Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11

food, provided it is pure. 1t is easily digest
ed and absorbed. and under certain circum-
stances may be converted into fat Taken
directly after meals sugar or candy can
not hurt any one.
Oatmeal, if eaten daily, Is apt to heat the
blood and produce angry spots and pimples
Hot bread, rich sauces, pastry and sweet
meats also have the same effect. Hot soups
flush the face, especially If the skin is deli
cate.
If troubled with eruption of the face, don't
eat nuts, cheese, bananas, mutton, veal or
salt fish.
One Of the best agents for clearing the
system and giving a fair skin is the onion.
Eat it as a beauty diet and let it rid you
of biliousness. There is, indeed, no better
complexion refner
The effect on the breath is a powerful
argument against its use. However if a
little strong. clear coffee is taken and the
mouth rinsed with listerine the odor is de-
stroyed. Or a bit of parsley, garden sage
or fresh green mint may be eaten.
Must Have Fruit.
Each year people grow to appreciate more
fully the value of fruit, and eat it not as a
luxury, but staple article of food.
Fruits are nourishing, refreshing, appe-
tzng and purifying, and consequently
benefit the health and beautify the COM
oleXion.
The skin of raw fruit should never be
eaten, and before eating grapes, any
small fruit, care should be taken to re-
move all impurities by washing. Stale and
unripe fruits should never be eaten.
An apple is the best medicine for a COM
pleXion which causes it's owner some I'M
easlness. or course, there are apples and
apples, and the lightest, crispest eating is
the best
Acid fruits must be used sparingly at all
times. especially by persons inclined to
rheumatic troubles. The continued use of
an orange or shaddock before breakfast
VIII dlnlnlsh the power of stomach diges-
ton. They should be served with cereals
or such foods as require only intestinal
digestion.
Many remarkable things have been claim
ed for oranges taken as food, such max
ing the complexion clear and beautiful and
curing various diseases. The judicious use
OF oranges Is good thing, but a few pre-
cautions must be taken
BE careful to peel the fruit thoroughly,
for the white pith just beneath the yellow
r1nd Is one of the most tndigestible sub
stances in the vegetable world.
DO not eat too many oranges One taken
WIN the breakfast three or four times a
week helps to regulate the system and to
keep the blood in good condition Don't
take an orange al night. This is the fruit
which is gold in the morning, silver at
moo noon ana lead at night. All fruit, as rule,
Is more beneficial If taken in the morning
Strawberries contain a large percentae pc
OF iron and enrich the blood MANY per-
sons cannot eat them without lcausing an
eruption on face and neck.
Grapes usually agree with delicate stom-
achs, for they are easily digested.
1he partak1ng of a slice of pineapple after
meal Is In accordance with physiological
indications, since fresh pineapple juice con-
talns remarkably active digestive prin-
clple similar to pepsin. The activity of this
peculiar digestive agent is destroyed in the
cooked pineapple. 90 Is
Patti has an Unsuitable appetite for stew
ed prunes. which she eats for Her complex
ion. They afford the highest nerve or brain
1000 ana supply heat and waste, but are
not muscle feeding. 70 s.tsi
Green figs are excellent and driad foe
contain nerve and muscle food
Nuts. which are "one-celled fruits" are
not only useful as foods but are of i'm
portance incidentally. For example there
Is no better brain and nerve food than wal
nuts and blanched almonds They are also
useful as muscle makers. Almonds give no
heat or waste; walnuts give heat.
Peanuts are a nerve food AS nanacea
for insomnia they deserve an honored place
among the nuts. They are rich in albumen,
OF which they contain so per cent, with 20
per cent of fat and nitrogenous matters.
Doctors recommend them as valuable in
the form of soups and purees In tropical
countries the fresh seeds of the peanut
which taste something like almonds are
eaten. When roasted they are used as a
substitute for chocolate
1t is charged that laziness and self-indul-
gence are the greatest causes of dyspepsia
in women: in reality the troubl9 is caused
by too much shopping, too many recep-
tions. too many clubs. Women are reck-
less in the expenditure of their strength.
! Suddenly they find themselves utterly