The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-09


some of Chicago's wealthy women are
voluntarily subjecting themselves to
test in physical culture of the diges-
ton" Their first object, they admit.
is To reduce flesh by means of natural
methods. In making this admission
they whisper with horror in hushed
tones that most of the society ladies
of Chicago are becoming entirely too
stout
There is another motive behind this
culinary reformation-the motive of
practising economy even in the homes
OF the wealthy For this the recent
financial situation is responsible. In
the popular mind there is, perhaps,
always an impression that the wives
of rich men never make any personal
sacrifices in expenditures, no matter
what the state of the countrys pros
perity. Yet these women, most OF
whom have bank accounts of their
own as we'll as the use of their nus
bands fortunes, have fixed 81 as the
maximum cost of a formal fashionable
luncheon for eight persons. and nave
gagged all their household expenses in
proportion, even to the Sunday din
ner. ;,
While the wives and mothers are
thus saving money and setting an ex-
ample which they hope will be copied,
at least fifty young women who are
about to be married are studying the
new system with a view to putting 1t
into practise in their homes. These
young women are now serving as
maids in the houses of matrons who
have joined in the dietary reform
movement.
.Ordinarily," said one of the ma
irons, 1.-THE ladys maid is extravaganza
if not wastefuI, but these girls VINO
are going to be married soon are GER
tainly trying to learn from US now 10
make 81 go the furthest."
HEALTH IMPROVED.
Already one of the matrons declares
that her health has been improved by
a six weeks trial of the new system
and that she would not give it up for
anything"
.sIt's the same with all of us WHO
have tried it, she added. we are
surprised, as well as overJoyed, at tLie
results. Contrary to general opinion
the Wealthy woman's duties are eA-
trenelv arduous and she must nave
strength of no common kind to meet
them. We noticed that the laporlhs
class was healthier and stronger tnah
the fashionable set. We concluded the
reason must lie in the food. Since we
adopted the simple fare, headaches
among ms have become the exception
and we no longer feel ragged OUT VI
linn as dishrag after IuIHlloh
lasting late into the night.
AZ If TO destroy the theory that no
IF
+bis movement originated at WHIST
party. The participants FOR years Aas'
baan nlaying whist together every
So Tuesdav afternoon, the games
beinp preceded by elaborate luncheoiis'
=, which nate de foie gras. truffles'
pnssian caviare, Holsters and similar
+,;pqe we're served The pinch OF the
sraaoia1 stringency was just beginning
faI+ IN the business world OF
s~t,icogo There was talk of issuing
1910, house checks and of business
nan foregoing meals at the club for
80 On a stool at the lunch counter.
az +bir1x we ought to retrench," SAID
- Tho Guests at the whist party.
eve could have just as much pleasure
if we should adopt .sonRe game besides
whist and play without prizes
-. ~ nrizes.,, said another. Il sug-
80 mat we ought to economic on
our luncheons." o,a .
ives and that reminds me, salo
+hird chat my doctor remarked tile
o+ber aav that our foods are too rleii
for our health
SAY THEY ARE TOO FAT.
rbes. verbal exchanges interrupted
- rorne and the eight women pesal
a~;o,,s1v ~ discuss the financial sltua'
go their own health and how theS
Y,ight help remedy conditions.
I'VE might eat sandwiches s"e
gested one. o+her
..Or corned beef hash, urgeo
third. oad
.eIveu I'll tell you what 1t IS aou
"a fourth. something Is MAKING al
- us too fat-not only our party ou
YEARLY all the society women 49,
We onght to allow our stomachs "
acquainted with some oil. Ihe SIM ~,
b,,+ 1vholesome dishes of the poor.
r,ioht not like it at hrst' nut ! "
1ieve we would have better heal'n an
xopId head off this tendency To s'ou'
ness" ~ Afternoon
BEFORE the playing Oh TIC !.
was resumed the eight women mao ue
cided that the luncheon lot tne =
nartv should not cost more than =
20 ID cents apiece. 1t was the cue
tan, for the women to take turns
heinp hostess for the games ohee
th eI new arrangement the hostess 10
the next and all succeeding game
,,,,,st nresent an itemized account co
INC the cost of the luncheon. II -
4otsI exceeded 81 she was to De hlie
The fnll cost of the luncheon the III
TO go to charity. 49, dietar
The first menu under the eie,al
,roararn consisted of fried cnlcAeI
crssned potatoes, lettuce salad W asl
lion ME. coffee. jelly, olives ana ~
biscnit The hostess itemlzeo s.ao
nlent did not contain the jelly, ohr 'z
coffas or material for the biscuits .
axn1ained that she happened TO n9s
theee items in the house, and as u u
hin for the other things served al =
1T1ncheon did not cost quite 81 II
or no fined.