{"id":14044,"date":"2015-09-04T08:33:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T15:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=14044"},"modified":"2015-09-10T19:58:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T02:58:12","slug":"the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alpha Restaurant Review Feb 7 1880"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_%E2%80%98Alpha_Restaurant\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\"  >The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; Restaurant\u00a0<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#There_are_now_almost_110000_reviews_published_on_HappyCow\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\"  >There are now almost 110,000 reviews published on HappyCow.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_is_the_earliest_vegetarian_restaurant_%E2%80%98review_which_we_have_yet_found_%E2%80%93_it_was_published_on_Feb_7_1880_%E2%80%93_a_Saturday\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\"  >This is the earliest vegetarian restaurant &#8216;review&#8217; which we have yet found &#8211; it was published on\u00a0Feb. 7, 1880 &#8211; a Saturday.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_%E2%80%98Alpha_opened_in_London_UK_in_1879_promoted_itself_as_Londons_%E2%80%9CFirst_Food_Reform_Restaurant%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\"  >The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; opened in London, UK in 1879 &amp; promoted itself as London&#8217;s &#8220;First Food Reform Restaurant&#8221;.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_%E2%80%98Alpha_was_the_project_of_a_%E2%80%98highly_controversial_couple_%E2%80%93_Thomas_Low_Nichols_1815%E2%80%931901_Mary_Gove_Nichols_1810_%E2%80%93_1884\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\"  >The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; was the project of\u00a0a &#8216;highly controversial&#8217; couple &#8211;\u00a0Thomas Low Nichols\u00a0(1815\u20131901)\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Mary Gove Nichols (1810 \u2013 1884) .\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#More_about_them_about_The_%E2%80%98Alpha_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\"  >More about them &amp; about The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Sections_in_brown_are_my_additional_notes_cross_references_%E2%80%93_I_love_this_material_these_people_%E2%80%93_I_fully_agree_with_Mae_West%E2%80%98s_wise_words_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%9CToo_much_of_a_good_thing_can_be_wonderful%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\"  >Sections in brown are my additional notes \/ cross references &#8211; I love this material \/ these people &#8211; I fully agree with Mae West&#8216;s wise words &#8211;\u00a0 \u201cToo much of a good thing can be wonderful!\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Explaining_the_Prices_%E2%80%93_British_Pre-Decimal_Currency\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\"  >Explaining the Prices &#8211;\u00a0British Pre-Decimal Currency<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Roman_words_libra_solidus_and_denarius_lsd_%E2%80%93_or_%E2%80%93_sd_referred_to_pounds_shillings_and_pence\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\"  >The Roman words libra, solidus, and denarius (lsd &#8211; or &#8211;\u00a0\u00a3sd) referred to pounds, shillings and pence.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#So_%E2%80%93_an_example_from_the_article_%E2%80%93_6l_10s_10d_6_pounds_10_shillings_10_pence\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\"  >So &#8211; an example from the article &#8211; 6l. 10s. 10d. = 6 pounds &amp; 10 shillings &amp; 10 pence.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i-2\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_original_issue_of_%E2%80%93_The_Graphic_%E2%80%93_Feb_7_1880_is_being_cared_for_in_our_Ernest_Bell_Library\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\"  >This original issue of \u00a0&#8211; The Graphic &#8211; Feb. 7, 1880 is being cared for in our Ernest Bell Library<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_review_article_%E2%80%98VEGETARIAN_DINNERS_has_been_transcribed_by_our_friend_Yvonne_Martin-Portugues_Santacreu\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\"  >This review article &#8216;VEGETARIAN DINNERS&#8217;\u00a0has been transcribed by our friend\u00a0Yvonne Martin-Portugues Santacreu.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#VEGETARIAN_DINNERS\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\"  >VEGETARIAN DINNERS<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Ernest_Hart_has_practically_proved_that_we_spend_a_deal_too_much_on_dining_He_lately_gave_a_dinner_of_eight_courses_at_a_penny_per_head_per_course_But_we_doubt_whether_a_penny_ice_a_penny_mince-pie_and_a_pennyworth_of_curried_eggs_or_scalloped_lobster_would_be_healthy_fare_day_after_day_His_dinner_reminds_us_somewhat_of_the_old_Paris_restaurants_of_our_boyhood_where_close_by_the_Palais_Royal_in_some_narrow_street_now_Haussmannised_you_could_dine_for_6_12d_getting_about_a_vinegar_cruet-full_of_wine_and_for_%E2%80%9Csweets%E2%80%9D_a_couple_of_tiny_stewed_apricots_and_for_dessert_three_raisins_and_an_almond_It_was_pretty_and_neatly_served_but_after_it_was_gone_you_felt_irresistibly_moved_to_call_like_Oliver_Twist_for_more\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\"  >Ernest Hart has practically proved that we spend a deal too much on dining. He lately gave a dinner of eight courses at a penny per head per course. But we doubt whether a penny ice, a penny mince-pie, and a pennyworth of curried eggs or scalloped lobster would be healthy fare day after day. His dinner reminds us somewhat of the old Paris restaurants of our boyhood, where close by the Palais Royal, in some narrow street now Haussmannised, you could dine (?) for 6 1\/2d., getting about a vinegar cruet-full of wine and for \u201csweets\u201d a couple of tiny stewed apricots and for dessert three raisins and an almond. It was pretty and neatly served; but after it was gone you felt irresistibly moved to call, like Oliver Twist, for more.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_is_a_nice_%E2%80%98lead_in_%E2%80%93_Ernest_Hart_was_married_to_Alice_Marion_Rowland_Mrs_Ernest_Hart_the_sister_of_social_reformer_Henrietta_Barnett_Henrietta_Barnett_was_married_to_Canon_Samuel_Barnett\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\"  >This is a nice &#8216;lead in&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0Ernest Hart was married to\u00a0Alice Marion Rowland, (Mrs. Ernest Hart) the sister of social reformer Henrietta Barnett.\u00a0Henrietta Barnett was married to Canon Samuel Barnett.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#All_were_very_active_social_reformers_humanitarian_activists\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\"  >All were very active social reformers \/ humanitarian activists.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#A_well_researched_article_on_Henrietta_Barnett_Samuel_Barnett_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\"  >A well researched article on\u00a0Henrietta Barnett &amp; Samuel Barnett &#8211;\u00a0here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Canon_Barnett_opposed_cruel_animal-slaughtering_practice_and_became_an_active_member_of_the_Humanitarian_League_with_Henry_S_Salt_Ernest_Bell_when_it_was_founded_in_1891\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\"  >Canon Barnett\u00a0opposed cruel animal-slaughtering practice and\u00a0became an active member of the Humanitarian League with\u00a0Henry S. Salt\u00a0&amp; Ernest Bell,\u00a0when it was founded in 1891.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Humanitarian_League_What_It_Is_and_What_It_Is_Not_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6Among_those_who_have_lent_their_names_to_the_Committees_of_Special_Departments_or_taken_part_in_meetings_held_by_the_Humanitarian_League_are_Rev_Canon_Barnett%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\"  >The Humanitarian League: What It Is, and What It Is Not\u00a0&#8211; &#8230;&#8230;Among those who have lent their names to the Committees of Special Departments, or taken part in meetings held by the Humanitarian League, are Rev. Canon Barnett&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Review_Section_Starts_From_Here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\"  >The Review Section Starts From Here<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_vegetarian_dinner_at_the_Alpha_Food_Reform_Restaurant_429_Oxford_Street_certainly_does_not_fail_in_quantity_We_defy_any_one_even_in_this_hungry_weather_to_get_through_more_than_a_dish_of_%E2%80%9Cgreen_peas_potatoes_and_sauce%E2%80%9D_a_little_like_green_pease_pudding_but_more_toothsome_owing_to_a_dash_of_vinegar_and_oil_followed_by_one_of_%E2%80%9Csavoury_pie%E2%80%9D_This_latter_mess_we_use_the_word_in_the_honourable_old_English_sense_is_a_splendid_thing_for_cold_weather_it_is_sent_up_steaming_hot_and_tastes_like_Cornish_fish-pasty_though_we_could_identify_none_of_its_constituents_except_haricot_beans_Fish_it_could_not_have_contained_though_Professor_Newman_now_allows_weaker_brethren_under_the_name_of_Associates_to_compromise_matters_by_including_fish_in_their_dietary_Equally_satisfying_and_as_good_an_imitation_of_flesh_meat_as_the_savoury_pie_was_of_fish_appeared_to_us_the_%E2%80%9CCarne_pot_and_sauce%E2%80%9D_The_soup_costs_4d_the_pies_5d_or_6d_and_if_stewed_prunes_excellent%E2%80%93they_are_as_hard_to_stew_properly_as_potatoes_are_to_boil_are_added_for_a_finish_the_dinner_will_cost_a_little_more_than_Mr_Harts_but_we_fancy_in_point_of_nutriment_it_will_be_about_ten_times_as_valuable_The_hard_thing_is_to_get_vegetarian_cookery_at_home_Cooks_are_the_most_Conservative_of_mortals_except_perhaps_those_wives_who_take_a_part_in_housekeeping_Then_undoubtedly_there_are_difficulties_The_whole-meal_bread_by_which_vegetarians_justly_set_such_store_and_which_well_made_is_so_delicious_is_very_puzzling_even_to_cooks_accustomed_to_bake_at_home_The_vegetarian_magazines_are_full_of_recipes_for_ensuring_its_being_light_or_rather_not_too_leaden_Again_in_vegetarian_cookery_the_ozmazome_of_the_meat_that_flavour_which_pleased_the_old_gods_so_well_that_they_seldom_demanded_anything_more_solid_must_be_supplied_by_giving_expression_to_the_different_dishes_One_gets_this_at_Oxford_Street_but_home_attempts_usually_result_in_a_series_of_variously_coloured_parritches_all_tasting_pretty_much_alike\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\"  >The vegetarian dinner at the Alpha Food Reform Restaurant, 429, Oxford Street, certainly does not fail in quantity. We defy any one, even in this hungry weather, to get through more than a dish of \u201cgreen peas, potatoes, and sauce\u201d (a little like green pease pudding, but more toothsome, owing to a dash of vinegar and oil) followed by one of \u201csavoury pie.\u201d This latter mess (we use the word in the honourable old English sense) is a splendid thing for cold weather; it is sent up steaming hot, and tastes like Cornish fish-pasty, though we could identify none of its constituents, except haricot beans. Fish it could not have contained; though Professor Newman now allows weaker brethren (under the name of Associates) to compromise matters by including fish in their dietary. Equally satisfying, and as good an imitation of flesh meat as the savoury pie was of fish, appeared to us the \u201cCarne pot and sauce.\u201d The soup costs 4d. the pies 5d. or 6d., and if stewed prunes (excellent\u2013they are as hard to stew properly as potatoes are to boil) are added for a finish, the dinner will cost a little more than Mr. Hart&#8217;s, but we fancy in point of nutriment it will be about ten times as valuable. The hard thing is to get vegetarian cookery at home. Cooks are the most Conservative of mortals, except perhaps those wives who take a part in housekeeping. Then, undoubtedly, there are difficulties. The whole-meal bread, by which vegetarians justly set such store, and which, well made, is so delicious, is very puzzling even to cooks accustomed to bake at home. The vegetarian magazines are full of recipes for ensuring its being light, or rather not too leaden. Again, in vegetarian cookery the ozmazome of the meat (that flavour which pleased the old gods so well that they seldom demanded anything more solid) must be supplied by giving expression to the different dishes. One gets this at Oxford Street, but home attempts usually result in a series of variously coloured parritches, all tasting pretty much alike.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#At_the_UK_Vegetarian_Societys_24th_AGM_on_October_18_1871_Francis_W_Newman_proposed_radical_changes\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\"  >At the UK Vegetarian Society\u2019s 24th AGM, on October 18, 1871, Francis W. Newman proposed radical changes.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#What_Newman_proposed_was_firstly_to_allow_the_Society_to_enrol_associate_members_based_on_four_categories_of_pledges_1_to_feed_on_the_fruits_of_the_earth_only_pure_vegetariandietary_vegan_2_to_avoid_the_flesh_of_animals_killed_for_food_ovo-lacto-vegetarian_3_to_avoid_all_flesh_of_land_animals_and_birds_pescetarianpiscerian_%E2%80%93_fish_eater_4_to_avoid_flesh-meat_so_far_as_circumstances_permit_flexitarian_or_meat-reducer_%E2%80%93_go_deeper_into_this_topic_here\" >What Newman proposed was firstly to allow the Society to enrol associate members, based on four categories of pledges: \n1. to feed on the fruits of the earth only [pure vegetarian\/dietary vegan] \n2. to avoid the flesh of animals killed for food [ovo-lacto-vegetarian] \n3. to avoid all flesh of land animals and birds [pescetarian\/piscerian \u2013 fish eater] \n4. to avoid flesh-meat so far as circumstances permit. [flexitarian or meat-reducer] \u2013 go deeper into this topic here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Newmans_proposals_were_voted_down\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-26\"  >Newman\u2019s proposals were voted down!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#_However_there_were_still_enough_Bible_Christians_in_prominent_positions_in_the_Society_to_block_these_proposals_Prof_Newman_managed_to_get_an_agreement_for_simple_%E2%80%98associate_membership_but_that_was_all_Even_in_that_he_was_proved_right_there_were_soon_twice_as_many_associates_as_full_members_and_the_Societys_income_more_than_doubled_%E2%80%93_more_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-27\"  >~ However, there were still enough Bible Christians in prominent positions in the Society to block these proposals. Prof. Newman managed to get an agreement for simple \u2018associate membership\u2019, but that was all. Even in that he was proved right, there were soon twice as many associates as full members, and the Society\u2019s income more than doubled. ~ &#8211; more &#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#However_to_those_who_have_to_trust_for_dinner_to_a_second-rate_dining-room_we_recommend_a_visit_to_the_Alpha_What_they_get_will_be_far_wholesommer_far_more_nutritious_than_the_flabby_sodden_roast_mutton_swimming_in_fat_or_the_hard_sinewy_lump_of_beef_even_though_it_be_cooked_%E2%80%9Cwithout_extra_charge_on_a_silver_grill%E2%80%9D_There_is_a_tolerable_amount_of_variety_in_the_soups_haricots_and_puddings_of_several_kinds_and_those_who_wish_to_dally_with_asceticism_and_yet_not_lose_flesh_and_nerve-force_may_try_once_a_week_a_dinner_on_%E2%80%9CAnglo-Scotch_parritch_and_milk%E2%80%9D_which_is_the_very_cheapest_and_best_threepennyworth_we_ever_tasted\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-28\"  >However, to those who have to trust for dinner to a second-rate dining-room, we recommend a visit to the Alpha. What they get will be far wholesommer, far more nutritious, than the flabby, sodden roast mutton, swimming in fat, or the hard sinewy lump of beef, even though it be cooked \u201cwithout extra charge on a silver grill.\u201d There is a tolerable amount of variety in the soups haricots and puddings of several kinds, and those who wish to dally with asceticism, and yet not lose flesh and nerve-force, may try once a week a dinner on \u201cAnglo-Scotch parritch and milk,\u201d which is the very cheapest and best threepennyworth we ever tasted.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Of_course_strong_drinks_are_interdicted_though_it_is_noteworthy_that_monks_when_they_cut_off_flesh-meat_find_a_little_thin_wine_all_the_more_necessary_Perhaps_the_vinegar_and_spices_do_the_same_work_for_the_vegetarian_Anyhow_for_three_halfpence_he_can_have_a_glass_of_excellent_milk_the_only_costly_item_on_the_list_for_a_good_salad_at_4d_cannot_be_called_dear_being_%E2%80%9Cfruit_and_bread%E2%80%9D_for_which_even_if_it_is_only_an_apple_he_will_have_to_pay_7d_This_struck_us_as_extraordinary_last_autumn_when_sweet_sound_Jersey_grapes_were_selling_in_the_streets_for_4d_and_6d_a_pound\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-29\"  >Of course strong drinks are interdicted; though it is noteworthy that monks, when they cut off flesh-meat, find a little thin wine all the more necessary. Perhaps the vinegar and spices do the same work for the vegetarian. Anyhow, for three halfpence he can have a glass of excellent milk; the only costly item on the list (for a good salad at 4d. cannot be called dear) being \u201cfruit and bread,\u201d for which (even if it is only an apple) he will have to pay 7d. This struck us as extraordinary last autumn, when sweet sound Jersey grapes were selling in the streets for 4d. and 6d. a pound.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#But_the_Alpha_is_in_its_infancy_by_and_bye_there_will_be_we_hope_in_other_parts_of_London_a_Beta_and_a_Gamma_and_ever_so_many_more_letters_at_which_perhaps_will_be_developed_more_enterprise_accompanied_with_a_larger_number_of_waiters_At_the_Alpha_we_only_found_one_who_must_have_envied_Briareus_his_complement_of_arms_However_perhaps_it_is_part_of_the_system_to_help_digestion_and_correct_our_insular_tendency_to_hurry_through_our_food_by_giving_ample_time_between_the_courses\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-30\"  >But the Alpha is in its infancy; by and bye there will be, we hope, in other parts of London a Beta and a Gamma, and ever so many more letters, at which, perhaps, will be developed more enterprise, accompanied with a larger number of waiters. At the Alpha we only found one, who must have envied Briareus his complement of arms. However, perhaps it is part of the system to help digestion and correct our insular tendency to hurry through our food by giving ample time between the courses.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#There_was_time_too_to_watch_ones_fellow-feeders_numbering_some_thirty_in_the_front_room_there_were_fifty_more_we_were_told_in_the_long_room_behind_They_were_of_various_types%E2%80%93from_the_ordinary_shopman_and_artisan_to_the_lean_anxious-looking_philosopher_with_portentously_high_forehead_and_the_chubby-faced_spectacled_young_student_with_a_very_red_nose_whose_dinner_consisted_of_parritch_followed_by_salad_eaten_on_principle_because_the_celery_contains_so_much_brain-making_stuff\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-31\"  >There was time, too, to watch one&#8217;s fellow-feeders, numbering some thirty, in the front room (there were fifty more, we were told, in the long room behind). They were of various types\u2013from the ordinary shopman and artisan to the lean, anxious-looking philosopher with portentously high forehead, and the chubby-faced spectacled young student, with a very red nose, whose dinner consisted of parritch, followed by salad (eaten on principle, because the celery contains so much brain-making stuff).<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#But_more_interesting_than_the_guests_were_the_wall-placards_It_is_hard_to_be_told_at_our_time_of_life_that_%E2%80%9Cbeef_and_bacon_are_delusions%E2%80%9D_But_here_you_have_the_figures_before_you_and_they_are_of_course_stubborn_things_%E2%80%9CO_the_roast_beef_of_old_England%E2%80%9D_is_the_heading_of_a_table_which_shows_that_the_amount_of_nutriment_which_if_supplied_in_the_form_of_beef_costs_6l_10s_10d_and_which_in_fish_would_cost_2l_3s_3d_may_be_had_in_the_shape_of_bread_for_18s_of_wheat_flour_for_16s_of_oatmeal_for_14s_and_of_split_peas_for_13s_If_only_a_man_could_live_always_on_pease-pudding_he_might_far_outdo_Professor_Nichol%E2%80%98s_trick_of_%E2%80%9CLiving_on_Sixpence_a_Day%E2%80%9D_Of_course_there_are_contras_to_be_taken_into_account_for_instance_an_old_Cambridge_scientist_when_a_worrying_would-be_scientific_lady_blandly_asked_%E2%80%9CDear_doctor_what_is_the_cause_of_the_wind%E2%80%9D_replied_in_a_hoarse_whisper_%E2%80%9CPea-soup_madam%E2%80%9D_and_probably_pease-pudding_is_open_to_the_same_charge_Still_it_is_certain_we_do_eat_a_deal_too_much_flesh_meat_and_if_the_vegetarians_can_persuade_us_to_lessen_the_quantity_they_will_be_public_benefactors_One_of_them_Mr_Couchman_who_last_year_dined_nearly_two_hundred_children_in_Newcastle_at_a_total_cost_of_16s_2_%C2%BDd_publishes_a_tract_in_which_he_shows_%E2%80%9CHow_to_marry_and_live_well_on_a_shilling_a_day%E2%80%9D_He_winds_up_by_saying_%E2%80%9CThe_true_girl_is_to_be_sought_for%E2%80%9D_she_is_to_be_had_he_confidently_affirms_but_if_she_is_guaranteed_both_to_be_content_with_the_weekly_dietary_that_he_lays_down_and_also_to_set_herself_steadfastly_against_%E2%80%9Cfurs_jewellery_nonsensical_headgear_wasteful_furbelows_and_airs_and_mincing_ways%E2%80%9D_we_submit_that_she_is_a_rarissima_avis_The_man_on_his_part_must_%E2%80%9Cthrow_away_that_cigar_shun_strong_drinks_and_scorn_a_poor_fashionable_society_that_thinks_itself_rich_and_vainly_tries_to_think_itself_happy%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-32\"  >But more interesting than the guests were the wall-placards. It is hard to be told at our time of life that \u201cbeef and bacon are delusions.\u201d But here you have the figures before you (and they are, of course, stubborn things). \u201cO the roast beef of old England\u201d is the heading of a table which shows that the amount of nutriment which, if supplied in the form of beef, costs 6l. 10s. 10d., and which in fish would cost 2l. 3s. 3d., may be had in the shape of bread for 18s., of wheat flour for 16s., of oatmeal for 14s., and of split peas for 13s. If only a man could live always on pease-pudding, he might far outdo Professor Nichol&#8216;s trick of \u201cLiving on Sixpence a Day.\u201d Of course there are contras to be taken into account; for instance, an old Cambridge scientist, when a worrying would-be scientific lady blandly asked: \u201cDear doctor, what is the cause of the wind?\u201d replied in a hoarse whisper, \u201cPea-soup, madam;\u201d and probably pease-pudding is open to the same charge. Still it is certain we do eat a deal too much flesh meat; and, if the vegetarians can persuade us to lessen the quantity, they will be public benefactors. One of them, Mr. Couchman, who last year dined nearly two hundred children in Newcastle at a total cost of 16s. 2 \u00bdd., publishes a tract, in which he shows \u201cHow to marry and live well on a shilling a day.\u201d He winds up by saying, \u201cThe true girl is to be sought for;\u201d she is to be had (he confidently affirms); but if she is guaranteed both to be content with the weekly dietary that he lays down and also to set herself steadfastly against \u201cfurs, jewellery, nonsensical headgear, wasteful furbelows, and airs and mincing ways,\u201d we submit that she is a rarissima avis. The man, on his part, must \u201cthrow away that cigar, shun strong drinks, and scorn a poor, fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy.\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#%E2%80%9CWould_you_have_your_children_become_more_turbulent_quarrelsome_fierce_or_revengeful_hating_and_hateful_more_like_beasts_of_prey_Then_give_them_flesh_But_would_you_not_rather_render_them_more_lamb-like_and_of_heavenly_disposition_%E2%80%93_then_feed_them_on_vegetable_diet%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%93_William_Couchman\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-33\"  >&#8220;Would you have your children become more turbulent, quarrelsome, fierce, or revengeful; hating and hateful; more like beasts of prey?\u00a0 Then give them flesh.\u00a0 But would you not rather render them more lamb-like and of heavenly disposition? \u2013 then feed them on vegetable diet.&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; William Couchman<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Another_%E2%80%93_apologies_for_the_eggs_milk_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-34\"  >Another &#8211; apologies for the eggs &amp; milk &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#_Mr_William_Couchman_related_at_a_meeting_in_1875_that_after_a_terrible_accident_by_which_his_head_was_severely_damaged_and_his_scalp_nearly_removed_and_when_he_had_recovered_consciousness_he_being_a_vegetarian_refused_to_eat_the_mutton_chops_and_drink_the_brandy_and_light_wine_prescribed_and_kept_to_his_usual_fare_of_brown_bread_stewed_apples_haricot_beans_rice_and_vegetables_adding_eggs_beaten_up_in_milk_The_doctor_declined_responsibility_for_the_consecpiences_His_blood_was_pure_and_the_wound_which_was_extremely_serious_healed_wonderfully_The_doctor_admitted_that_unless_he_had_been_in_a_condition_much_better_than_that_of_most_men_the_accident_would_have_been_fatal_%E2%80%93_here\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-35\"  >~ Mr. William Couchman related at a meeting in 1875 that after a terrible accident, by which his head was severely damaged and his scalp nearly removed, and when he had recovered consciousness, he, being a vegetarian, refused to eat the mutton chops and drink the brandy and light wine prescribed, and kept to his usual fare of brown bread, stewed apples, haricot beans, rice, and vegetables, adding eggs beaten up in milk. The doctor declined responsibility for the consecpiences. His blood was pure, and the wound, which was extremely serious, healed wonderfully. The\u00a0doctor admitted that unless he had been in a condition much better than that of most men, the accident would have been fatal. ~\u00a0&#8211; here.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_however_is_strong_meat_for_philosophers_who_being_flesh_abstainers_claim_to_have_their_harmless_hobbies_by_way_of_compensation_But_thousands_who_would_never_think_of_taking_Mr_Couchmans_advice_who_would_wisely_shrink_from_adding_yet_more_to_the_vast_sum_of_human_poverty_may_yet_get_great_benefit_both_to_health_and_pocket_by_dining_pretty_frequently_at_the_Alpha_One_dinner_will_convince_them_that_flesh-meat_is_no_more_essential_to_keeping_up_animal_heat_than_is_strong_drink_Savoury-pie_is_as_warming_as_ox-tail_soup_and_there_is_much_more_%E2%80%9Cstay%E2%80%9D_in_it_In_the_same_way_a_parritch_breakfast_is_every_way_better_than_one_of_tea_or_coffee_perhaps_with_toast_which_means_bread_out_of_which_a_certain_amount_of_the_nutritive_elements_has_been_subtracted_and_those_who_tire_of_oatmeal_may_try_hominy_or_a_mixture_of_lentils_and_corn-flour_No_one_who_thus_begins_the_day_need_have_any_fear_of_being_as_St_Jerome_said_of_Pelagius_pultibus_praegravatus_Scoticis_We_cannot_hold_with_Professor_Newman_that_%E2%80%9Cflesh-eating_is_the_food_of_barbarism%E2%80%9D_but_we_are_sure_that_almost_every_one_eats_too_much_animal_food_and_that_it_is_a_fallacy_to_urge_that_a_vegetable_feeder_must_have_a_stomach_of_cast-iron_All_that_is_needed_to_digestion_is_to_make_food_palateable_Hashed_mutton_and_other_family_dinners_are_often_the_very_reverse_of_this_and_the_consequences_are_seen_in_a_craving_for_stimulants_which_is_never_felt_by_the_vegetarian_One_result_we_hope_will_follow_from_the_vegetarian_movement%E2%80%93an_increased_consumption_of_fruit_leading_to_such_an_utilisation_of_roadsides_and_railway-cuttings_as_is_the_rule_in_so_many_parts_of_the_Continent\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-36\"  >This, however, is strong meat for philosophers, who being flesh abstainers, claim to have their harmless hobbies by way of compensation. But thousands who would never think of taking Mr. Couchman&#8217;s advice, who would wisely shrink from adding yet more to the vast sum of human poverty, may yet get great benefit both to health and pocket by dining pretty frequently at the Alpha. One dinner will convince them that flesh-meat is no more essential to keeping up animal heat than is strong drink. Savoury-pie is as warming as ox-tail soup; and there is much more \u201cstay\u201d in it. In the same way a parritch breakfast is every way better than one of tea or coffee, perhaps with toast, which means bread out of which a certain amount of the nutritive elements has been subtracted; and those who tire of oatmeal may try hominy or a mixture of lentils and corn-flour. No one who thus begins the day need have any fear of being (as St. Jerome said of Pelagius) pultibus praegravatus Scoticis. We cannot hold with Professor Newman that \u201cflesh-eating is the food of barbarism,\u201d but we are sure that almost every one eats too much animal food, and that it is a fallacy to urge that a vegetable feeder must have a stomach of cast-iron. All that is needed to digestion is to make food palateable. Hashed mutton and other family dinners are often the very reverse of this, and the consequences are seen in a craving for stimulants which is never felt by the vegetarian. One result we hope will follow from the vegetarian movement\u2013an increased consumption of fruit, leading to such an utilisation of roadsides and railway-cuttings as is the rule in so many parts of the Continent.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#One_word_of_advice_philosophers_must_condescend_to_human_weakness_perhaps_allowing_table-cloths_though_we_prefer_the_bare_marble-topped_tables_of_the_Alpha_to_the_more_than_suspicious_table-cloths_of_many_dining-rooms_This_is_an_advertising_age_and_we_are_sure_the_Alpha_is_not_sufficiently_known_when_we_inquired_we_were_told_%E2%80%9Cthe_advertisement_had_just_runout%E2%80%9D_Nor_is_the_public_awake_to_the_fact_that_there_is_also_a_partially_vegetarian_restaurant_at_the_Ludgate_Circus_Moreover_it_is_not_every_one_who_cares_to_dine_among_thirty_hungry_parritch-eaters_Why_not_set_up_a_second_dinner_at_a_later_hour_and_charge_rather_more_per_plat_The_truth-seeker_might_then_come_and_feed_at_his_ease_and_report_accordingly\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-37\"  >One word of advice; philosophers must condescend to human weakness, perhaps, allowing table-cloths, though we prefer the bare, marble-topped tables of the Alpha to the more than suspicious table-cloths of many dining-rooms. This is an advertising age, and we are sure the Alpha is not sufficiently known; when we inquired we were told \u201cthe advertisement had just runout.\u201d Nor is the public awake to the fact that there is also a partially vegetarian restaurant at the Ludgate Circus. Moreover, it is not every one who cares to dine among thirty hungry parritch-eaters. Why not set up a second dinner at a later hour and charge rather more per plat? The truth-seeker might then come and feed at his ease, and report accordingly.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#H_S_F\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-38\"  >H. S. F.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i-3\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-39\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Supposition\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-40\"  >Supposition<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#This_is_not_the_work_of_a_simple_journalist_I_do_not_have_confirmation_of_the_identity_of_%E2%80%98H_S_F_%E2%80%93_but_I_would_not_be_at_all_surprised_to_one_day_find_evidence_that_it_stands_for_%E2%80%98Henry_Salt_Fecit_%E2%80%93_it_is_a_work_of_art\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-41\"  >This is not the work of a simple journalist. I do not have confirmation of the identity of &#8216;H. S. F.&#8217; &#8211; but I would not be at all surprised to one day find evidence that it stands for &#8216;Henry Salt Fecit&#8217; &#8211; it is a work of art!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_review_is_loaded_with_classical_references_%E2%80%93_typical_Salt\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-42\"  >The review\u00a0is loaded with classical references &#8211; typical Salt.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_writers_knowledge_of_Francis_W_Newmans_reforms_of_the_Vegetarian_Society_is_deep_%E2%80%93_Newman_had_attempted_to_introduce_%E2%80%98veganism_in_1871\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-43\"  >The writer&#8217;s knowledge of Francis. W. Newman&#8217;s reforms\u00a0of the Vegetarian Society is deep &#8211; Newman had attempted to introduce &#8216;veganism&#8217; in 1871! \u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Even_the_reference_in_the_final_line_to_the_%E2%80%98truth-seeker_could_refer_to_a_journal_published_in_the_1850s_by_William_Horsell\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-44\"  >Even the reference in the final line to the &#8216;truth-seeker&#8217; could refer to a journal published in the 1850s by William Horsell.\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i-4\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-45\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Fruit_Trees_Along_Railway_Lines\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-46\"  >Fruit Trees Along Railway Lines<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#_One_result_we_hope_will_follow_from_the_vegetarian_movement%E2%80%93an_increased_consumption_of_fruit_leading_to_such_an_utilisation_of_roadsides_and_railway-cuttings_as_is_the_rule_in_so_many_parts_of_the_Continent\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-47\"  >~ One result we hope will follow from the vegetarian movement\u2013an increased consumption of fruit, leading to such an utilisation of roadsides and railway-cuttings as is the rule in so many parts of the Continent. ~<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#My_hometown_has_a_disused_Victorian_railway_line_Damson_Victoria_Greengage_plums_grow_all_along_it\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-48\"  >My hometown has a disused Victorian railway line. Damson, Victoria &amp; Greengage plums grow all along it.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Probably_the_result_of_plum_stones_plum_pits_being_thrown_out_of_carriage_windows_by_train_passengers\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-49\"  >Probably the result of plum stones \/ plum pits being thrown out of carriage windows by train passengers.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#I_would_collect_20_to_30_kgs_per_outing_and_load_them_into_panniers_mounted_over_the_back_wheel_of_my_bicycle_%E2%80%93_great_memories\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-50\"  >I would collect 20 to 30 kgs per outing and load them into panniers mounted over the back wheel of my bicycle &#8211; great memories!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i-5\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-51\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Our_Projects\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-52\"  >Our Projects<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Henry_Salt_Archive_is_one_of_our_almost_completed_projects\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-53\"  >The Henry Salt Archive is one of our, almost completed, projects.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Humanitarian_League_is_our_Hong_Kong_registered_charity\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-54\"  >The Humanitarian League is our Hong Kong registered charity.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#The_Ernest_Bell_Library_was_conceived_in_1934_It_is_still_strong_very_active_eighty_years_later_%E2%80%93_its_primary_objectives_are_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-55\"  >The Ernest Bell Library\u00a0was conceived in 1934. It is still strong &amp; very active eighty years later \u2013\u00a0\u00a0its primary objectives are to: \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Collect_all_of_Ernest_Bells_book_non-book_works_and_make_them_easily_accessible_to_everyone\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-56\"  >Collect all of Ernest Bell\u2019s book &amp; non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Collect_the_literature_of_vegetarianism_and_all_the_other_humanitarian_movements_in_which_Ernest_Bell_was_so_deeply_involved\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-57\"  >Collect the literature of vegetarianism and all the other humanitarian movements in which Ernest Bell was so deeply involved.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Assist_students_and_scholars_in_their_research\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-58\"  >Assist students and scholars in their research.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Introduce_all_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_including_his_writings_campaign_work_influences_and_his_circle_of_friends\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-59\"  >Introduce all aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Undertake_our_own_research_into_missing_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_and_work\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-60\"  >Undertake our own research into missing aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life and work.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#We_already_have_more_than_300_pieces_of_Ernest_Bells_own_writings\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-61\"  >We already have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell\u2019s own writings.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#We_are_also_actively_building_a_collection_of_examples_of_promotional_material_campaign_material_fundraising_marketing_activities_etc_%E2%80%93_related_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-62\"  >We are also actively building a collection of examples of promotional material, campaign material, fundraising &amp; marketing activities etc. \u2013 related to: \u2013<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#vegetarian_products\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-63\"  >veg(etari)an products.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#vegetarian_books_other_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-64\"  >veg(etari)an books &amp; other publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#vegetarian_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-65\"  >veg(etari)an\u00a0organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#vegetarian_businesses\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-66\"  >veg(etari)an businesses.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#animal_rights_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-67\"  >animal rights organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#animal_rights_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-68\"  >animal rights publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#humanitarian_organisations\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-69\"  >humanitarian organisations.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#humanitarian_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-70\"  >humanitarian publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#rambling_clubs_run_by_members_of_the_above_groups_related_publications\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-71\"  >rambling clubs run by members of the above groups &amp; related publications.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#the_work_of_Richard_St_Barbe_Baker_the_%E2%80%98Men_of_the_Trees_organization_its_many_sub-branches\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-72\"  >the work of Richard St. Barbe Baker &amp; the \u2018Men of the Trees\u2019 organization &amp; its many sub-branches.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#There_are_currently_more_than_3000_items_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-73\"  >There are currently more than 3,000 items in the Ernest Bell Library.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#We_will_complete_the_cataloging_of_the_collection_as_when_adequate_funds_are_available\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-74\"  >We will complete the\u00a0cataloging of the collection as &amp; when adequate funds are available.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#It_is_long_past_time_for_the_library_to_go_online\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-75\"  >It is long past time for the library to go online!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#_%E2%80%9CI_have_little_doubt_that_the_proposal_for_the_establishment_of_an_Ernest_Bell_Library_which_would_specialize_in_humanitarian_and_progressive_literature_and_so_form_a_sort_of_centre_for_students_will_meet_with_a_wide_response%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-76\"  >\u00a0\u201cI have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library,\u00a0which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature,\u00a0and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.\u201d\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#Henry_S_Salt_%E2%80%93_writing_in_September_1934\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-77\"  >Henry S. Salt \u2013 writing in September 1934<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#i-6\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-78\"  >. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#If_anyone_would_like_more_information_please_send_an_email_to_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-79\"  >If anyone would like more information, please send an email to:\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#humanitarianleague_at_outlook_dot_com\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-80\"  >humanitarianleague (at) outlook (dot) com\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#%E2%80%93_or_message_me_through_HappyCow_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-81\"  >\u2013 or message me \u00a0through\u00a0HappyCow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#https_wwwhappycownetblogauthorJohnnySensible\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-82\"  >https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-review-london-feb-7-1880\/#https_wwwhappycownetmembersprofile_pbphpid9728\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-83\"  >https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile_pb.php?id=9728<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_%E2%80%98Alpha_Restaurant\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; Restaurant\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4>There are now almost 110,000 reviews published on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reports\/happycow_stats.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">HappyCow<\/a><\/span>.<\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_is_the_earliest_vegetarian_restaurant_%E2%80%98review_which_we_have_yet_found_%E2%80%93_it_was_published_on_Feb_7_1880_%E2%80%93_a_Saturday\"><\/span>This is the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">earliest vegetarian restaurant &#8216;review&#8217;<\/span> which we have yet found &#8211; it was published on\u00a0Feb. 7, 1880 &#8211; a Saturday.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_%E2%80%98Alpha_opened_in_London_UK_in_1879_promoted_itself_as_Londons_%E2%80%9CFirst_Food_Reform_Restaurant%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; opened in London, UK in 1879 &amp; promoted itself as London&#8217;s &#8220;First Food Reform Restaurant&#8221;.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; was the project of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">a &#8216;highly controversial&#8217; couple &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/passional-affinities\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Thomas Low Nichols<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(1815\u20131901)\u00a0<\/span>&amp;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenhistoryblog.com\/2013\/07\/mary-gove-nichols.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Mary Gove Nichols<\/a><\/span> (1810 \u2013 1884) .\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More about them &amp; about The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-alpha-restaurant-1879\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sections in <span style=\"color: #800000;\">brown<\/span> are my additional notes \/ cross references &#8211; I love this material \/ these people &#8211; I fully agree with <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allaboutmae.com\/quotes.php\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Mae West<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s wise words &#8211;\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">\u201cToo much of a good thing can be wonderful!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Explaining_the_Prices_%E2%80%93_British_Pre-Decimal_Currency\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Explaining the Prices &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">British Pre-Decimal Currency <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Roman_words_libra_solidus_and_denarius_lsd_%E2%80%93_or_%E2%80%93_sd_referred_to_pounds_shillings_and_pence\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">T<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">he Roman words libra, solidus, and denarius (<em>l<\/em><em>s<\/em><em>d &#8211; or &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>\u00a3sd) referred to pounds, shillings and pence.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_%E2%80%93_an_example_from_the_article_%E2%80%93_6l_10s_10d_6_pounds_10_shillings_10_pence\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">So &#8211; an example from the article &#8211; 6<em>l<\/em>. 10<em>s<\/em>. 10<em>d<\/em>. = 6 pounds &amp; 10 shillings &amp; 10 pence.<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">This original issue of \u00a0&#8211; The Graphic &#8211; Feb. 7, 1880 is being cared for in our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Ernest Bell Library<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaPage.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14062 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaPage.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaPage\" width=\"580\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaPage.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaPage-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_review_article_%E2%80%98VEGETARIAN_DINNERS_has_been_transcribed_by_our_friend_Yvonne_Martin-Portugues_Santacreu\"><\/span>This review article &#8216;VEGETARIAN DINNERS&#8217;\u00a0has been transcribed by our friend\u00a0Yvonne Martin-Portugues Santacreu.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewTheGraphic.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14060 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewTheGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReviewTheGraphic\" width=\"580\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewTheGraphic.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewTheGraphic-300x60.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewDate.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14061 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReviewDate.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReviewDate\" width=\"244\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1a.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1a.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1a\" width=\"579\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1a.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1a-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"VEGETARIAN_DINNERS\"><\/span>VEGETARIAN DINNERS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Abraham_Hart\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Ernest Hart<\/a><\/span> has practically proved that we spend a deal too much on dining. He lately gave a dinner of eight courses at a penny per head per course. But we doubt whether a penny ice, a penny mince-pie, and a pennyworth of curried eggs or scalloped lobster would be healthy fare day after day. His dinner reminds us somewhat of the old Paris restaurants of our boyhood, where close by the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palais-Royal\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Palais Royal<\/a><\/span>, in some narrow street now <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Haussmannised<\/a><\/span>, you could dine (?) for 6 1\/2<em>d<\/em>., getting about a vinegar cruet-full of wine and for \u201csweets\u201d a couple of tiny stewed apricots and for dessert three raisins and an almond. It was pretty and neatly served; but after it was gone you felt irresistibly moved to call, like Oliver Twist, for more.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This is a nice &#8216;lead in&#8217; &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Abraham_Hart\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Ernest Hart<\/a><\/span> was married to\u00a0Alice Marion Rowland, (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/research\/search_the_collection_database\/term_details.aspx?bioId=162009\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Mrs. Ernest Hart<\/a><\/span>) the sister of social reformer <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henrietta_Barnett\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Henrietta Barnett\"  rel=\"external nofollow\">Henrietta Barnett<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Henrietta Barnett was married to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Barnett_(reformer)\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Canon Samuel Barnett<\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_were_very_active_social_reformers_humanitarian_activists\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">All were very active social reformers \/ humanitarian activists.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A well researched article on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Henrietta Barnett &amp; Samuel Barnett &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/henrietta-barnett-social-reform-and-community-building\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Canon Barnett\u00a0opposed cruel animal-slaughtering practice and\u00a0became an active member of the <em>Humanitarian League<\/em> with\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/animals_rights_salt_1892\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Henry S. Salt<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&amp; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/our-etymological-past\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Ernest Bell<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0when it was founded in 1891.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrysalt.co.uk\/humanitarian-league\/what-it-is-and-what-it-is-not\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">The Humanitarian League: What It Is, and What It Is Not<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; &#8230;&#8230;Among those who have lent their names to the Committees of Special Departments, or taken part in meetings held by the Humanitarian League, are Rev. Canon Barnett&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Review_Section_Starts_From_Here\"><\/span>The Review Section Starts From Here<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14046 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1b\" width=\"577\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-115x115.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1b-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">The vegetarian dinner at the Alpha Food Reform Restaurant, 429, Oxford Street, certainly does not fail in quantity. We defy any one, even in this hungry weather, to get through more than a dish of \u201cgreen peas, potatoes, and sauce\u201d (a little like green pease pudding, but more toothsome, owing to a dash of vinegar and oil) followed by one of \u201csavoury pie.\u201d This latter mess (we use the word in the honourable old English sense) is a splendid thing for cold weather; it is sent up steaming hot, and tastes like Cornish fish-pasty, though we could identify none of its constituents, except haricot beans. Fish it could not have contained; though <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-a-life-containing-no-logical-contradictions\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Professor Newman<\/a><\/span> now allows weaker brethren (<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-a-life-containing-no-logical-contradictions\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">under the name of Associates<\/a><\/span>) to compromise matters by including fish in their dietary. Equally satisfying, and as good an imitation of flesh meat as the savoury pie was of fish, appeared to us the \u201cCarne pot and sauce.\u201d The soup costs 4<em>d<\/em>. the pies 5<em>d<\/em>. or 6<em>d<\/em>., and if stewed prunes (excellent\u2013they are as hard to stew properly as potatoes are to boil) are added for a finish, the dinner will cost a little more than Mr. Hart&#8217;s, but we fancy in point of nutriment it will be about ten times as valuable. The hard thing is to get vegetarian cookery at home. Cooks are the most Conservative of mortals, except perhaps those wives who take a part in housekeeping. Then, undoubtedly, there are difficulties. The whole-meal bread, by which vegetarians justly set such store, and which, well made, is so delicious, is very puzzling even to cooks accustomed to bake at home. The vegetarian magazines are full of recipes for ensuring its being light, or rather not too leaden. Again, in vegetarian cookery the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/osmazome#English\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">ozmazome<\/a><\/em><\/span> of the meat (that flavour which pleased the old gods so well that they seldom demanded anything more solid) must be supplied by giving expression to the different dishes. One gets this at Oxford Street, but home attempts usually result in a series of variously coloured parritches, all tasting pretty much alike.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">At the UK Vegetarian Society\u2019s 24th AGM, on October 18, 1871, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/prof-francis-w-newman-and-the-attempted-vegan-revolution-of-1871.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Francis Newman was President of the Vegetarian Society (the original one in England) for about 12 years in the 1870s and 80s, and almost brought a dramatic change to the course of its history \u2013 if he had succeeded, the word \u2018vegan\u2019 would probably never have been invented all those years later.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Francis W. Newman<\/a><\/span> proposed radical changes.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What Newman proposed was firstly to allow the Society to enrol associate members, based on four categories of pledges:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">1. to feed on the fruits of the earth only [pure vegetarian\/dietary vegan]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">2. to avoid the flesh of animals killed for food [ovo-lacto-vegetarian]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">3. to avoid all flesh of land animals and birds [pescetarian\/piscerian \u2013 fish eater]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">4. to avoid flesh-meat so far as circumstances permit. [flexitarian or meat-reducer] \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/prof-francis-w-newman-and-the-attempted-vegan-revolution-of-1871.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"......he also wanted to change the name of the Society to the \u2018Dietetic Reform Society\u2019. \"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">go deeper into this topic here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px; text-align: right;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Newmans_proposals_were_voted_down\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Newman\u2019s proposals were voted down!<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~ However, there were still enough Bible Christians in prominent positions in the Society to block these proposals. Prof. Newman managed to get an agreement for simple \u2018associate membership\u2019, but that was all. Even in that he was proved right, there were soon twice as many associates as full members, and the Society\u2019s income more than doubled. ~ &#8211; more &#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/prof-francis-w-newman-and-the-attempted-vegan-revolution-of-1871.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1c.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14047 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1c.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1c\" width=\"580\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1c.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1c-300x98.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">However, to those who have to trust for dinner to a second-rate dining-room, we recommend a visit to the Alpha. What they get will be far wholesommer, far more nutritious, than the flabby, sodden roast mutton, swimming in fat, or the hard sinewy lump of beef, even though it be cooked \u201cwithout extra charge on a silver grill.\u201d There is a tolerable amount of variety in the soups haricots and puddings of several kinds, and those who wish to dally with asceticism, and yet not lose flesh and nerve-force, may try once a week a dinner on \u201cAnglo-Scotch <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/parritch\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">parritch<\/a><\/span> and milk,\u201d which is the very cheapest and best threepennyworth we ever tasted.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14057 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-1.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1d 1\" width=\"579\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-1.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-1-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Of_course_strong_drinks_are_interdicted_though_it_is_noteworthy_that_monks_when_they_cut_off_flesh-meat_find_a_little_thin_wine_all_the_more_necessary_Perhaps_the_vinegar_and_spices_do_the_same_work_for_the_vegetarian_Anyhow_for_three_halfpence_he_can_have_a_glass_of_excellent_milk_the_only_costly_item_on_the_list_for_a_good_salad_at_4d_cannot_be_called_dear_being_%E2%80%9Cfruit_and_bread%E2%80%9D_for_which_even_if_it_is_only_an_apple_he_will_have_to_pay_7d_This_struck_us_as_extraordinary_last_autumn_when_sweet_sound_Jersey_grapes_were_selling_in_the_streets_for_4d_and_6d_a_pound\"><\/span>Of course strong drinks are interdicted; though it is noteworthy that monks, when they cut off flesh-meat, find a little thin wine all the more necessary. Perhaps the vinegar and spices do the same work for the vegetarian. Anyhow, for three halfpence he can have a glass of excellent milk; the only costly item on the list (for a good salad at 4<em>d<\/em>. cannot be called dear) being \u201cfruit and bread,\u201d for which (even if it is only an apple) he will have to pay 7<em>d<\/em>. This struck us as extraordinary last autumn, when sweet sound Jersey grapes were selling in the streets for 4<em>d<\/em>. and 6<em>d<\/em>. a pound.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14058 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-2.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1d 2\" width=\"579\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-2.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1d-2-300x77.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">But the Alpha is in its infancy; by and bye there will be, we hope, in other parts of London a Beta and a Gamma, and ever so many more letters, at which, perhaps, will be developed more enterprise, accompanied with a larger number of waiters. At the Alpha we only found one, who must have envied <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantheon.org\/articles\/b\/briareus.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Briareus<\/a><\/span> his complement of arms. However, perhaps it is part of the system to help digestion and correct our insular tendency to hurry through our food by giving ample time between the courses.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1e.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14049 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1e.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1e\" width=\"580\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1e.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1e-300x80.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_was_time_too_to_watch_ones_fellow-feeders_numbering_some_thirty_in_the_front_room_there_were_fifty_more_we_were_told_in_the_long_room_behind_They_were_of_various_types%E2%80%93from_the_ordinary_shopman_and_artisan_to_the_lean_anxious-looking_philosopher_with_portentously_high_forehead_and_the_chubby-faced_spectacled_young_student_with_a_very_red_nose_whose_dinner_consisted_of_parritch_followed_by_salad_eaten_on_principle_because_the_celery_contains_so_much_brain-making_stuff\"><\/span>There was time, too, to watch one&#8217;s fellow-feeders, numbering some thirty, in the front room (there were fifty more, we were told, in the long room behind). They were of various types\u2013from the ordinary shopman and artisan to the lean, anxious-looking philosopher with portentously high forehead, and the chubby-faced spectacled young student, with a very red nose, whose dinner consisted of parritch, followed by salad (eaten on principle, because the celery contains so much brain-making stuff).<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1f.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14050 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1f.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1f\" width=\"579\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1f.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1f-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1g.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14051 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1g.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1g\" width=\"579\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1g.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1g-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">But more interesting than the guests were the wall-placards. It is hard to be told at our time of life that \u201cbeef and bacon are delusions.\u201d But here you have the figures before you (and they are, of course, stubborn things). \u201cO the roast beef of old England\u201d is the heading of a table which shows that the amount of nutriment which, if supplied in the form of beef, costs 6<em>l<\/em>. 10<em>s<\/em>. 10<em>d<\/em>., and which in fish would cost 2<em>l<\/em>. 3<em>s<\/em>. 3<em>d<\/em>., may be had in the shape of bread for 18<em>s<\/em>., of wheat flour for 16<em>s<\/em>., of oatmeal for 14<em>s<\/em>., and of split peas for 13<em>s<\/em>. If only a man could live always on pease-pudding, he might far outdo <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/our-etymological-past\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">Professor Nichol<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s trick of \u201cLiving on Sixpence a Day.\u201d Of course there are <em>contras<\/em> to be taken into account; for instance, an old Cambridge scientist, when a worrying would-be scientific lady blandly asked: \u201cDear doctor, what is the cause of the wind?\u201d replied in a hoarse whisper, \u201cPea-soup, madam;\u201d and probably pease-pudding is open to the same charge. Still it is certain we do eat a deal too much flesh meat; and, if the vegetarians can persuade us to lessen the quantity, they will be public benefactors. One of them, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/exhibits\/food\/couchman.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Mr. Couchman<\/a><\/span>, who last year dined nearly two hundred children in Newcastle at a total cost of 16<em>s<\/em>. 2 \u00bd<em>d<\/em>., publishes a tract, in which he shows \u201cHow to marry and live well on a shilling a day.\u201d He winds up by saying, \u201cThe true girl is to be sought for;\u201d she is to be had (he confidently affirms); but if she is guaranteed both to be content with the weekly dietary that he lays down and also to set herself steadfastly against \u201cfurs, jewellery, nonsensical headgear, wasteful <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/furbelow\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">furbelows<\/a><\/span>, and airs and mincing ways,\u201d we submit that she is a<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/glosbe.com\/la\/en\/rara%20avis%7CRarissima%20avis%7C\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">rarissima avis<\/a><\/em><\/span>. The man, on his part, must \u201cthrow away that cigar, shun strong drinks, and scorn a poor, fashionable society that thinks itself rich, and vainly tries to think itself happy.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 120px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;Would you have your children become more turbulent, quarrelsome, fierce, or revengeful; hating and hateful; more like beasts of prey?\u00a0 Then give them flesh.\u00a0 But would you not rather render them more lamb-like and of heavenly disposition? \u2013 then feed them on vegetable diet.&#8221;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/exhibits\/food\/couchman.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">William Couchman<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"_209g _2vxa\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"8bm4o-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Another_%E2%80%93_apologies_for_the_eggs_milk_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\" data-offset-key=\"8bm4o-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o.0:$8bm4o-0-0\"><span data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o.0:$8bm4o-0-0.0\">Another &#8211; apologies for the eggs &amp; milk &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"_209g _2vxa\" style=\"padding-left: 120px;\" data-block=\"true\" data-offset-key=\"8bm4o-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o\"><span data-offset-key=\"8bm4o-0-0\" data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o.0:$8bm4o-0-0\"><span data-reactid=\".6n.1.0.1.0.0.$editor1.0.0.$8bm4o.0:$8bm4o-0-0.0\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">~ Mr. William Couchman related at a meeting in 1875 that after a terrible accident, by which his head was severely damaged and his scalp nearly removed, and when he had recovered consciousness, he, being a vegetarian, refused to eat the mutton chops and drink the brandy and light wine prescribed, and kept to his usual fare of brown bread, stewed apples, haricot beans, rice, and vegetables, adding eggs beaten up in milk. The doctor declined responsibility for the consecpiences. His blood was pure, and the wound, which was extremely serious, healed wonderfully. The\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5; color: #800000;\">doctor admitted that unless he had been in a condition much better than that of most men, the accident would have been fatal. ~\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/strengthdietprac00russuoft#page\/340\/mode\/2up\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1h.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14052 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1h.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1h\" width=\"580\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1h.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1h-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">This, however, is strong meat for philosophers, who being flesh abstainers, claim to have their harmless hobbies by way of compensation. But thousands who would never think of taking Mr. Couchman&#8217;s advice, who would wisely shrink from adding yet more to the vast sum of human poverty, may yet get great benefit both to health and pocket by dining pretty frequently at the Alpha. One dinner will convince them that flesh-meat is no more essential to keeping up animal heat than is strong drink. Savoury-pie is as warming as ox-tail soup; and there is much more \u201cstay\u201d in it. In the same way a parritch breakfast is every way better than one of tea or coffee, perhaps with toast, which means bread out of which a certain amount of the nutritive elements has been subtracted; and those who tire of oatmeal may try hominy or a mixture of lentils and corn-flour. No one who thus begins the day need have any fear of being (as <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerome\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">St. Jerome<\/a><\/span> said of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pelagius\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Pelagius<\/a><\/span>) <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/anglandicus.blogspot.hk\/2011\/03\/wurzburg-glosses.html\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">pultibus praegravatus Scoticis<\/a><\/em><\/span>. We cannot hold with Professor Newman that \u201cflesh-eating is the food of barbarism,\u201d but we are sure that almost every one eats too much animal food, and that it is a fallacy to urge that a vegetable feeder must have a stomach of cast-iron. All that is needed to digestion is to make food palateable. Hashed mutton and other family dinners are often the very reverse of this, and the consequences are seen in a craving for stimulants which is never felt by the vegetarian. One result we hope will follow from the vegetarian movement\u2013an increased consumption of fruit, leading to such an utilisation of roadsides and railway-cuttings as is the rule in so many parts of the Continent.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1i.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-14053 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1i.jpg\" alt=\"AlphaReview1i\" width=\"580\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1i.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AlphaReview1i-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\">One word of advice; philosophers must condescend to human weakness, perhaps, allowing table-cloths, though we prefer the bare, marble-topped tables of the Alpha to the more than suspicious table-cloths of many dining-rooms. This is an advertising age, and we are sure the Alpha is not sufficiently known; when we inquired we were told \u201cthe advertisement had just runout.\u201d Nor is the public awake to the fact that there is also a partially vegetarian restaurant at the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ludgate_Circus\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Ludgate Circus<\/a><\/span>. Moreover, it is not every one who cares to dine among thirty hungry parritch-eaters. Why not set up a second dinner at a later hour and charge rather more per <em>plat?<\/em> The truth-seeker might then come and feed at his ease, and report accordingly.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: right;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"H_S_F\"><\/span>H. S. F.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-3\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Supposition\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Supposition<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is not the work of a simple journalist. I do not have confirmation of the identity of &#8216;H. S. F.&#8217; &#8211; but I would not be at all surprised to one day find evidence that it stands for &#8216;Henry Salt Fecit&#8217; &#8211; it is a <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/fecit\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">work of art<\/a><\/span>! <\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_review_is_loaded_with_classical_references_%E2%80%93_typical_Salt\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The review\u00a0is loaded with classical references &#8211; typical Salt. <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The writer&#8217;s knowledge of Francis. W. Newman&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/veganism-a-life-containing-no-logical-contradictions\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">reforms<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of the Vegetarian Society is deep &#8211; Newman had attempted to introduce &#8216;veganism&#8217; in 1871! \u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Even the reference in the final line to the &#8216;truth-seeker&#8217; could refer to a journal published in the 1850s by <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">William Horsell<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-4\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fruit_Trees_Along_Railway_Lines\"><\/span>Fruit Trees Along Railway Lines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_14081\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wegierka_Zwykla1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14081\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wegierka_Zwykla1.jpg\" alt=\"Damson Plums - By Glysiak (Own work) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wegierka_Zwykla1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Wegierka_Zwykla1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damson Plums &#8211; By Glysiak (Own work) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_One_result_we_hope_will_follow_from_the_vegetarian_movement%E2%80%93an_increased_consumption_of_fruit_leading_to_such_an_utilisation_of_roadsides_and_railway-cuttings_as_is_the_rule_in_so_many_parts_of_the_Continent\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">~ One result we hope will follow from the vegetarian movement\u2013an increased consumption of fruit, leading to such an utilisation of roadsides and railway-cuttings as is the rule in so many parts of the Continent. ~<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_hometown_has_a_disused_Victorian_railway_line_Damson_Victoria_Greengage_plums_grow_all_along_it\"><\/span>My hometown has a disused Victorian railway line. Damson, Victoria &amp; Greengage plums grow all along it.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Probably_the_result_of_plum_stones_plum_pits_being_thrown_out_of_carriage_windows_by_train_passengers\"><\/span>Probably the result of plum stones \/ plum pits being thrown out of carriage windows by train passengers.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_would_collect_20_to_30_kgs_per_outing_and_load_them_into_panniers_mounted_over_the_back_wheel_of_my_bicycle_%E2%80%93_great_memories\"><\/span>I would collect 20 to 30 kgs per outing and load them into panniers mounted over the back wheel of my bicycle &#8211; great memories!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-5\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Our_Projects\"><\/span>Our Projects<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.henrysalt.co.uk\/info\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"The Henry S. Salt Archive is run and maintained by the site editors on the behalf of its patrons. However, we welcome and encourage anyone interested in the project to contribute.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">The Henry Salt Archive<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span> is one of our, almost completed, projects.<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/reviews\/the-humanitarian-league-kowloon-39395\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Operating in Hong Kong alongside 'The Ernest Bell Memorial Library.' Republishing classic humanitarian books &amp; pamphlets. The Humanitarian League has been established to enforce the principle that it is iniquitous to inflict avoidable suffering on any sentient being. \"  target=\"_blank\">The Humanitarian League<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> is our Hong Kong registered charity.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"&quot;I have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.&quot; - Henry S. Salt\"  target=\"_blank\">The Ernest Bell Library<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>was conceived in 1934. It is still strong &amp; very active eighty years later \u2013\u00a0\u00a0its primary objectives are to: \u2013<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Collect_all_of_Ernest_Bells_book_non-book_works_and_make_them_easily_accessible_to_everyone\"><\/span>Collect all of Ernest Bell\u2019s book &amp; non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Collect_the_literature_of_vegetarianism_and_all_the_other_humanitarian_movements_in_which_Ernest_Bell_was_so_deeply_involved\"><\/span>Collect the literature of vegetarianism and all the other humanitarian movements in which Ernest Bell was so deeply involved.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Assist_students_and_scholars_in_their_research\"><\/span>Assist students and scholars in their research.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduce_all_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_including_his_writings_campaign_work_influences_and_his_circle_of_friends\"><\/span>Introduce all aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Undertake_our_own_research_into_missing_aspects_of_Ernest_Bells_life_and_work\"><\/span>Undertake our own research into missing aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life and work.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_already_have_more_than_300_pieces_of_Ernest_Bells_own_writings\"><\/span>We already have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell\u2019s own writings.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_are_also_actively_building_a_collection_of_examples_of_promotional_material_campaign_material_fundraising_marketing_activities_etc_%E2%80%93_related_to_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>We are also actively building a collection of examples of promotional material, campaign material, fundraising &amp; marketing activities etc. \u2013 related to: \u2013<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_products\"><\/span>veg(etari)an products.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_books_other_publications\"><\/span>veg(etari)an books &amp; other publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_organisations\"><\/span>veg(etari)an\u00a0organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"vegetarian_businesses\"><\/span>veg(etari)an businesses.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animal_rights_organisations\"><\/span>animal rights organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"animal_rights_publications\"><\/span>animal rights publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarian_organisations\"><\/span>humanitarian organisations.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarian_publications\"><\/span>humanitarian publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"rambling_clubs_run_by_members_of_the_above_groups_related_publications\"><\/span>rambling clubs run by members of the above groups &amp; related publications.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_work_of_Richard_St_Barbe_Baker_the_%E2%80%98Men_of_the_Trees_organization_its_many_sub-branches\"><\/span>the work of Richard St. Barbe Baker &amp; the \u2018Men of the Trees\u2019 organization &amp; its many sub-branches.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_are_currently_more_than_3000_items_in_the_Ernest_Bell_Library\"><\/span>There are currently more than 3,000 items in the Ernest Bell Library.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_will_complete_the_cataloging_of_the_collection_as_when_adequate_funds_are_available\"><\/span>We will complete the\u00a0cataloging of the collection as &amp; when adequate funds are available.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"It_is_long_past_time_for_the_library_to_go_online\"><\/span>It is long past time for the library to go online!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_%E2%80%9CI_have_little_doubt_that_the_proposal_for_the_establishment_of_an_Ernest_Bell_Library_which_would_specialize_in_humanitarian_and_progressive_literature_and_so_form_a_sort_of_centre_for_students_will_meet_with_a_wide_response%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cI have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>a<\/strong><strong>nd so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Henry S. Salt \u2013 <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Sir,  From the letters that have reached us, I have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.  I would now suggest that it would be a most helpful step if individuals who favour this idea would lend their names to strengthen the appeal that will have to be made to some Public Institution for the use of a room, and if Societies and Journals would also express their agreement.  Such a Memorial would be so personally suitable, in view of Mr. Bell\u2019s many and long continued services, and so valuable to the cause of humane progress in general, that it is difficult to see how any objection could be made to it: the sole question is whether the initial difficulties can be overcome. I trust all friends of the humanitarian cause will lend their aid.  HENRY S. SALT\"  target=\"_blank\">writing<\/a><\/span> in September 1934<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i-6\"><\/span><strong style=\"color: #993300;\">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_anyone_would_like_more_information_please_send_an_email_to_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><strong>If anyone would like more information, please send an email to:\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"humanitarianleague_at_outlook_dot_com\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">humanitarianleague<\/span> (at) <span style=\"color: #008000;\">outlook<\/span> (dot) <span style=\"color: #008000;\">com\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%93_or_message_me_through_HappyCow_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><strong>\u2013 or message me \u00a0through\u00a0HappyCow\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/\"  target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile_pb.php?id=9728\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"  target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/members\/profile_pb.php?id=9728<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; Restaurant\u00a0 There are now almost 110,000 reviews published on HappyCow. This is the earliest vegetarian restaurant &#8216;review&#8217; which we have yet found &#8211; it was published on\u00a0Feb. 7, 1880 &#8211; a Saturday. The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; opened in London, UK in 1879 &amp; promoted itself as London&#8217;s &#8220;First Food Reform Restaurant&#8221;. The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; was the project of\u00a0a &#8216;highly controversial&#8217; couple &#8211;\u00a0Thomas Low Nichols\u00a0(1815\u20131901)\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Mary Gove Nichols (1810 \u2013 1884) .\u00a0 More about them &amp; about The &#8216;Alpha&#8217; &#8211; here. Sections in brown are my additional notes \/ cross references &#8211; I love this material \/ these people &#8211; I fully agree with Mae West&#8216;s wise words &#8211;\u00a0 \u201cToo much of a good thing can be wonderful!\u201d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Explaining the Prices &#8211;\u00a0British Pre-Decimal Currency The Roman words libra, solidus, and denarius (lsd &#8211; or &#8211;\u00a0\u00a3sd) referred to pounds, shillings and pence.\u00a0 So &#8211; an example from the article &#8211; 6l. 10s. 10d. = 6 pounds &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9728,"featured_media":14045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2274,2275],"tags":[2316,2322,2323,2320,2319,1092,2315,2321,2318,1107,1169,2307,2317,2314,2306,2305],"class_list":["post-14044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-vegan-history","category-vegetarian-history","tag-alice-marion-rowland","tag-alpha-food-reform-restaurant","tag-alpha-vegetarian-restaurant","tag-alpha-vetetarian","tag-canon-samuel-barnett","tag-ernest-bell","tag-ernest-hart","tag-food-reform-restaurant","tag-henrietta-barnett","tag-henry-s-salt","tag-humanitarian-league","tag-mary-gove-nichols","tag-mrs-ernest-hart","tag-the-alpha","tag-thomas-l-nichols","tag-thomas-low-nichols"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Alpha Restaurant Review Feb 7 1880 - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The earliest vegetarian restaurant &#039;review&#039; we have found - published Feb. 7, 1880 - a Saturday. 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