The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
DOBLEY'S CAPSULE DINNER.
HE UNFOLDS A GREAT SCHEME FOR
A FOODLESS DIET.
The Capsule Dinner Parties In Co,ors He
Thinks Will he the Most Usefoi Novelty OF
the Age May Solve the servant CIR, Prob
m-w. 80. u.u.h.aus 70 Regin First.

"On OF the plans that Mr.. Freshlnxtoh ana l
have In mind for the coming weeks sMo MI
Dobley TO his wife, lis the establishment oil a
Siay-at-Home Club"
What will it be like?" asked Mrs. Dobley.
1T will be devoted 20 matters that people are
too busy to think about during the winter,
| said Mr.. Doblev. "and its most interesting de-
| partment will be a culinary kindergarten.
DO YOU moan n cooking class?" inquired Mrs,
Dobley.
Il mean a class In culinary education, ex-
| planned Mr.. Dobley. This Is a subject In which
we Americans are still in the primer stage. We
| have the best hotels in the world and the finest
| chefs, but about the culinary art or even about
the proper foods and when to eat them and how
| they should be cooked. we know next 10 moth
Ing"
is this 10 be a social club or n rhilnnthropic
| idea?" asked Mrs. Dobley. viii aides be adj
| mitted to membership or will 1t be one OF those
| horrid eating clubs?"
at will be both social and philanthropic.
said MI. Dobley. 1t will refine, educate ard
gradually ennoble its members. Food has more
| to do with the workings OF the mind and the
| subsequent actions of the human being than we
imagine. The trouble is that cooking is not
| dignifed as It should be among the accomplish
| ments. II Is regarded by many as a subject to
be dealt with In the cosey corner OF a country
| newspaper. Individually we know It Is import
| ant but we refuse to accord II the place cener-
| ally. that II deserves. Freshington thinks that
a culinary kindergarten will oil the bill"
But don't you think it Is better that people
| do not attach so much importance to such
| ;i,n.,?" -aid Mr.. Doblcy. "Wc Should prob
ably deterioraie in other ways"
- Proper knowledge Of food and a higher
education in the uisine would not have that
effect" said Mr. Dob!ey. IT would, first i'm
| press upon US the important fact that We all
/ eat too much and too often and al the wrong
times. One of the first results we should aim
a. would be the abolition OF the luncheon habit.
what a dreadful PLAN" exclaimed Mrs.
Dobley.
"Not Mt all. " said Mr.. Dobley. The lunch
con habit Is a hideous mistake. Nine people
out of ten eat the midday meal not because
they are hungry but for the reason that others
do so. Women. ] may say. are the chief Offend
erS In this respect"
Il should rather omit breakfast than lunch
con. said Mrs. Dobley. lust as they do abroad
The coffee and roll fad, said Mr.. DobIey,
-is rernicious. II Is the result Of the deadly
late supper. No. breakfast and dinner should
be the two principal meals for those who really
require food. But Freahington and ] propose
10 eradicate finally this idea that food is abso-
lutely necessary. At all events We shall Try
20 introduce and establish the capsule plan.
Think Of the time that might be saved II in
stead of sitting down TO a course dinner one
Nigh simply take out a case of assorted CAP
slles and the question Of dinner would be set
tied in "A few moments at most. To busy peo-
pie this would be an inestimable boom,
Blu, Z you did away With dinner ana lunch en-
most delightful forms of entertaining.
Il think myself " said Mr.. pobley, that
capsule, dinners would be in every way more
of the novelty. 1t would be entirely original
and everybody Is crying out for novelty now
a-days. Fancy how munh would please a
upon which sparkling glass dishes Of capsules
In different colors would be distributed in
stead Of heavy roasts, GRAVES and vegetablesY
produced by minglIng the shades artistically. .
Il have never seen any food CAPSULES said
Mr.. Dobley, but didn't imagine that they
They are not at present, " said Mr.. Dobley.
but efeshington and propose to man,iac-
ture a capsule that will be produced u al the
thai the sort Of people who would go in for the
capsule fad would be Of dainty tastes. There
fore We will appeal 70 the eye by having ne en-,
| TIRE GIltT 'sIl-lllll' an YUM i'i'-N'' ,i''i
a. well as an excellent repeat. For instance,
we should have the soup in Nile green-oval
and globular. One capsule would constitute a
1T would seem like gulping ones soup to a k
II in that way"
ION the contrary, my dear " said Mr., Dobley.
"the new way Of lining would do away with
every disagreeahle feature Of table etiquette.
No one could attempt 70 aat with a q knife, for
no one would think Of slicinG a capsule. N9one
could spill SOUP or tip, W the plate or eat tow
ord him or other forbidden things If he had only
a capsule TO handle. Soup, you, know Is one
Of The most ungraCeful foods IN the list 49,,
things Of that sort?" asked Mrs Dobley. Il am
very fond Of peanut also; Snre!yy
you wouldn't have those in the capsule form
we should have those frivolous foods all in
a small sugar-coated mortel that could be car
ried in a small box in the vest pocket or in a bon
bonniere. We have a delightful, idea for the
fsh. We have 4 newly invented phosphores-
cent coating that will cause the fish capsule to
glow brightly. like jewels, The different tint;
Ings will indicate the different FISH They will
be actually tempting and you SEQ the great adj
vantage? There will be no bones, At last We
will be able to enjoy that noble fish, the shad,
without feeling that an accident policy insur-
anre Is necessary rs an accompaniment The
fish capsules will be perfectly round. but when
you cune TO the desserts. We shall have heart
shares Greek crosses. flowers of all sorts and all
IN different colqrS."
Mrs. pobicy thouehtfully,, but wont il so.m
Ike q toodl" yr dinner some's'n Sb like those wSsr table able
| ii NlF vi va u I'll = ~ y VIZ ~ 'li'
i finished. i is considered proper 10 begin all
over again?"
before we put the capsule dinners In progress
We will educate ourselves away from the actual
food idea. That is what the culinary kinder
garten is for. First We shall eradicate the
luncheon. When this is done we shall become
aware NJ the benefits resulting, and then Mr.,
Frcshirgton. Mr.. Van Ripper, one other man
and myself propose 10 constitute ourselves
N a quartet which we shall call the Foodless
-Four. We shall introduce the capsules by
living on them exclusively. keeping In strict
training and inviting leading physicians 10
report on the superior conditions that will re-
throughout tho entire country. II viii adver-
tise onr capsules ana induce people to buy them.
Dyspcpttcs will simply be overjoyed AT the pros
poet OF being Gble 10 so without food in its in
furious forms. To-day nothing wakens as
much interest as the record OF some man who
has tasted for n number OF day. ana mas grown
used TO living " lthout food. W" will do more
than live with the new food capsule diet, We
shall flourish and become athletic and. INTEL
| l~ectually. We hope for marvellous results"
Il think you will be generally regarded as
| crnnks," said Mrs. Dobley, "Vegetarians have
a grant many sensible arguments in favor of
their abstinence from flesh, but still they rank
| a. taGdists.
" don't propose TO hurl our idea at people"
said Mr.. Dobloy, We will lot il sink in grldi-
ally, We shall first take up the question of
Our present system of too abundant menus.
| A dinner Of seven COURSES. followed by n dossnrt.
l. renlly n barbaric custom. when We get this
truth thoroughly absorbed we shall give our
individual opinions the light, There will be
much discussion and debate; We shall have at
first chatting dish demonstration 10 prove tho
superiority Of delicate methods OF preparing
\ delicate foods"
These experiments win be n~on-oxplosive,