Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-15

wnshington. July 15e-Prohibition is
not the only serious handicap that
New York hotels have TO contend with
nowadays. Tho public's recently de-
vcloped passion for dieting Tor one
ailment and another is proving equal
| ly fatal TO profits. People are not
dining out nearly no frequently as
they used 10 do. because the ordinary
hotel menu does not cater TO their
peculiar dletetic requirements.
But there is at least one hotel man
| In New York who remains upper
turbed by the new vogue for scientific
dieting. lie IL even automatically
In favor Of 81. 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
10 supply them" And he has done 10
lie has introduced into his hotel
scientific diet service consisting Of a
wide variety Of menus especially design
ed to fill tho needs Of oil sorts Of
dleters. whether they be In the deadly
grip Of diabetes or merely afflicted
WIN OFeTWelEhl.
We found him sitting behind a fiat
topped mahogany desk in his small
balcony Office at tho head Of a flight
of wide marble stairs in that digni-
fed red brick building on the cor
ner OF Fifth avenue and Thirty fourth
street known az tho Hotel Waldorf
, Astoria. lie is n short. broad man,
fastldiously dressed. with Il square
. impressive face, black and white hair
, and dark. kindly eyes. His appearance
, together with his grave. courteous
manner suggest judge, or bank
president or possibly minister oi
: tho gospel. But nc IS none Of these
things. He IS Oscar 81 the Waldorf
, ono OF New YOrk's famous PERSONAL
ties
l TO the average New Yorker. Whose
\ ono and only standard Of value Il
Z money. Oscar is known merely as tn
p highest-paid chef in America. but h
o Is really much more than this. IL
is a culinary artist Of world wide re
3 nown. Presidents have lavishe'
/. rapturous praise upon his talents
s many ecstatic accounts have bcel
2 written concerning certain Of his pre-
@ prohibition connections. and he IN
h been decorated by royalty. n he Ia,
= lived In another country, he woul
i doubtless long ago have been knightec
j but tho most that no can expect f.
g this country is perhaps an honorar
ID. S. degree from sonne appreciativ
a university, impressed with the i'm
?. portance OF the new scientific die
70 service.
Menus For Every Need.
r, Every kind Of disturbance in tn
&C. digestive tract is covered by this scr
i. vice Have you colitis or rheumatisr
"a or high blood pressure? Wen, there
= special menu for your benefit cor
W tanning only the kind Of dishes thu
are suitable for your particular cor
70 dtion. Here is one to consult II 20
- are overweight; another IL you al
n enjoying advanced age. and still AT
= other--a jolly one decorated wit
"A Mother Goose sketches--if you are
~ child.
an Tho purpose Of the service, as q
lie planned in the diet service guide fol'
re ct, winch IL napucu 10 faCH cues
Is TO simplify dieting by making foo
r. for special conditions. properly dia
il nosed, easily available, and 20 ha
be all food prepared to meet the heal
a requirements OF each individual.
&C. Of the menus were designed IN co
e. sultation with DR.. Clarence VILLA
let Lieb, n well known medical authori
on nutritional disorders.
The new menus" explained Csc
are popular not only with the pub
but with our employees. for whom III
vii save a great deal Of time and effo
Before they were prepared we had
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