The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
KANSAS COMMENT
PURE FOOD. WELL COOKED.

There is considerable discussion in
these modern days about the food we
eat and the sort we should eat. Nege-
tarians urge the use wholly OF Vegeta-
bles while hard working men think
they must have meat at least twice d
day.
The argument of the vegetarianS
based upon the plea that animal life
is sacred and that it is wrong for man
to kill and eat Gods creatures, has re-
ceived a setback. To be thoroughly
humanitarian We must eat no animal
food. At this season of the year it Is
easy to reconcile ourselves to vege-
tarianism. But dare we eat vegeta-
bles? Mr.. Darwin told us the other
day that he couldn't tell what was
animal and what was vegetable. Pro
fessor Harold Wager told us a little
later that plants have eyes and brains
and feelings. The fact is now re-
called that thirteen years ago Pro-
fessor Royce, in lectures on meta
physics at Harvard, asserted that not
only plants but all parts of so-called
inanimate nature may have intelli-
gence wherewith they can communi-
cate with each other, and said that
while these intelligences are different
from ours, we are not warranted in
saying that they are lower. This makes
the cabbage as impossible an article of
food to the truly advanced thinker as
repugnant to a thoroughly refined and
tender hearted person as the pork i'm
bedded in them.
The solution of this question lies in
the more modern idea that food should
be pure and that it should be well
cooked. Be 1t animal or vegetable, 1t
will be fit for the table if freshly and
cleanly prepared and then skillfully
cooked.
The best raw material can be spoiled
in the cooking, and the best cooking
will not prevent tainted raw material
from injuring the person who con-
sumes it.-Wichita Beacon.
EASY MONEY"
ct want to warn all young men
against the pitfall of so-called easy
money!" said an ex-convict recently,
as he was preparing to go to the
operating table in Kansas City.
1T is one of the prime causes of
much sorrow" he continued, land the
lure is SO great that few young men
can resist it,
Then, before mounting the operat-
ing table, he asked for pencil and
paper, that he might write a message
to those on the outside as he felt
that he would not survive.
Skill won and the young man will
recover, but the advice was so good
that the physicians gave the state
ment to paper of that city. hoping
that the advice might warn others.
In this letter the young man did
not rail at fate because of humble
circumstances.
For long years I toiled and saved
my honestly earned dollars, then in
a reckless moment a companion told
me of scheme whereby I could earn
easy money at a far greater rate
than the wage for which toiled. The
first ventures succeeded, others fol-
lowed, forgot the real value of
money, forgot also the amount of
labor really required to earn an hon
est dime, SO when my ventures
failed I felt that 1 couldn't go back to
my trade, which paid well-$S per
day. From scheme to scheme 1 went,
until square dear meant nothing
to me, and I threw honor to the
winds and went after easy money.
1t is the worst lure in the world,
and should be Stunned. Parsons
Eclipse.