The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
Marvellous
DiscoVeru
The Government Warns the Pub
lie Against the Subtletes of
Leguminotherapy.

1Hc dIleEcu Hlgn Cost Ol living has
led to great deal Of discusslon-es-
peclally in the press. Many are the
remedies offered. First and foremost
is that of refusing to eat meat. Clubs
and societies have been organized all
over the country to induce the publicto
eschew the eating of meat. Those who
have advocated Vegetarianism were
happy to see such large accessions to
their ranks. But now along comes the
DEPARTMENT. of Agriculture at Washing
ton with new dlscoyery-Legum-
inotherapy. The Department has dis
covered that carrots, for example, are
good for bad tempers. Overiniuige nee
in potatoes produces apathy and lazl-
ness, even though they are palatable
three times day.
The following editorial from the Chi
cago Inter Ocean covers the subject so
nicely it would be waste of time to
do any better than reprint it:
elf thin purse should cut you eff
from thick steaks in this eia of high
prices and the succulent lamb chop be
denied you, do not turn thonghtlessly
to vegetable diet.
"Too long, it seems, have we held the
lowly vegetable in small esteem as
thing to be eatt n and-if our digestion
be good--forgotten. The present high
prices have driven scientists to study
| the vegetable andt to coverin quail
ties not hitherto suspected.
"The new science ofleguminotherapy.
just formulated by the food experts OF
the Del artmento of Agriculture informs
ms that vegetables not only affect us
physically but morally and mentally.
eve have known that vegetables
make us lean or fat. Now we are told
they also make us good or bad. They
color our temperaments, the experts
declare; they alter and build our char
acters.
$50 have a care how you consume
potatoes. Be sue of yoursef before
you indulge in carrots. Search yOnr
soul if you have craving tor beans.
"There may w eight volumes of phi
losophy worthy of Kant or Nietsche
wrapped i'll tie skin of a tomato, ac-
!. cordlng to leguminoti elapy. There may
be a love romance from the first kiss
to the divorce court in dish of peas.
IA tablespoonful of string beans may
be the essence of poetry and hold i'll
> embryo an IIiad or Paradise Lost.
But brain storms may Iurk in boiled
. turnip and murder i'll an onion. Hence
! the necessity for unceasing vegetarian
vigilance.
"But let the Department of Agricul-
ture experts expound the subtleties OF
iepum,notherapy According to Wash
lngton newspaper experts, the dietary
g experts say:
"Boiled arrots are prescribed for bad
tempers. Green peas should be denied
Ito gil lis with a tendency to flirt. Oye.'
:, induipen in potatoes is apt TO pro
duce energy and develops constancy
g French string beans constitute an idea
diet for poets and artists. Caulif1OWe
and cabbage produce vulgarity of char
: acter and sloWness of perception. Har
= ,cot beans build up the nervous system
= and stimulate the intellect. Disraeli
q Carlyle, Daudet and Ibsen fed on bar
h icot BEANS
= "There you are! It is almost recip
:, for building one's character over agaii
% for 80 cents at the outside.
. "If you have an ambition to becom
: famous as d statesman, historian, nov
- elist dramatist, eat haricOt beans.
~ elf yeu are ethereal, spirituelle,
% mere peripatetic soul, and want to Worl
= down to the level of the redbloOde
20 men about you, take to cabbage an
n canlifiower.
of y, "You may be peevish, quarrelsOmt
" perhaps belligerent. Take boiled cal
no rots The remedy may strike you g
Al worse than the ailment, but it 10 gual
= anteed to give you an angelic dispos
r., tion.