the
cooked meats of the modern menu.
The function was given at an uptown
cafe and the dinner consisted OF eight
courses of vegetables daintily served in
the best style of the culinary art. 1t was
the first public banquet given by vegeta-
rfans in Washington. Instead of wine.
pure water was used in drinking all
toasts. And instead of the customary
cigars and cigarettes at the close of the
meal, health candy was passed around.
The all-vegetable bill of fare was as fol-
lows: Ripe olives sliced tomatoes. nut
consomme with croutons. protose steak.
mashed potatoes. roast imperial with
green peas. vegetarian chicken salad with
water cress. fresh strawberry vegetable
gelatin. fruit sticks. noko, toasted granose
biscuits. health candy.
"Cannibalistic Practice
After the candy had been passed around
William V. Mahoney, the toastmas-
ter. declared emphatically against
the prevailing canabalistic practice
of numbering animals and birds
and devouring their scorched corpses." He
said that man should not prey on the low
er animals and use them for a purpose
which they themselves shun.
1.-The animals of most use to man are
Notwithstanding animals" he said.
IF the whole world were honest and there
were no burglars and politicians. then the
watchdog, the most useful carnivorous
animal, would be superfuous. The largest
animals In the world are strict vegeta-
rians. The largest and most useful of the
land animals subsist entirely on vege-
tables, while the sea animals are governed
by the same law"
DR.. d. II. Kress stated that free use
of flesh is responsible Tor many of the
deadly diseases of the day. He spoke of
vegetarianfsm from a medical standpoint
and declared that the human family is in
its healthest condition when only the
simple foods are used.
Meat is responsible he said. for
pneumonia. heart disease. Bright's dis
ease, nervousness. and even insanity.
The hardening of the arteries is due to
the poisonous substances derived from
eating meat. Flesh consumption will
cause a degeneracy in the bodily tissues.
which in turn results in moral degeneracy.
In countries where meat eating is preva-
lent you will find an abundance of de-
cayed teeth"
Dr.. Loretta Kress, his wife, voiced DIR.
Kress sentiments. and told OF the Aus
tralians. among whom she lived for eight
years, who are great meat eaters and
tea consumers. and who, she declared, are
in bad health.
Other Speakers and Guests.
Other speakers were Edwin F. Ludwig,
Mrs. William Tindall. J. G. Kent. Prof
H. n. Sisco and Mrs. Patience Bordeau
Sisco. The list of guests included Edwin
F. Ludwig. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Pollock,
Miss Bertha Mahoney, John T. Davis,
William Davis, J. -. Kent, Miss Roberta
Dant. H. F. Kendall, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Ham Tindall, DR.. and Mrs Sisco, Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving NJ. Bartholomew, Mr. and
n.rs. William Mackrille. Miss Evelyn
Witsel. George A. Warren. DIR. and Mrs.
ID. III. kress, Mr.. and Mrs. William "