"Of course there ls the Inevitable,
restaurant dish ? beans, Boston and1
New York style?and there ls spaghet?
ti, but to keep tbe custom of those wboi
taboo meats we have to contrive vari?
ety for them. One new offering is po?
tato cakes and r ' ed eggs. Then1
your vegetarian may eat celery salad,
tomato salad, fried sweet potatoes,
rice fritters, fried mush or potato cro?
quettes.
"But this ls a limited menu, and we
will hail as blessed tbe man or woman
tvho will Invent new vegetarian diibM
tvhich can be served In a quick lunch1
Mme. Tho problem puzzles us."?New
i'ork Times.
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Parisian Opium Fiends.
Of all the vices which have grown
and flourished apace during recent
years in Franco none has taken root
with such tenacity as opium eating.
Opium smokers and opium eaters are
today numbered in tbe large cities by
thousands, mid the absinth fiend is
slowly but surely giving way to the
opium maniac. Tbe government has
become alarmed at tbe situation, andi
lt ls proposed to fix on this drug au ab?
solutely prohibitive import tariff. The
two towns where this pernicious habit
ls most rampant are Marseilles and'
Toulon, and at the latter the state of;
things i. equal to the worst corners of!
any Chinese town. There are whole
streets where opium dens are to be
found in every house. In these vile
tinki of iniquity mon, women and chil?
ton pass I our: di dor fie influence of
Ihe drug?London Express.
Lint oin und < hureh.
