Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26
TEA AND BEEF LOSE
! ON ENGLISH MENU
Perfect Square Meal in Lon
don 0mits Briton's Famed
Fare, Aiding Science.
Correspondence of The Star.

Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, June 25.-AH the lowing
kline of England are standing knee
deep in buttercups with a look of be~
wilderment on their bovine faces, but
with a glimmer of something like mer-
riment in their eyes. The perfect
square meal has been evolved by the
Nursing Exhibition at Westminster,
London. 1t is a square meal in that
1t suffers. 1t is a perfect meal in that
1t provides brain. blood and Drawn.
But--the farfamed and justly cele-
brated roast beef of old England is
not upon the menu.
Thus is life being revoutionized,
thus is a monkey wrench being thrown
into the inner works, the heart and
adjacent territories of John Bulls
tight little island. TO the consterna-
ton of the robust Tory. squires who
swear by their pounds. rare, off the
top of the round, twice daily, and the
delight of more modern souls who
prattle of calories and vitamines.
Tea Is Absent.
The perfect square meal--to catch
a glimpse Of which as it stands tempt
ingly displayed on it's dais. you must
.elbow a way through perfect horde
of amazed Britons-contains all the
there's not a hint of roast beef about
it. What's worse-yet. could anything
be worSe?-it contains no tea.
Roast beef. like all FED meats
tends to increase the blood pressure. -
said the expert in charge of the per.
feet square, land one trouble with the
British nation both abroad and at
home is that its blood pressure is soar.
ing. This induces belligerency. in
crea ses divorce and invites apoplexy
Look at our so-called red-cheeked,
healthy country squires. They are re-
garded as the finest type of English
man. If YOU look closely you'll see
that the red cheeks are more nearly
purple, generally with dispositions to
match.
Chicken Forms Basis.
There's more real energy, logical
thought and sheer strength in a week
of this perfect meal than in a herd of
Grampian cattle. You don't have to
eat an OK in order to have the strength
OF one, nor bulldog to be tenacious"
Consequently. it's the hen which
nowadays is tossing it's head with
pride. Chicken forms the basis of the
perfect square meal; chicken, more.
over, with egg sauce. New potatoes
are likewise upon the plate, a hand.
IuI OF lettuce. fruit salad with a cream
sauce and plenty of whole-wheat
bread with butter. The drink is lem
onade.
Chicken in England is not cheap, it
ranges about "a cents a pound New
potatoes, however, are to be had at s
to 10 cents a pound.
FOrty-cent Meal.
OF course you don't use a whole
chicken for each perfect meal, nor a
whole loaf of bread or pound of but.
ter. 1t is estimated, therefore. that
perfect meal in London-with vita
mines complete-will set you back
about 3S or 40 cents. But unfortu.
nately for vitamines. calories. etc.
there are many people in London to-
day living on Is shillings $3.50 a
week
The way they generally manage TO /
DO 1t is to beg clothes, owe for the
rent and buy a Joint" of mutton or
beef. What with roast the first day.
cold meat for a couple of DAYS |
minced" meat for another day. and |
thereafter soup. a Joint" lasts prac.
tically fc"ever. With a cabbage at &
cents and few onions or potatoes
life may not he luxurious, but it is at
least continuous.