The Washington herald., 1909-02-22
FEMININE WOMAN THE FASHION AGAIN.

FENIIINIINE WONIAN ]
There is reaction against the virility
which has for several years been the pose
Of the society woman To 20 about all
summer without a hat and with a few
petticoats as possible may have been al
very well for the summer OF yesteryear-
Now the quest for health in other direc-
/ tions interests the femininity that seeks
its amusement in every fad OF the hour.
/ says the Boston Herald.
Woman delights now in the care Of her
health. Half the lectures that have been
given in private houses this winter have
/ been devoted 10 the mysteries OF indiges-
I ton and the operations of the gastric
juices one Of the young matrons who
/ consider themselves the smartest Of all
/ in Boston has just sent out cards 10 a
/ lecture by a welI-knOwn woman doctor
I on the subject Of health. This invitation
! reads.
Mrs. Oidbo1es' company
70 D7. Mary Aanes lecture 90
The Operation q the Lover Intestins-T
r. 5 Y P. FRIDAY at
This is the first occasion on which the
/ present hunt for health is made the sub
/ ject Of social entertainment. and though
/ il is by no means unusual for dinners now
/ 20 furnish the food not only for nourish-
ment. but for conversation also The ef-
/ feet Of food on the digestive system. what
( agrees with a person and what does not
( Just what what unpleasant results are
/ supplied with the wrong kind OF food
and the ecceutricities OF every particular
i little Mary--these are the topics az
many dinners among the guests az they
wave OF the servants with the food they
/ shUdder TO look at
This pose is. Of course. largely affec-
] tation. The average woman eats much
| less than the average man 81 dinner, but
/ she takes pleasure in certain things. or
would if she were not prevented from do
/ ing It now by the pose that food must
I be Of the simplest character and that II
Is better. or a least smarter. 10 eat only
certain things. The woman who IS not
taking some kind Of a cure just now feels
F. herself hOpelessly unsmart.
Just 10 think how well I feel-' one
woman said the other night wiki con
/ fdence that she knew would throw the
rest Of the women about her IN despair.
It's been more than a year since I've
tasted anything but vegetables
For the first few weeks occasionally
ate a little breast Of chicken II It was
very well done. Now I am satisfied only
with vegetables. and the thought Of red
meat fIls me with horror.
Those eggs I had tonight" looking
toward the hostess, were so much bet
ter than the woodcock the rest OF you
were eating
/ She got the eggs because Il IS so com
mon now for guests 70 be living on some
kind OF diet that hostesses often ask
them what they would Ike. In these
days OF frank devotion 70 some special
kind Of food. the guests DO not hesitate
to remind the host that they eat only
vegetables or FISH or eggs. as the case
may be
eft used 10 be considered only the
privilege Of royalty 10 20 10 house along
VITA the brand OF champagne that II
liked said an oUt-of-town hostess who
keeps her house full during the winter
months that precede her brief stay in
Boston in February and March. "but now
I don't consider II in the least out Of the
way for the guests TO arrive with their
own supplies.
I never think now OF having lunch OF
| dinner prepared without one course alto
gether vegetable. that the dieters may
ihave something 10 suit them. AT dinner
there is in addition 10 the FISH a vegetable
I timbale Of some kind which 7 have passed
with a vegetable course that the non
meat eaters may have enough 10 keep
strength in them for the rest OF the even
ing.
Most OF the women that know now do
something OF that kind 10 supply food 20
all the guests. It's like having dinners
on FRIDAY when there are guests who will
not eat meat It spoils the courses, hav-
ing extra dishes for some OF the guests
when the others are eating meat. but
tits so smart nowadays to have different
food that gives rather a dash 10 the
table"
There is a doctor in the city who has
attained sudden fame through his ability
to find that his patients have something
the matter with them, although they
seem in perfect health.
"Why, he's the most wonderful doctor
in the world" woman said who had
Just got hold Of his address and was de-
termined TO 90 the next day to discover
what the matter with her was You
may think you're in perfect condition.
but after he's examined you he's certain
to find something perfectly awful the
matter with you
IF a friend Of mine had not gone TO
him last week just when she did and he
had not put her on a milk diet immedi-
ately there Is no telling what might have
happened to her. I'm going to see him to-
morrow, not that ! think there Is any
thing serious the matter with ne but be
cause it's safer nowadays TO find out +.
there Is anything wrong and then get
treated for Il right away
II IS q fact that this particular physi-
clan has Just now very large practice
and that his treatment consists chiefly
Of dieting his patients. He first makes
lvegetsrisns of them all and then reduces
them finally TO little more than milk FOR
food
No recent appearance in the medical
field has met with such success as he
The present desire TO have something "a