Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-21

may eat without danger of increasing their
weight. give dietary card which will
prevent obesity, as well as aid In its reduc-
tion.
ALLOWED AID LIBITUM-Roast and
broiled venison, beef, mutton, lamb, fish,
oysters, poultry and winged game (prefer
the dark meat); baked and boiled fish lex
cept the oily kinds). The meats should be
cooked medium rare" and their fat,
sinew and cartilage discarded. (Fish should
be partaken of guardedly-not for the rea-
son that it makes fat, but because it il
otherwise injurious to many persons).
ALLOWED IN MoDERATIoN-Fresh but
ter, boiled rice and potatoes, cracked wheat,
table celery; ripe, sound apples, pears,
peaches, raspberries, blackberries and
oranges; baked apples, and, as seasoning,
lemon juice, horse-radish and mustard Gf
freshly mixed with lemon juice), black
pepper, salt, Worcestershire sauce Ga dish),
olive oil, potatoes baked in their jackets,
thoroughly baked wheaton bread. Remem-
Der, if those things are INDUCED in, that
their total must not exceed one-third, in
bulk, of the food total.
ALLOWED OCCASIoNALLY-Soft boiled
or poached eggs, clean sound figs, dates and
stewed prunes. With eggs confne yourself
to the "whites." The yellows are two
thirds oil
To BE CAREFULLY AvoIDED-Animal
food-Pork, veal, salted or smoked meats
and fish, fat, milk, cream, melted or cooked,
or rancid butter or cheese, all foods and
dishes prepared or seasoned with any of tie
foregoing, soups, stews, shell fish Except
ing eysters), the oilier kinds of fish and
poultry, such as salmon, eels, tame ducks
and geese. Vegetable food-Uncooked vege-
tables; hot breads, all products and prepara-
E T.
meal, hominy and corn bread; pan and
griddle cakes, fritters, crullers, pies, pud-
dings, pastry, cake, candies, beans, green
corn, crackers, nuts, pickles, manufactured
sugar, molasses, syrups, vinegar (substituts
lemon juce), jams, jellies, preserves, straw
berries, grapes, pineapples, bananas, all
foods and dishes prepared or seasoned with
any of the foregoing Generally-Eyery-
thing fried, all seed or chilled foods, the
cartilage tendon, gristle, skin and fat of meat
and fish, the peel, core and seed of apples,
pears, ETC., all sauces, spices and condiments
not permitted in this card.
Queneh the thirst by drinking, about one
hour before meals and retiring, all the water
that the body craVes-drink nothing else
between meals.
ALLOWED AT MEALs-Still dry wine and
water (half water), beef tea, water with or
without little lemon juice or good whisky
or brandy or gin, clear tea or coffee. Tea
and coffee may be sweetened; lemon juice
may preferably be added to tea Not moro
than half pint of liquid must be taken at
any meal, and the less you take the better.
Do without drinking at meals if you can,
and you can if you will only try, and keep
trying.
To BE CAREFULLY AvoIDED-Sveet
wines, all sparkling or efervescing bsyer-
ages, such as champagne, soda water and
ginger ale; all fermented, undistilled liquors.
such as ale, beer, cider, ETC.; liquors, cor
dials; distilled liquors unless diluted one
part of spirits to at least four of water, ioed
water, al iced or chilled drinks. Smoking
allowed if it agrees, but one good cigar ~
the end of each meal is the limit
Once q Drinker, Always Ons.
The night and morning pints wfn b
taken, when practicable, all ones life, sfrn-
ply for the slightly stimulative and e1hila.-
ating sense Of internal clearness they i'm.
part and the heathfulness they insure But
It need not be feared that temporary cesss-
tion-as during travel, or even protrsoted
Of conditions incompatible
with the habit-will cause recurrence to
corpulence, if the limitations of diet are
well adhered to. This affirm
not from my personal experience, sinos
have not yet had to forego my accustomed
draughts, but from the assurances Of others
who have experienced the benefits of the
treatment
Efets matter and injurious accum1ls-
Hons having been expelled from tho system,
feeble and worthless tissue replaced BY thst
which is strong and sound, semi-psrslysed
organs walked to full vitality, and the viii
itself stimulated and inspired with new
energy by the training undergone, health
will have been so fully re-established as an
Inherent attribute of being, that snly
through, persistently reckless disregard q
prudential considerations can fss aaa
disease again enter into possession
Salisbury patients generally agree th.s
CELIA LOGAN