dy in good condition and to help rid it of accumulated
poisons, the following diet lists are recommended:

~Daily Dietaries:~

7 A.M.--Hot water, 8 oz.

8 A.M.
Breakfast--Stewed prunes, wheatena and cream
2 eggs
2 slices of buttered toast
1 cup of milk flavored with cocoa or coffee or 1 cup of
cereal coffee with cream

Dinner--Cream of pea soup
Boiled codfish with cream sauce
Mashed potatoes
Cauliflower
Rice pudding

Supper--Cream toast
Baked potatoes
Egg nest
Apple sauce
Hot milk flavored with coffee, cocoa, or 1 cup of cereal
coffee

7 A.M.--Hot water, 8 oz.

8 A.M.
Breakfast--Grapefruit
Cereal and cream
Soft scrambled eggs
Cereal coffee, or milk and coffee
Buttered toast

12:30
Lunch--Cream of tomato soup
Cottage cheese and cream
Baked potato
Baked apple
Bread and butter

6 P.M.
Dinner--Chicken, small piece, no gravy or rich dressing
Candied sweet potatoes
Baked eggplant
Lettuce salad (lemon juice instead of vinegar)
Bread and butter
Orange or wine jelly
Milk

Breakfast--Cereal and cream
Baked apple with cream
1 slice of bacon
1 soft-cooked egg
Toast--butter
Cereal coffee, or milk flavored with coffee

Lunch--Vegetable soup
Scalloped potatoes
Cream cheese
Bread, butter
Stewed pears

Dinner--Halibut steak
Creamed potatoes
String beans
Fruit salad
Sponge cake, orange sauce
Small coffee

OBESITY

Probably no one problem affecting the human family is more widely
discussed than that of obesity. There are numberless "cures"
suggested, most of which contain some good, but they are as a rule
more strenuous than the average fat person cares to attempt, or, if
attempted, persist in.

~Causes of Obesity.~--It is stated that at least fifty per cent. of
the obesity is of hereditary origin, while the rest may be due to
overeating and drinking, unbalanced diets, metabolic changes due to
the