The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-25
SALADS WRITTEN SKIN.
They Are Most Nutritious in Winter
Season.

Two simple and inexpensive articles
OF diet that are excellent for the COM
plexion and system generally are par
ticularly to be recommended at this
season. and strange to say are not
eaten as much as they should be- They
are green salads of any sort with
French dressing. oil, Pepper, salt, vine
be too highly advocated. Occasionally
there is a person with whom they dis
agree radically, but this is the excep-
tlon' and individuals who cannot eat
any other fruit will thrive upon or
anges.
This particular form of fruit is nour-
ishing. It's action upon the digestion
1t is clearing to the skin A dozen a
day is none too many to eat If a per-
son wishes
If. however. they have not been eat
gradually Before breakfast take the
juice of one strained. This is given to
babies and is more easily digested than
when the pulp remains in. If, however,
the digestion is good there is no objec-
ton to the pulp It is better, however.
always when possible, to eject the fine
inner skin. and under no circumstances
should the tough white underskin be
eaten, for il is one of the most indi-
gestfble vegetable forms grown.
Another orange may be eaten an hour
after breakfast If wished and a couple
at luncheon is none too many After
that one or two at a time at intervals
of two hours may be taken, with some
just before going to bed At this last
time they will frequently induce sleep.
1t is not of course necessary to eat
so many, but they will take the place
of other food. Always buy a good
quality and be sure they are not over
ripe
For girls working in offices oranges
are invaluable food. if they did but
know it. One after luncheon will
piece out that meal most satisfactorily.
and many times it would be possible
TO nave one OF the fruit and kept in a
desk drawer to be eaten in the after
noon when one is tired, at the same
time not stopping work A little food
is a great stimulant when body and
mind are fatigued
Green salads such as lettuce endive,
chicory and the like are skin whiten-
ers and excellent food. They are ap-
petizing. and the oil eaten on them
is nourishfng and fat making The
London Lancet. one CT the best known
medical papers, recommends them
highly, saying:
when there IS no inclination to
eat, or when, as il is commonly said a
person does not fancy his food, there
Is. as a rule. tCrpidity of digestive
function With the sight of tempting
food the work of the digestive organs
IS begun. The mouth waters, and
even the gastric juice flows in response
to a pleasant impression. The salad,
therefore, may fill a special and i'm
portant gap in the dietary; and when
It is prepared with oil, as every good
salad should be, it becomes an excel
lent and agreeable vehicle for con-
veying fat fntos the body. Dressed by
the discreet addition of sound olive
oil and pure wine vinegar, no more
excellent adjunct to the cold dish could
be suggested. The oil modifies and
smooths the peculiar favors of the
juices Of the plant. while the vinegar
softens the tissues. renders them more
dfgestible, and gives an agreeable
pfquancy to the whole The use OF
salads prepared from tender plants by
those who possess normal digestive
powers is undoubtedly salutary, and
the constituents in raw green vegeta-
bIes contain salts which have a favor
able effect u7on the condition CT the
blood In cooking, of course, a large
proportion of these salts is removed
1t is probably the abundance of aka
line salts in green vegetables which
makes them of service in some dis
eases CT the skin"
If a working girl will finish her
lunch or diner with good salad and
cheese instead OF sweets she will be
better or and look better