Part 71

Every housewife and mother should know enough about the chemistry of food to avoid serving at the same meal things which are chemically inharmonious.

If these simple laws were observed, sunstrokes and heat prostrations would be almost unheard of.

Summer is the time when Nature is rebuilding and revitalizing all forms of animal life; it is also the time when she is producing all of the material with which to do this building in its best and purest form, therefore summer should be the time when people are at their best. The reason they are not is because they do not understand the simple laws that govern human nutrition.

SPRING MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Very ripe berries, with sugar Rare omelet, rolled in whipped cream and grated nuts Whole wheat bread or boiled whole wheat Rich milk Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Two or three eggs, whipped; add a pint of fresh milk, a dash of sugar, and a flavor of pineapple juice; drink slowly

DINNER

Fish or lobster, broiled Potato and peas Junket or gelatin Nuts, raisins, and cream cheese Chocolate

Only plain water should be drunk at these meals.

SUMMER MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Peaches, plums, or any semiacid fruit Whole wheat or a coarse cereal, cooked Whipped eggs or tender fish A whole wheat cracker

LUNCHEON

A green salad, with oil and nuts Oysters, crabs, or lobster A potato or whole wheat

DINNER

Carrots, peas, beans, corn--any two of these A Spanish omelet or white meat of chicken A potato A glass of rich milk A cantaloup or peaches

FALL MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Peaches or cantaloup Two or three eggs, whipped six or seven minutes; sweeten to taste and flavor with fruit-juice A cup of junket or gelatin, unsweetened

LUNCHEON

Fish, broiled One fresh vegetable A potato

DINNER

Corn and either peas or beans Fish or chicken Buttermilk A potato