The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-15
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
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FREDERIC ,. HAsKN. Dtrecsor.
Washington. D. Q.
HOTEL DIET SERVICE

A HOTEL DIET SERVICE
Washington, d. c., July 12.-Prohi-
bition is not the only serious handicap
that New York hotels have to con-
tend with>nowadays. The public's re-
Gently developed passion for dieting
for one ailmcnt and another is prov
ing equally fatal to profits. People
are not dining out nearly so frequent
ly Is they used to do. because the
ordinary hotel menu does not cater
to their~peculiar dietetic requirements.
But there is at least one hotel man
in New York who remains upper
turbed by the new vogue for scientific
dieting. he is even enthusiastically
in favor of it, as he has always been
in favor of anything that the public
wants 1T is useless to complain
about the public's changing demands"
he said recently. THE thing to do is
to supply them" And-he has done SO.
He has introduced into his hotel a
scientific diet service consisting of a
wide variety of menus especially de-
signed to till the needs of all sorts of
Edfeters. whether they be in the deadly
grip of diabetes or merely afflicted
with overweight.
We found him sitting behind a flat
topped mahogany desk in his small
balcony office at the head of a flight
of wide marble stairs in that dignified
Fifth avenue and Saith street known
as the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. He is
a short, broad man, fastidiously
dressed, with a square, impressive
face. black and white hair, and dark,
kindly eyes. His appearance together
with his grave, courteous manner sug-i
gest a judge. or a bank president or
possibly a minister of the gospel. But.
he is none of these things. He is
Oscar of the WaIdorf-one of New
Works ia nArEnn .lffipS
To the average New Yorker, whose
one and only standard of value is mon
ey, Oscar is known merely as the
highest-paid chef in America, but he
is. really much more than this He
is a culinary artist of world wide
renown. presidents have lavished
rapturous praise upon his talents;
many ecStatic accounts have been
written concerning certain of his pre-
prohibition connections, and he has
been decorated by royalty. If he had
lived in another country, he would
doubtless long ago have been knighted,
but the most that he can expect in
this country is perhaps an honorary
D. S. degree from some appreciative
university, impressed with the i'm
portance of the new scientific diet)
service.
Menus for Every Need.
Every kind of disturbance in the
digestive tract is covered by this serv-
or high blood pressure? Well. there
is a special menu for your benefit con-
tanning only the kind of dishes that
are suitable for your particular condi-
ton. Here is one to consult If you
are overweight; another IL you are en-
joying advanced age and still anotherl
"a jolly one decorated with Mother
Goose sketches-if you are a child.
The purpose of the service, as ex-
plain ed in the diet service guide fold
er, which is handed to each guest, it
to simplify dieting by making foods |
for special conditions, properly dag
nosed, easily available, and to have
all food prepared to meet the health
requirements of each individual. All
of the menus were designed in con-
sultation with DR.. Clarence William |
Lieb, a well known medical authority |
on nutritional disorders. I
1.-THE new menus" explained Oscar, |
"ares extremely popular not only with |
the public but with our employees, for |
whom they save a great deal of time /
and effort. Before they were pre-
taking up the walters time explaining |
not to put butter in this, pepper must |
be left out of that, and that no. sugar |
must be put in something else. Now |
all of these confusing directions are |
Suppose that hyper-acidity of the |
stomach, for instance. is your pet |
complaint You see by the guide that |
Menu No. 4 applies to you, and ask the /
waiter for that. On this menu all the !
fruits listed are stewed and unsweet-
ened; all the breads are stale or
toasted or otherwise hardened, but /
served with liberal supplies of fresh
butter, and while tea (weak) is men
toned, coffee does not appear at all.
Foods for Fat Folks.
Menu No. 2, which has been ar
ranged for the great multitudes of
a variety of hard breads. of
q different kind, however, from those
listed on Menu No. A. Members of 1
the fraternity of the obese must never
eat any breadstuff tenderer than bran
biscuit or gluten bread. They must
confine themselves to lean meat; avoid
rich. thick soups refrain from dashing
cream or sugar in their tea and cof-
fee; use lemon juice instead of may
Onnaise upon salads, and never eat
Or stewed pears without sugar. for
dessert.
There are eight scientific menus in
all, covering a list of twenty con-
exception of Menu No. 2. for over
weight. and Menu No. 8, which is for
diabetes and no. 8, which is for chill
dren, all of the other menus can be
used for more than one affliction.
Thus No. 5, designed to aid those
suffering from colitis. is also suita-
Die for p1alnutrition and underweight.
while No. is for rheumatism as well
IS neuritis.
In addition to observing the direc-
lions on the menus, the guests are also
urged to avoid over-eating, imperfect
and mental perturbation
At meals. These hints, which are ac-
cepted with sober appreciation by
hose who are accustomed to dieting,
usually create a good deal OF levity
among the more frivolous youthful
PATRONS WIN have not vet had ncCa-i