The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-29
MRS. BOYCOTT JOINS FIGHT
AGAINST THE MEAT TRUST
Declares for Vegetarian Menus-Beter Health One Eats
Less of thigh Prices Debar It From Many Tables.
Eggs and Butter the Next Edibles the List
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

what about luncheon menu without
meat?" inquired Mrs. Anti.
'Why half dozen dates and hand
full of peanuts, according to the vegeta-
rians, equal pound of the tenderest
porterhouse steak ever cut from the beef
and besides, just see how easy luncheon
is to prepare in this way. Put the dates
in one of your prettiest cut glass dishes
and your peanuts in silver bonbonniere
and there you are.'
Il loathe and detest peanuts" said
Mrs. Anti.
Then you must learn to eat Them"
said Mrs. Boycott.
Couldn't we have bit of calf's liver?"
pleaded Mrs. Anti who was still not
quite persuaded.
THAT is meat said Mrs. Boycott, 80
we debar its very name.''
"Boullion then?" the other inquired
LAS well eat the devil as drink his
, BLOOD" said Mrs. Boycott
Then cream of spinach will be my
finish at luncheon, l fear" said Mrs.
Anto. Whats the next course?'
"Croquettes,'' said Mrs. Boycott
Meat at last" said Mrs. Anti.
Never said the other. Make them
of walnuts."
But my husband would call it trash
and refuse to eat such truck and I'd
probably lose him-then what?'' said Mrs
Anti.
Very well, them" said Mrs. Boycott
"Order a crown roast of lamb and con-
tlnue your work against the machjna-
lions of the meat trust. But III say
this. that's it's no way to bring the
price of porterhouse steak down to 10
cents pound
And Mrs. Boycott refused to write, but
sat drawing pictures of pretty ladies with
slender, shapely figures on her pad.
You might add stuffed peppers to
that" said Mrs. Boycott.
Stuffed with ham-there you are again
you can't get away from meat, meat,
meat said Mrs. Anti.
'stuff the peppers with rice and to-
matoes and let the pig be hanged" said
Mrs. Boycott furiously as she heard this
remark.
'"rhey are not half so good" said
Mrs. Anti.
'Well, it's fighting the meat trust just
the same" said Mrs. Boycott.
IT don't think we'd better attempt a
dinner menu without meat-do your In
quired Mrs. Anti timidly.
Certainly" said Mrs. Boycott There
are just as many good things for din
ner as for any other meal.''
"But always think one must have
some great big roast or turkey or some
thing like that or dinner isn't sue
cess said Mrs Anti.
well. that will be proven a delusion
and snare when we get through with
the meat trust" said Mrs. Boycott land
in my opinion the greatest man of to-
day not excepting Mr.. Taft. Mr.. Roose-
welt, Or. Cook or Commander Peary, is
going to be the dietetic disciple who
arises and invents something to take
the place of meat
IT shall certainly look as lean and
hungry as Casslus.' said Mrs. Anti, and
shall probably go to bed on an empty
stomach every night"
(which is very healthful state to
be in, the authorities say, and besides,
meat Is a very IluCf tcu
Gle of of food" said Mrs. Boycott Now,
the Japanese
please don't suggest rice and tea for
loathe everything Oriental except
rugs
'srhe Japanese whipped the Russians. .
said Mrs. Boycott unheedful of Mrs.
Ants remarks.
THAT doesn't spell anything" said
Mrs. Anti. II never heard that the Rus
SLAMS were great meat-eaters anyway,
and besides what one eats doesn't af-
feet ones fighting capacity. Look at
the tremendous fight the Confederates
put up with practically nothing to eat"
Which remark rather stumped Mrs.
Boycott for moment But she sud-
denly revived and finishing her menus for
the day looked complacently at Mrs.
Anti and said:
"Well there will never be better hight
than am going to put up against the
meat trust and intend to boycott ev-
<erything that looks like meat as long
as the high prices rage, even If have
to live on bread and water until / am
as gaunt and slim as an eel and have
indigestion so that my family can't live
IN the same block with me.