prepare the food of the household that they may no longer be dependent upon inefficient assistants. When women begin to investigate and experiment, they will discover that the immediate, or even gradual disuse of animal food, with its various seasonings and greasy accompaniments, will also diminish the morning languor, stiffness, coated tongue, offensive breath, ill-temper, peevishness, while " all-out-of-sorts " will vanish like the dew before the rays of the sun. There exists such a diversity of taste, no definite rules can be- laid down. But having spread nature's varied and delicious cuisine before the mental vision, we can select what seems best adapted to our needs. Fruit and bread, is an ideal and perfect diet ; the variety sufficient to sustain health and life to a good old age, and with nothing else a royal feast may be provided daily. "Fruit and Bread, a Scientific Diet" by Gustav Schlicheysen should be read by all who are interested in the better development of the race. In that he says, " the ability to kill and devour is of a lower order than the ability to till the soil " and argues that as man pro- gresses toward a higher plane, he inevitably advances toward vegetarianism. A wise and judicious promulgator of advanced truths, does not ask any one to accept his views, and mode of life because he believes them to be correct; but simply invites people to exercise reason and good sense upon these matters and they will discover the truth. Many.:hygienists eat more or less of animal food, and one class of vegetarians eat fish, and animal products are largely used by many vegetarians. However, each class if true to their principles, recognizes the fact that the WHY A HYGIENIC DIET. 29 body should be the servant of the mind and that it is our duty to so live in every way, that through the body may be manifested all the attributes of the higher life. But the majority have been reckless and prodigal of life in their ceaseless rush for the " good things," and have inadvertently scattered the contents of " Pandora's box " all over the world, until as a modern writer truthfully says, " high feeding, deep drinking, hard working, sleepless nights, debaucheries, dissipation, artificial life, unnatural conditions, mingled with promises of amendment, protes- tations of reform, prayers filled with remorse, stings of conscience, bodily suffering, mental despondency, heart- ache, life-agony and early death, are the grand array of arrangements through which our people pass." To ascer- tain when these conditions first had their birth we have only to glance backward, and we find that the cook and physician doubtless appeared at nearly the same time upon the arena of human life; and that these profession- als have seemed to b^ in continuous partnership; As soon as mankind departed from a natural diet, they began to suffer in various ways and to seek relief fox the conse- quences of their physical sins, always then applying it externally. They did not stop to enquire what they had done to produce such change in their bodies, but sought a remedy so they might still be able to continue the pleas- ures of the table, and doubtless the cooks began to try experiments to gratify the craving for new things. The enlightenment of education and christian civiliza- tion have failed to save us from ourselves and free us from the consequences of still existing ignorance. The combined efforts (? ) of more than a hundred thousand doctors have failed to make us a healthy, long-lived race ; 30 THE FAT OF THE LAND. and there seems no other way but for those who will, to strike out for themselves, enquire the way, and direct conscience aright. In obedience to the higher law, they will develop their own individuality and be prepared to create new generations who will be in their prime at eighty, ninety, and a hundred years !

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prepare the food of the household that they may no longer be dependent upon inefficient assistants. When women begin to investigate and experiment, they will discover that the immediate, or even gradual disuse of animal food, with its various seasonings and greasy accompaniments, will also diminish the morning languor, stiffness, coated tongue, offensive breath, ill-temper, peevishness, while " all-out-of-sorts " will vanish like the dew before the rays of the sun. There exists such a diversity of taste, no definite rules can be- laid down. But having spread nature's varied and delicious cuisine before the mental vision, we can select what seems best adapted to our needs. Fruit and bread, is an ideal and perfect diet ; the variety sufficient to sustain health and life to a good old age, and with nothing else a royal feast may be provided daily. "Fruit and Bread, a Scientific Diet" by Gustav Schlicheysen should be read by all who are interested in the better development of the race. In that he says, " the ability to kill and devour is of a lower order than the ability to till the soil " and argues that as man progresses toward a higher plane, he inevitably advances toward vegetarianism. A wise and judicious promulgator of advanced truths, does not ask any one to accept his views, and mode of life because he believes them to be correct; but simply invites people to exercise reason and good sense upon these matters and they will discover the truth. Many hygienists eat more or less of animal food, and one class of vegetarians eat fish, and animal products are largely used by many vegetarians. However, each class if true to their principles, recognizes the fact that the body should be the servant of the mind and that it is our duty to so live in every way, that through the body may be manifested all the attributes of the higher life. But the majority have been reckless and prodigal of life in their ceaseless rush for the " good things," and have inadvertently scattered the contents of " Pandora's box " all over the world, until as a modern writer truthfully says, " high feeding, deep drinking, hard working, sleepless nights, debaucheries, dissipation, artificial life, unnatural conditions, mingled with promises of amendment, protestations of reform, prayers filled with remorse, stings of conscience, bodily suffering, mental despondency, heartache, life-agony and early death, are the grand array of arrangements through which our people pass." To ascertain when these conditions first had their birth we have only to glance backward, and we find that the cook and physician doubtless appeared at nearly the same time upon the arena of human life; and that these professionals have seemed to been in continuous partnership; As soon as mankind departed from a natural diet, they began to suffer in various ways and to seek relief fox the consequences of their physical sins, always then applying it externally. They did not stop to enquire what they had done to produce such change in their bodies, but sought a remedy so they might still be able to continue the pleasures of the table, and doubtless the cooks began to try experiments to gratify the craving for new things. The enlightenment of education and christian civilization have failed to save us from ourselves and free us from the consequences of still existing ignorance. The combined efforts (? ) of more than a hundred thousand doctors have failed to make us a healthy, long-lived race ; and there seems no other way but for those who will, to strike out for themselves, enquire the way, and direct conscience aright. In obedience to the higher law, they will develop their own individuality and be prepared to create new generations who will be in their prime at eighty, ninety, and a hundred years !

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