The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-18

That's all very well for breakfast but what about luncheon and dinner. without meat?" inquired Mrs. Anti.
 "Why. half dozen dates and a hand ful of peanuts, according to the vege- tarians. equal a pound of the tenderest porterhouse steak ever cut from the beef, and besides, just see how easy luncheon is to prepare in this way?" Serve the dates in one of your pretty china dishes and your peanuts in a lit- tie glass bowl. and there you are!"
 But I loathe and despise peanuts" said Mrs. Anti. pathetically.
 "Then you must learn to like them," commanded Mrs. Boycott, sternly.
 couldn't we have a bit of calfs liver for breakfast?" Mrs. Anti was plead ing.
 That is meat" said Mrs. Boycott, ESQ we debar it's very name"
 "Boullion for lunch," Mrs. Anti said presently.
 AS well eat the devil as drink his blood" said Mrs. Boycott Then I suppose I'll have to sip cream l of spinach or some equally as insipid stuff for my lunch, which will be my fish," said Mrs. Anti, peevishly. What's the next course?"
 "Croquettes." announced Mrs. Boycott, writing it down.
 Meat at last? I knew you couldn't all I together boycott it' said the other. Never" said Mrs. Boycott. These are walnut croquettes' But my husband wouldn't eat such trash,' said Mrs. Anti He'd get up and | leave the table. and become so disagree | able around the house that I'd probably | lose him--then what?' "Very wel.'f said Mrs. Boycott Order a Crown Roast of Lamb. and continue your affiliations with the Meat Trust. but | you'll never bring the price of Steak down to 10c a pound that wayl'' | Mrs. Boycott stopped writing and be- I gan to draw pictures of tall. slender ladies with shapely figures like those you | see in The Ladies' Own Journal. and said nothing more. Presently however, she offered the sug- gestion that Stuffed Tomatoes might be added to the luncheon menu
 stuffed with ham?" asked Mrs. Anti. '"There you arel You can't deny it' | NO, mo- mo-" shouted Mrs. Boycott. You don't stuff the tomatoes with ham. You use rice and some Of the tomatoes | ANN the pig be hangedl'
 But that is so insipid," said Mrs. Anti.
 But it's fighting the Meat Trust, just the same" said the other If we don't get on any better with a Luncheon Menu without Meat than we | have, [ don't think there is any use 10 | attempt dinner without it, do youY' asked Mrs Anti.
 "That will be deusion and snare when we get through with the Meat l Trust" said Mrs. Boycott and in my | opinion the greatest man alive, not ex- cepting MT. Underwood. MT Taft, pr. | Cook or George Cohan, is going to be the Dietetic Disciple. who arises and invents something to take the place of-MEAT." 'I shall go about looking as lean and hungry as Cassius." said Mrs Anti l And think of the empty, gone feel | ing in my stomachv' "A very healthy state to be in,' said Mrs. Boycott" according to the authori- tics. Meat is a very much overestimated article of food, anyway. Now, the Japa- nese-"
 "Please don't suggest any more rice or tea," said Mrs. Anti. 'I loathe everything Oriental exeept-rugs.'
 "rhe Japanese whipped the Russians" " Mrs. Boycott continued, unheeding her remarks.
 That doesn't spell anything" said Mrs. 1 Anti ''I never heard that the Russians were great meat eaters, anyway, and. be- sides, what one eats doesn't effect tho fighting capacity. Look at the tremen- dous fight the Confederates put up, with practically nothing 10 eat l The remark "stumped Mrs. Boycott for a moment, but she suddenly revived and said: well. there'n never be a better fight l put up than the one l am making against the High Price of meat, and I intend to go right on Boycotting everything that even LOOKS like MEAT, as long as the enormous prices rage even if I have to live on Prunes and Prisms, until I am as slim as an Eel, and look like walking | Glfe1etOu