Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-12

Sweet Lavender Pickles; or, The
Romance Of a Can Of Baby Blue Toma-
toes, will be the title OF Dr. wileys
next novel on the art Of eating colored
food systematically said the fourth
assistant mocrochemist Of the DEPART
ment Of agriculture
''In this work" he continued, the
physician will endeavor to show that
while the chromatic attitude Of the
stomach is absolutely opposed to the
new idea Of following the flag. and thus
getting away with all kinds Of red,
white and blue food, the average Amer
lean can still accomplish great deal
along this line IL he will go at 1t delib-
erately and artistically.
"Our original appetite Graves only
black and white viands. Some years
ago Boston came forward with its
famous brown bread, and from this we
have gradually grown into the violet
health biscuit, the predigested sepia
rolls and the yellow madder homemade
buns.
"Snce the people insist, however, on
having the polychrome table d'hote the
department will do what 1t can toward
developing the pousse cafe grill and
perfecting the trl-colored range so
these rainbow banquets can be run off
on time.
People will be requested to cooper
rate with the government experts in
the matter of partaklng systematically
and sticking closely to one colored food
school. 1t must be fully appreciated
that we have arrived at that stage
where numerous color schemes in food
as in oil and water color painting are
being forwarded by respective cliques
and branches of eaters.
when purchasing ready dyed meat
and vegetables persons should specify
what colored food cult or ism they be-
long to. Certain styles should be fol-
lowed, as in fashionable dressing.
Blond cabbage should never be eaten
with brunette corned beef any more
than one would wear a green necktie
with red shirt.
Special attention should be given to
the preservation of certain color tones
and tints, as this will help to carry out
the harmony of eating and maintain
the general scheme.
"If one asks for art nouveau spinach
one should not let the green grocer sub
stitute any of the decadent pink
spinach which has lately been ad-
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schools.
Nearly all the grocers are now cap
ping for some particular colored food
sect and the buyer can be easily taken
in If he does not keep up with the
official shades of his own clan.
Everybody is requested to report all
the violations they run across in their
search for new colors in eatables to the
secretary of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Highly Colored
Vegetables.
while it is not easy to decide which
branch of the variegated diet fad best
suits your palate, it should be remem-
bered that an early start is desirable
because the craze threatens to eat up
all of the vegetable and coal tar
stomach paints, and when they are
gone followers of the idea will have to
use the regular line of waterproof paint
now used on country houses and battle
ships.
First of all, one should settle on the
background. This is what an artist
does in decorating a piece of canvas
with a landscape or marine view, and,
after all is said and done, there is little
difference between the modern dinner
and a Rubens or a Murllo.
"The wealthy. as in all the luxuries of
this life, have the advantage over the
poor eaters. They can have their din
ners painted by the best foreign artists,
while the poor people must be content
with the modern bill posters.
THE average man, having settled
upon his background, might do well to
put on a little Indian yellow and follow
it up closely with nip of. Hooker's
green No. 2. If there is much surface
to cover the diner might use a sponge.
1t is. easier to rub the color in with
sponge, and quicker in the cases of
large persons. A fiat brush is very
suitable for working up a. sort of green
ish blue appetite with pleasing but
still aggressive atmosphere.
after these things are well laid
down, as the artists say, plate Of
drab oysters, which have been care
fully painted that same season, add a
rich foreground which blends nicely
with the sky line.
"All of the breadstuffs you use in