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Fun fact: the first vegetarian restaurant in Krakow ("Przyroda" at Św. Krzyża St. 7) opened in 1912 due to the 8th World Esperanto Congress. The staff spoke Esp
by mci 7y ago
Fun fact: the first vegetarian restaurant in Krakow ("Przyroda" at Św. Krzyża St. 7) opened in 1912 due to the 8th World Esperanto Congress. The staff spoke Esperanto.[1]
[1] http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_6196698&order=1&view=SINGLE http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_6196... page 56
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoIn the early 20th century, vegetarianism in Europe and North America was utterly outside the mainstream, its practitioners considered total weirdos. So, no surprise that vegetarians would overlap with Esperantists, another bunch of weirdos. (I am former member of the Esperanto movement, very heavily involved in it. When I say the Esperanto world abounds with weirdos, I know of what I speak. Yes, I know, that claim might mean I was/am one too.)
- mci 7y agoYup. Both were mocked at the time: "militant Catholics [...] solemnly disavowed modernism, monism, masochism, vegetarianism, and Esperanto" (Rydwan, September 1912)[1] [1] https://docplayer.pl/112655650-Rydwan-miesiecznik-poswiecony-sprawom-tw-orczosci-i-kultury-polskiej.html https://docplayer.pl/112655650-Rydwan-miesiecznik-poswiecony... page 29
- jandrese 7y ago> "militant Catholics [...] solemnly disavowed modernism, monism, masochism, vegetarianism, and Esperanto" But they were totally on board with sadism.