Ability to Work on Vegetarian Diet.
A Catholic missionary, reported in the Catholic Mirror, in speaking of the people in India, says: "The majority of Indians eat only two meals a day. As the Hindu gives divine honor to the cow and ox, the Indian, as a rule, eats very little meat. Our children also are brought up accordingly, and very rarely eat meat, but in its place get "rotis," or unleavened bread, which has the form of pancakes, is made of wheat flour, water, and salt. With it they receive a dish of beans or peas cooked in Indian fashion. They eat, as is customary, only at noon and in the evening, but if they like may retain some bread for the morning. It is surprising how the people labor with so poor a vegetable diet." And why not? The ox works without meat, and so does the horse. These are among the strongest of animals. It is all nonsense to suppose that unless a man has meat he can not be strong. There are thousands who have tested the matter both ways, and choose the preferable vegetable diet because it is the better diet. The vegetarian does not need so much food, and he can endure more.