The Forrest City times., 1905-10-20

hurry. But it's very bad for the halr, my Cear child Your hair will all fall out if you don't supply certain other clements. You must take four fresh eggs a day in addition to the milk
 Now, Mareella's hair is her strong est point, so the eggs were speedily added. Another friend explained that some fresh fruit. preferably grapes, should be regularly partaken of for the sake of color and general freshness Still another insisted upon tomatoes daily. for similar reasons. Janet, who looked on with interest. now began to prescribe the daily quart of cream.
 At the end of a month, therefore. Mareella was laboriously consuming four quarts of milk. one quart of cream. four fresh eggs. a pound of grapes, and three tomatoes every day "a diet somewhat unusual and not even to be recommended on the grounds of economy. as Marcella had at first hoped. She was also becoming severely afflicted with indigestion and insomnia, while the beautifyiug effects of the regimen were slow in appear ing. Her skin. in fact, looked muddy. her eyes were heavy. even the bril- liant Lair seemed to lack it's ordinary gloss and glory. She was gaining flesh certainly, but she felt almost too dull and .anguid to move
 Your diet Is too heavy. or else you were in bad condition when you start ed, decided Janet, fresh as rose and full Of good spirits. Try mineral water in addition. h Germany they often do that
 So three glasses of vile-tasting min- eral water were added to the diet. and about this time Marcella left off dolng anything but diet. There seemed little tune to live or walk or study. for one thing. what with milk-drinking, fruit eating and the hygienie exercises neces- sary in order to make existence endur- able; also a sort of collapse came upon her One morning she felt so iii that she sent for the landlady, instead of rising
 T think I've been taking too much nourishment" Marcella told the hastily summoned physician. who felt ner pulse and looked knowing
 Half starved" the landlady whis- pered to the doctor as they went down. stairs.
 The doctor. being no less wise in the ways of impecunious art students, be- lieved the landlady and prescribed. aft CT three days of unlimited hot water and fasting. a generous milk diet
 MarCella, weak, weary and faint at sight or thought of milk, fled from the iandlady's kindly milk dishes to a visit 10 Janet. Janet's mother. kind. capable, sympathetic. put her to bed again and eoneocted eggnogs and other siokenlngly reminiscent drinks for the aisgdsted invalid. Janet herself. more than ever anxious about her friends looks since the violent dyspepsia toi- i lowing the collapse, had proved any thing but becoming perpetually tagged Marcella. as soon as the latter was able to rise. with glasses ani pitchers of milk and lime water. In the cnQ Mafcella, ready 10 cry with nervousness and worry. decided to go homo.
 The autumn will be nice in the country she told Janet, and you'd better come with me. My mother is as dear and sweet as yours is. and we'll have a good time until the life classes open again"
 So down to the country they went and Marcellas mother. worried about ner daughter. pleased to see Janet pressed 8 glass of new milk, with two