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...Shaw, famed vegetarian, has frequently reminded his readers with asperity that geese must be fastened to a board and forcibly fed for some time, in order that their livers may attain the size and lusciousness requisite for the creation of this superb liver-paste...
Miss Lillian Harrison. Garmented heavily in grease, a young woman from Argentina slipped into the sea from Cape Griz Nez. A hailstorm struck her an hour out, but she made extraordinary time. In a little over two hours she made four miles. Four hours out she (vegetarian) took a little food, appeared to get new vigor, increased her pace. Seven hours out she was only eight miles from Dover. No previous swimmer had ever made such fast time. Seven hours and five minutes out she called to an Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who was "pacing" her.: "Catch me, Helmy." He turned...
...much when I was this side of 60. One day, I discovered that I felt unwell, very much below par. . . . Beefsteaks and roast butcher's meat figured too much in my diet, I concluded. Out they went, never to return. I'm not a vegetarian; wouldn't be one-that's going to extremes-but I don't need red meat and don't eat it. For 30 years, the only meat I've eaten has been poultry...
Thus reassured that I should suffer no pain and lose no blood by exposing myself to the "smaller and quite inoffensive" members of the species, of avowed vegetarian habits, I have run the risk of upsetting the tranquil quiet of a vacation day by opening the door to the flying galley proofs of this Student Liberal Club publication...
...Minnie Maddern Fiske, famed actress. The guests included William K. Horton, President of the American Humane Association; Mrs. George Barnett, wife of the Major General; and others who, for want of a better term, may be called beastarians (by analogy with humanitarians). Presumably, the luncheon was entirely vegetarian. It was given in honor of Mrs. Fiske because, during the last 25 of her 60 years of life, she has devoted herself to the cause of suffering beasts. She has worn no furs, no feathers; her stage ermine has been cotton batting; no flesh has she eaten. She spoke...