The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-22
BY r. J. o'FLAHERTN.
rTrnnslated from the Cream

q vegetarian epaOSHlC mas plV4ou VuI euNoh5 ~NS
Greek workers and unless stern measures are taken
% halt the spread Of the scourge Greek may soon
be eating Greek into cancellation and insanity thru
q stralgh4 diet Of carrots celery and cucumbers
This Is ser4ous In fact It has political side
70 A. How can q man give serious attention TO
political problem when his teeth decorated vita
cabbage nbCe while his stomach Graves for roast
young pgf
So pregnant with disaster is the situation among
tae Greek workers In Chicago that the editors Of the
Em1pros urged on the duty Of dealing a deadly
blow 10 thds dangerous cult. Considering the Lact
that the last ohrOpractor ON our subscription Inst
estentatsously withdrew hts custom from Inc
Daily Worker recently owing 20 q wise crack OF
mina e the expense of spine tickling 1t rs quite
ebvious that our Greek comrades are taking serious
financial raaks In their decision TO expose the vege
earian sham and It's near relatives. the various
brands Of Osteopathy, from the milder form OF dis
ease, known as naprapathy, 70 the virulent brand
known "a chirOpractic.
What is the relationship, Il any, between vegetar-
kauism and osteopathy? Are all vegetarans addict
cd to back kneading and toe twisting? Are all pa
irons of neck swapping addicted to tomato carrot
end hg diet? No, any more than every member Oh
Aimee McPherson's congregation could De seduceo
nv King BENJAMIN of the House of David on the
specious plea that he is the Seventh Messenger Oh
che Lord engaged in the painful duty OF purifying
aouls for their advent into heaven but neither are
any two mackerel alike in color that Is, exacty
alike. They are ali OF me uAScketeA fanny ~"
ever, and just fish
The writer has personal grievance against
head of cabbage in It's proper place, which is in the
vicinity of a chunk of boiled bacon, spare ribs or
norned beef But know of a man who used TO go
around like walking truck farm, usually with
goodsized head of cabbage under his arm and ne
committed more political errors than half dozen
right wingers. His Judgment improved when ne
began TO smoke pipe and that he has COM
promised with clam chowder there are hopes tor
his complete recovery.
Another radical, whose appearance almost brought
tears from those who knew him when his race pore
the earmarks Of pork chops, was almost at dea1h
door from malnutrition when his vegetarian DOCTOR
Most the faith and took prescribing straight meat
diet for his patients This particular patient was
smoking five cent cigars inside of month and get
ting awav with it, In addition to the Improvement
in his health there was noticeable Improvements
in the quality of his literary output.
There are two wings of vegetarianism: yegetar-
ians for the sake of vegetables and vegetarans be-
causa Of sympathy for animals. For the vegetarian
who has espoused the diet result OF personal
experiment with the effects of certain KINDS OF 1000
on his health l have nothing but respect In all
probability he will be thosophis in two years and
a Holy Jumper in six but before the exclusive vege-
table diet gets in its deadly work he has more SYM
Dathy for victims of child labor than for the pigs
IN the Chicago stockyards.
The vegetarian from ethical considerations win
tell you that God" never created animals TO De
slaughtered, tho 1t occurs to him that an
animal had to be slaughtered so that ne could wear
shoes Such person is usually opposed to the
consumption of milk, particularly cows milk for the
good reason that it is the most popular Cows milk
Is only good for calves he will tell you with an air
of fnality. On the matter of eating meat he may
compromise to the extent of allowing You that lux
ury provided you able to pounce on your animal
suddenly the tiger fashion, sink your teeth into
its juguar vein and drink its blood while 1t is hot.
Perhaps he favors sudden death. Or perhaps he
thinks that lions and tigers lead healthier life
because they don't eat cooked food. We have heard
OF sick lions sick tigers despite the fact that they
don't patronize a gas range put vinegar on their
steak.
One combination chiropracbor and vegetarian that
a friend OF mine patronzed boosted that he had not
lighted fire in his kitchen Tor two years. Some
times he was compelled to do violence 70 the faith
that was in him when invited out to dine with peo
pie who were addicted to the vice OF cooking But
he made up for such apses from the straight and
narrow path by totng bag of tomatoes under his
arm and eating them while making his rounds. He
was as emancpated czarist pretender 70 the
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