THE FHILADELPHIA VEGETARIAN S'Y

The May meeting of the F. V. S. wna held on the 17th inst. It was one of great inter- est. Rev. A. T. de I«arsy presided and J. Seymour Doolittle delivered an address on "Nitrogen as Food" illustrated with numer- ous pictures of eminent men showing such as required nitrogenous or muscle forming food and such as required carbonaceous or bent- fonuing food.

Mr. Wm. C. Ferris of Chicago spoke, and then read a paper entitled "At Meal Time" [See his paper in Hom^ Department].

Rev. Amanda Deyo from Scranton, Fa. who has recently removed to Fhiladelphia, said she had several times met friend Clubb at Peace gatherings and had noted his refusal to eat clam chowder and such food as was so common in New England, and being naturally opposed to cruelty had a favorable regard for Vegetarianism. She was now living with Sarah Hall, which gave her a good opportunity for trying Vegetarian- diet which thus far was a success. She hoped to come frequently among the Vegetarians of Philadelphia and was learning their ways.

Mr. Henry Doolittle referred to the methods adopted at the Battle Creek Sanitarium for ascertaining the kind of food required by the patients and the time occupied in digestion, by examining the contents of the stomach cei tain periods of lime after eating.

Rev. Henry S. Clubb showed that nitrogen was an important element both in the food of plants as well as in the food of man and animals and the necessity of selecting purer fertilizers in order to have better fruit and vegetables. The nitrogenous plants, pulse and clover being free from coarse animal poisons supply the best fertilizers and are much cheaper than the animal fertilizers sold to farmers. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the speakers of the evening who had furnished such an ample "feast of reason and flow of soul."

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Our paper circulates among an intelligent, thinking class of people who know a good thing when they see it advertised.

Our Vegetarian friends who can take sum- mer Boarders should advertise in F., H. & G. We get many applicants for Vegetarian board for the summer months.

Mr. Wm. Canby Ferris from Chicago is preparing and intending to lectuie on Vege- tarian Hygiene ftc. His address before the Fhila. V. S. in onr Home Department this month will be read with much interest.

A. W. Kerr, Wichita Falls, Texas writes : "Interest in Vegetarianism is growing here. I have been a Vegetarian about 2 years. Nothing could induce me to return to a flesh diet." — This was ac<:ompanied by a club of ten subscribers and orders for tracts &c.

I sincerely hope you may get the 10,000 subscribers you so greatly need. Will try to help you again. — W, L. Atcheson, Sweetwater, Texas. — If our Texas friends were to go to work they could easily send us i.ooo .sub-scrib- ers from their great state. We promise to augment the reading pages to 24 as soon as 10,000 subscribers are obtained.

The enterprise of Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton of which we publish an illustrated account in tliis 1897

number deserves the support of all vegetarians who can affoni to go there. There should be a Conference of Vegetarians for the good of the cause at Welkin Bluff this summer. Let us hear from our friends as to how many could meet us there in August next should we call a Convention.

Onrprinter who has done much to improve the appearance of Food, Home ft Garden was not a Vegetarian and. he has been addicted to tobacco and tbe result is he is suffering from lung difEculty and has had to go to the hospi- tal. It took H8 over a week to get suited and this has caused delay in this issue. We trust, however, our friends will be satisfied with the present issue when they do get it. .

I should like to unite with the Vegetarian Society if there are any personal advantages to be had. Would be glad to know more about it. — Miss Elsie C. Smith, Kokomo, Ind. — The personal advantages of being a member of the V, S. A. are that the certificate of mem- bership is an introduction to the Society of the best people on the Continent of America, while the altruistic element of your nature becomes deveroped in the effort to benefit

Being u Vegetarian the last 6 years, never to go back, but always forward, shall be thankful to you for a sample copy of F., H. a G. I huve long tried to get your exact address; just found in the Esoteric. — Alfred J. Krienitz, 2332 Vleet St., Milwaukee, Wis. — We are frequently receiving letters like the above indicating that there are many Vege- tarians who are so isolated as not to know their own headquarters, showing the necessity of a larger circulation of Veg. literature. "Philadelphia" will always reach us if the St. a no. be omitted. We need to place F., H. ft G. in every Hotel and Reading Room in the land. Will our friends please help do this? Every dollar will furnish four copies to any addresses sent. This is help that all can give and it is greatly needed. Our friends motto is a good one: " Never to go back".

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The Vegetarian Cycling Club, London, Eng. has 64 members and 9 associates. Tlic con- tests won by its memben; have been. numerous. Mr, Bruiuing broke Stanley Oakes' record of two miles by 15 seconds and on New Year's day broke his own record by a farther 12 seconds. The report for last year describes the gold and silver medals won by the mem- bers of the club. G. G. Watts won a gold medal for 100 miles in 5 hours, 38 minutes on on North Roads and on Path 100 miles iu 4 hours, 3omin., 50 sec.

them read F,, H. & G, and other literature on the subject. — A, H, Jacobson, Woodin- ville. King Co, Wash. — Mr. Jacobson is doing a good work giving infonuation to working men. We send him Foods for distribution. Will others kindly help him in this way ?

GOUT Be FLESH-EATING. One-twelfth of the population of England suffer from gout. A Berlin physician. Dr. Feahlner, says that this malady is often due to the excessive use of meat, — Record. — We have never known a vegetarian afflicted with gout.

"SUN COOKED FOOD." Query : I would ask through the F., H. G. •'What am I to understand by Sun Cooked Food?" — This term has been usually applied to fruit, grain, nuts &c.., ripened in the sun iu contradistinction of root vegetables that mature underground oi- seem to require artificial cooking to make them suitable for food.

FROM A SENSE OF JUSTICE. Frauk Aker, Middleburg, Scho. Co., N. Y., who has recently become a member of the V. S, A,, has, his brother writes; "been a strict vegetarian 2 years and 5 months, using the past year or more not even milk and its products, or eggs, as food." He is 18 years of age and with his elder brother Nelson J, Aker, " find that a diet free from flesh, is absolutely and entirely beneficial, but we became vegetarians from a sense of justice."

A WORKING MAN'S TESTIMONY. It is now over two years since I quit eat- ing meat and I am more alive than when I quit. I have worked hard all the time since. There are four or five persons in this vicinity who are "almost persuaded" to be- come Vegetarians. I have been letting