Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

the weaker party won, Possibly my
mind was stunned by my, fall, although
have no recollection OF hitting my
head. I felt that Lucille was putting
me to the test From the look in her
eye knew that she was asking me to
choose between love and beefsteak.
SO rising phoenix like I answered
brayely, eyes; think fasting would
be delightful"
So that was how we began.
AS you can easily see, the cause of
tho trouble was that Lucille Is one Of
those persons who take the magazine
health and hygienic writer's In good
faith. It Is impossible to convince her
that those fellows have to make O liy-
Ing by their pens the same as other
human authors and that every bizarre
Idea they can pounce on means lust
SO much more copy at regular rate
per word No. Lucille must needs try
by experiment every new theory, using
herself or any convenient relative or
friend as laboratory.
The absurdlty Of Lucllcs attempt to
Improve upon her health md looks Is
appal int to any one who has ever been
blessed with sight Of her. You can't
make slim young body like hers by
simply rolling on the floor for IN hour
every day. nor are soft brown eyes
with long, curly lashcs the result OF
| chewing any particular number Of
times upon piece Of steak Nature
must have been experimenting good
many centuries before she got Just
that particular texture for hair and
that peculiar shade Of cream velvet for
compilations.
at this particular time for nearly
twenty-five years she and nature had
been uninterrupted by matrlmony In
theif JoO Of decorating so that 1t Is not
to be wondered ut that they had turned
out we'll nigh perfect product There
! Is nothing unfinished about her.
One Of her early spasms was Fetch
erism; then she struck the nuts and
berries idea. was a guest ut her home
the summer sho tried both Of these
things out. IF you arc going to Flctch.
erize, piece OF old boot tastes just as
good as q steak, and 1t is moro econom.
ical The adherents OF tho nuts and
berries dietc claim that 1t Is good food
schedrf;s because grizzly bears live on
IT. as far as am concerned, being
like grizzly bear IS n doubtful advan.
tage, and. besides, don't believe 1t Is
| possible for bear to shell enough pea.
nuts to live on.
Lucille called meeting to discuss
ways and means.
"Ffrst Of ALL" she said, when tho
| supply boat comes today weli make
them take back every edible thing they
have brought, together with what we
have on hand. so that we won't be
| tempted. Isn't 1t lucky our cottage is
on an island oil by itself 60 that 1t
won't DO possible for one Of us to cheat
by going to hotel somewhere"
| Don't you think 1t would be q great
] er victory for us If we conquered the
! demon food with some supplies within
easy reach? suggested, with a pain.
full recollection of that supply boat
which came only twice a week. but car.
r1ed delicacies Of which Lucu.::.:3 never
! dreamed.
| mo, it's best to take no chances"
! "There's the motorboat anyway. We
could run over to the mainland"
mo. we couldn't" Lucille smiled
| Father Is the only one who can run
| 1t, and he won't be here until Sunday"
Thus another ray of sunlight flicker.
ed ont. A man Of my build does not
crank up a marine engine located near
the floor Of a boat I might say he
could not, but 1t Is truer to say that
he does not. If he Is the least bit wise
| he DOES not oven try It
| "I'll give the maid week off," Lu.
! c1le continued gayly. "As we're not so.
ing to eat anything we shall not really
, need her, and she has been wanting to
; go home for some time. I'll let her
go back with the supply boat. Well
begin our fasting tomorrow by going
without breakfast"
She consulted the magazine again
I'VE have to drink plenty of good, pure
. water and think high thoughts all the
time, and We'll hardly notice the alb.
, sence Of food at all. Then next Mon.
day we'll break our fast by drinking
the juice Of an orange and eating q
handful Of popcorn, just one handful
so as not to shock our digestive ap
paratus by introducing anything solid
into it."
But why harrow tho reader with the
rules and regulations which Lucille
framed for us. Suffice 1t to say that
they went into effect the next morning
according to schedule.
| We met at breakfast l am never at
my best before drink my first cup of
coffee in the morning, and the thought
of the inhuman way I was about to
treat my "tummie" depressed me more
than usual. The table was CHASTITY
white, unbroken by the usual cheerful
array Of steaming hot dishes. At each
place was large glass of water and
napkin. What the napkin, was for
| failed to discover imagine it was
what tho anthropologists would call "a
survival Of culture"
HFe have fifty-eight five gallon bot
tiN2 of DISTILLED wofarU ruolo T.,