"Humane” Clothing.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 31, 28 February 1913, Page 1

"Humane” Clothing.

“To be fashionable humane of the tb<’ l ■ licit mi Vegetarian which . Te-.t ui.-cd a iannane^HH bazaar a little while ago. also trying to do away with the necessity for using articles of wearing apparel-of animal origin. “ Humane ” clothing, of which a display was made at the bazaar, is stated by members of the society to be quite comfortable, and in many cases about four times as cheap, as the genuine article. There are “ squirrel ” coats, for instance, which are as comfortable and as warm as real fur, yet which are really made of a sort of plush, while “Lancer plumes” and “ostrich feathers ” of unimpeachable appearance can be deftly manufactured from silk. “Humane boots,” which do not contain a scrap of real leather, have been found to do their wearer good service. What, the substitute is which is employed in the manufacture of this “vegetarian” footwear is not stated. The brown-paper boot is, however, no new thing. It is interesting to learn the vegetarian substitute for that good old cherished tradition—an English Christmas dinner. A specimen menu, placed on view at the bazaar, ran as follows : Soup, cream of tomato ; “ fish,” fillets of celeriac (celery root) with scalloped potatoes and egg sauce; entrees, pine-kerna'l timball, with brased carrots ; “ turkey ” walnut roast, , with cranberry jelly salad; upon which follow Christmas pudding, mince pies, and etceteras. No doubt such a meal would prove j highly nutritious, and might he 1 unattended by any of the unpleasant consequences which too often follow Christmas dinners of the good old kind ; but we think that if a poll of healthy young . British schoolboys was taken on the question, voters for the vegetarian dinner would find themselves sadly in the minority.