Part 46

DINNER

String beans and young onions--cooked A green salad A bit of fish or white meat of chicken, with a baked potato

FOURTH DAY:

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches One or two extremely ripe bananas, baked, and eaten with cream One large pulled fig, with cream One glass of water

LUNCHEON

Cantaloup One whole egg, coddled A baked sweet or a white potato

DINNER

Corn, lima beans, or a potato A cup of hot water

FIFTH DAY: The same as the first.

SIXTH DAY: The same as the second, and so on, day by day, for about twelve days.

LETTER OF ADVICE

ACCOMPANYING ABOVE MENU

Rise at a regular hour every morning. Take a lukewarm sponge bath, following it by a cool splash and a vigorous rub down, practising deep breathing all the while.

Before dressing, devote from two to three minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5. (See Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.) Take these movements calmly.

Do not worry. Masticate all food to infinite fineness. Take plenty of time to eat.

Inflate the lungs to their fullest capacity one hundred times a day. This is of very great importance.

If the quantity of food prescribed is more than the appetite calls for, eliminate any one thing entirely, or reduce the quantity of the whole.

WINTER MENU

FOR BUSINESS MAN

THIN--NERVOUS--IRRITABLE INSOMNIA--STOMACH AND INTESTINAL TROUBLE

FIRST DAY: Immediately on rising, drink two cups of cool water and devote from five to ten minutes to vigorous exercise.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water A small portion of boiled wheat or rice One or two eggs, coddled Cocoa or chocolate

LUNCHEON

Three eggs, whipped; add a glass of milk and a flavor of sugar and fruit-juice

DINNER

Carrots, parsnips, turnips, winter squash--any two of these A baked potato A small portion of fish or chicken (white meat); or, one egg prepared choice, eaten with either a baked potato or a bit of whole wheat bread