The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-29

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 More I'm Vogue? I7TH dietary system, popularly U known as vegetarian, had it's start in England in the society founded at Manchester in 1847. It was of rapid growth in that country, al- though the average Britisher has al- ways been regarded as a prodigious eater of beef and mutton. The typi- cal Englishman is still a meat eater, just as he is a lover of ale and whisky and soda; and yet abstenence from flesh food and abstinence from alcoholic stimulants are practiced by thousands in all walks of life.
 Since the European war vegetari- anism has come into fresh prominence. Members of the great vegetarian so- ciety take solemn pledge to abstain ffrom meat every day in the year, but many persons practice modified vege tarianism. They eat meat only once or twice a week.
 In the United States vegetarians are not so numerous as they are in England, but it is claimed that the number has increased recently, more, however, as a protest against the high price of beef and fowls than on scientific or moral principles.
 Certain religious orders, notably the Trappists, have always been vege- tarians, and they are distinguished for the virility and longevity of their members.
 People will generally agree that most men eat too much, whether it be of vegetables, sea food, fowls or heavy meat. The high cost of living would be appreciably lessened if every hearty eater would cut his or her meals in half, and the individual would feel all the better from it. But let's not begin on the slim diet until after Thanksgiving. * * *
 In extending congratulations to his fel- low townsman, MT. Marshall, MT. Fair banks appeared more cordial than MT. Hughes in his message to the President. Still, MT. Fairbanks has been Vice Pres ident once and he could afford to feel more cheerful than his running mate. * *
 The g. 0. p. elephant is going to take good care of his health for the next four years, in the hope that the demo- cratic donkey will eat too much and get out of training.
 
 The solid south" doesn't object to being called "stolid'' by certain repub- iican newspapers, for here of late the south has been getting what it wants.
 
 Montana's congresswoman has already signed contract to write a series of articles for a newspaper, but she will offer no advice to forlorn lovers
 It is said that some of Carranza's s gen erals are hard drinkers, but it is doubt full if any of them has a capacity equal to that of the late " Huerta
 Jack London was a cave man at heart, and maybe that was why he could write more convincingly about dog than about a modern woman
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 The Statue of Liberty is to be illumi- mated by a new lighting system, but even at that she won't be as bright as Broadway after dark.
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 A drive against an egg king must be conducted carefully There are cer- tain kinds of eggs more agreeable in the shell than out.
 Ingenious farmers make their automo- piles do all kinds of work on the farm, thus Tightening the burdens of the hired man.
 A wage increase will help coal miners in the Birmingham district to wrestle awhile longer with the high cost of liv- ing
 California cannot hope to attract as much attention as 1t did by going for Wilson until it has another earthquake * * * The outlook just now for the brother hood of man is rather discouraging but the socialists have not yet lost hope * *
 CTS don't know what's coming to them, but they'll soon find out.
 The Yale boys feel now just about as 1 jublant as the allies would feel if they