The Washington times., 1905-08-17
Choose Food Wifh Gaze.

There Is no season of the year whed
dfet is not an important matter to the
woman who would look her best, but
especially in warm weather is it es-
se,ItiaI that she shall exercise some
care as TO what she eats II she wishes
to keep her complexion clear and her
self in the best condition. The eX-
! tTeme heat of the summer is IN itself
! trying to the blood, which may show
! by erupJions of the skin due solely to
/ high temperature. II a person who has
| This tendency eats food that increases
the temperature, the trouble is natural
! ~ aggravated, sometimes even TO caus-
/ ing sickness. says Margaret Mixter.
The natural foods OF summer are in
/ themselves wholesome and refreshing
! Fruits, vegetables and salads act in a
/ and for that reason alone should be
! eaten They also. and here is where (.
/ woman inclined 10 embonpolnt must
] take heed, are flesh producing. ami,
combined with lack OF exercise, are the
cause OF most persons acquiring extrs,
/ pounds during warm weather Some
| vegetables are less likely than otheIs
! to do this, and ii is therefore possible
care.
From now on 10 September meat
should not be eaten more than once a
| cay at most, and when summer heat
| begins in earnest three times q week is
often enough. To Americans this seems
| altogether insufficient but it is not
| with the many vegetables which may
replace it that are as nourIShing with
cut being heating. If, however, persons
/ insist upon eating meat daily, let them
| not put beef on the list. IN Its place
| let lamb and veal occasionally and pou.-
! try be ordered. Fish, tJo, should De
eaten in warm weather much more
/ than it IS usually, and many different
| kinds are, of course, in the prime.
| Almost any large flsh is delicious when
/ eaten ice cold with mayonnatse or
/ French dressing for those who prefer
/ the piquancy Of the latter When il is
/ To be served cold It Is better broiled
/ than aI,y other way, although it is still
/ nice when baked. A way that fish is
nice hot in summer Is picked uD and
! haked with cream sauce ana covering
/ of crumbs, butter, ana grated cheese.
! Spinach. while 1t is in market, is one
! Of the best vegetables that a woman
/ can eat. 1t is not flesh producing, and
| IL acts very positively upon the blood
! clearing ii and so improving the com
PleN!on. Carrots, loo, have special value
| Each new vegetable as II comes along
| should be partaken of freely, either hot
| or cold
| Heavy, cooked desserts should never
/ be eaten in warm weather by persons
/ who wish To keep themselves we'll W itf
| many different kinds OF berries aad 9th,
| er fruits to be served with ices or ic'
| cream there is no excuse for boiled pud
! dingS, dumplngS and indigestible pies
| The craving for pastry may be satisfied
! by having occasionally fruit tarts made
| of fresh berries cooked only by pouring
| over them a heavy sugar syrup boiling
| hot. This will extract u little Of The
! juice Of the berries. which viii still hole
their shape and fresh favor 1t is a mis-
! take to cook berries for tarts.
lee cream shoul,. be eaten in sum
! mer just as often as 1t can be afforded
/ II Is very nouriShing, and unless
! variety of haYors is indulged in is no.
! indigestible. Ices, on the contrary, hay,
| practically no nourishing properties anC
are only cooling.
! Candy is a thing to be given up II
! summer, though 1t is then eaten II
| largest quantities. But a large quantity
| of sweets is TO be avoided unless one I:
exercising we'll to work it off As womef
ordinarily are very indolent In summer
not one. oEnce Of caudys flesh PRODUCING
possibilities is lost.