Part 68

Four glasses of milk, with hard crackers Two eggs, cooked A spoonful or two of wheat bran Corn bread (Drink two glasses of milk an hour before dinner)

DINNER

Two whipped eggs Two glasses of milk Two medium-sized, baked white potatoes; eat skins and all A sauce-dish of wheat bran, cooked

Just before retiring, take two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, in a little water, provided there is a tendency toward constipation; if not, this should be omitted.

/Second Day/: The same as the first, adding another egg to the morning meal, and a bit of fish to the evening meals.

/Third Day/: The same as the second.

/Fourth Day/: The same as the first, and so on for a period of a week or ten days.

FALL MENU

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The following menus are composed of but few articles; all of them, however, have a specific purpose.

Immediately on rising, drink a glass of water and eat a bunch of grapes, swallowing skins, seeds and pulp. Do not masticate the seeds or pulp.

Choice of the following menus:

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

Melon or pears A melon or a bunch of Two or three eggs, cooked grapes one and a half minutes Two or three eggs cooked A portion of whole wheat, one and a half minutes boiled or simmered over Two medium-sized baked night; serve with cream white potatoes A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

LUNCHEON

Two or three eggs, taken Two eggs uncooked from the shell, Two exceedingly large bananas, with a little salt with either nut Whole wheat bread with butter or nuts, and dates nut butter or raisins A banana, eaten with either cream cheese or nut butter, and raisins or dates

DINNER

Boiled onions, carrots, Same as dinner Menu I, squash, corn, turnips, or substituting chicken for beets--any two of these the egg or the fish, if A green salad or cooked desired spinach, with egg A very small portion of fish or an egg A liberal portion of baked potatoes

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. Mastication should be very thorough.

In the selection of articles composing the dinner, do not make them too numerous. Three or four things are sufficient.

About once a week take--

One fresh vegetable A baked potato One egg Home-made ice-cream as dessert

The noon meal could consist of three or four eggs whipped with a little sugar, adding a glass of milk to each egg. Place this in a bottle and take a glass every fifteen or twenty minutes, from 12 until 2 /P. M./

WINTER MENU

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