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and fats. When we lead sedentary
lives and at the same time desire TO
retain slim and youthful lines II be-
hooveS US to be cautious about treating
ourselves too literally to those foods
in which considerable amounts of
sugar, starch or fat are concentrated.
This means we may need to drink
coffe, without sugar, to look at candy
but leave 1t, to do with less dessert or
to go without it, to eat one slice Cf
bread instead Of two, and perhaps t.
spread that slice but lightly with but
ter.
We may need to choose ices in place
Of creams and fruits in place of pas
tries and puddings. The meats we eat
should be lean instead of fat and our
salads should be conspicuous for the
small amounts of dressing with which
they are served. Milk will take the
->lace of cream on the smaller serving
of breakfast cereal we allow ourselves,
and jam and tea parties and between
meal indulgences will have to be fore
sworn.
In the meantime, while we are
watching with wary eyes the fuel con
tent of our diets, at the same tiLe We
shall need to keep up the supply o.
foods which are necessary to build
and repair tissues and to keep body
functions regulated. Whether or not
we live vigorous physical lives or sed-
entary ones, whether we are fat OF
thin, whether we need much or little
fuel. we need a more or less constant
supply of building and regulating
foods
If allow for each day a pint of
milk and an egg, or not less than a
cup O. milk and in this case two eags,
generous serving of lean meat, two
generous servings of succulent ve2e-
tables, a small serving of potatoes and
two generous servings of fruit, we
shall have a good background diet for
health protection. To this founda ton
diet we may add what bread and
other grain products, butter and other
fats. sugar and other sweets we may
need to bring our fuels up to the point
where. If we are normal in weight,
they just balance with the energy we
spend. with nothing left over to roll
up as fat in our bodies, and If w are
overweight they win be less than
enough TO keep Us up TO that weight.
x 4 #
X EEPING thin and reducing after
having been indiscreet enough 10
get fat are rather difficult problems.
In the first case, it means merely Wig
ila,-oe in curbing the appetite and in
spurring oneself on to an increase in
physical activity. In the second case,
II means not only curbing the appe.
tite. but breaking the bad habit OF
overeating--not merely spurring
oneself to an increase in exercise. but
overcoming the habit of seeking too
great physical ease.
If we have let ourselves in for this
type Of fataess and our souls yearn for
the slimness Of youth and our COM
mon sense urges US to seek 1t. and If
we still have iron in our wills, then
We may secure our hearts desire by
sacrificing some of the food and ease
which have grown dear to as.
The days food. as We have said
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one-half of pound Of leafy vegetables
equals one large servingl, one-third
TO one half Of pound of other succu-
lent vegetables lone large serving),
one.half to one pound of fruit, one
small serving of cereal. two thin slices
of bread not more than one level
tablespoonful Of butter. not more than
one level tablespoonful of sugar and
one teaspoonful of cod liver oil.
This amount Of food couldfbe built
into meals similar to the following:
BREAKFAST.
large orange.
! small serving bran with i cup
milk.
/ thin slice Of bread graham pre-.
ferred), very lightly buttered.
Coffee with u cup hot milk, little or
no sugar
LUNCH or SUPPER
Large serving chopped cabbage.
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dieting. 1t keeps up the morale of the
loser to see pounds vanish rapidly. On
the other hand, If one is doing ones
dieting without medical observation,
IL is a far safer plan to reduce grad
ually.
* II X
THE following type Of daily diet
would represent one which is
about as limited as we would advise
for the otherwise normal overweight
person who wishes to lose with reason
able and entirely safe rapidity. 1t con.
tains daily two cups of whole milk,
one egg. one-third TO one.half a pound
of lean meat. one-thir1 Of pound Of
potato Tone medium sized. oae.third 70
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of Youth, You Must
AreYo gYurGa YorT and Si of Youth
Sari6eSom Of Food dEaeW FteG Dear

Coffee with u cup hot milk, little
sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
/ poached egg or egg omelet
l small piece graham bread, lightly
buttered.
l large lettuce or cabbage or spinach
salad with salt or with dressing made
with mineral oil.
/ glass milk.
DINNER.
I large serving vegetable soup.
] medium to large serving lean
meat (no faU.
/ medium baked potato with meat
Juice mot thickened gravyl,
large serving turnips or squash.
seasoned with salt or meat extract
only.
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with salt and vinegar, or with T'rs"ch
dressing made with mineral oil.
thin slice of bread, very lightly
buttered.
/ glass milk,
Tea with lemon or little milk, little
or no sugar.
DINNER.
Large serving tomato puree or clear
soup.
/ medium to large serving lean meat
(no fat).
medium serving mashed potatoes
mashed with milk, but no butter.
A baked apple tno sugar..
a teaspoon Of cod liver oil some time
during the day.
BREAhFAST.
An apple.
small serving oatmeal with Il CUP
milk no SHgar.
slice graham Toast lishtly butterel.
Evening star., 1927-04-17

Dorothy Dir, foremost aeomdR re-
porter, heretCjM concludes series Of
articles coucring experiences during
her more than q qndrter-century ca
reer as q reporter Of the daily aetcS.
particularly in the police courts of
America and in attendance on ia
NOUS murder trials This final ia
stallnent ShotcS the remarkable ia
Tietg Of "dsSt0nDtcats" In which she
figured aud the UerY many lroTf0
celebrities Nth lchom she came in
contact
Evening star., 1927-04-17
BY FLORA ROSE.
Director of New York State College or Hon
Economics. Cornell University


T%HERE was a time when to de-
scribe a woman as fair, rat
and forty" was to pay her
real compliment. Styles have
changed, however, and women
and men. too, for that matter-are
besieglng doctors and dietitians to
give them doses which will make and
keep them thin. This modern inter
est in being thin might well give rea-
son for ridicule if it were entirely
based on the dictates Of Dame Fash
ion.
On the contrary, it has IFS good
points. All the evidence in the case
seems TO indicate that adults who are
able to keep themselves reasonably
slim have better chances for health,
&n~ efficiency and for prolonged life
than their fat friends. If the adult is
to err on the side of either fatness or
thinness, then thinness should be
favored.
But not all of the overweight adults
of our acquaintance are able TO con-
troll their overweight. In spite of
exercise and of reasonable diet control
they persist in being fat. What needs
to be recognized in these cases is that
the excessive weight may be a symp-
tom Of some faulty behavior on the
part of the body, and that while such
persons should reduce in the interests
of their own safety, the reducing
should be done under the direction of
a doctor who understands this condI-
tion and can supervise II. This type
of overweight problem is proving to
be more common than we have be-
lieved and is found in children as well
as in adults. AS such cases are medi-
cal cases. we herewith dismiss them
from our consideration. Our legiti-
mate problem Is that surprisingly
large number of adults who are over
weight because their days program
includes too much food, or too little
exercise. or both.
TO those who are fat largely be-
cause they have eaten not wisely but
too well these explanations are there.
fore dedicated.
The human body is a machine
needing fuel to run it and TO enable
1t to work. The harder it runs and
the more work it does, the more fuel
It needs. If, therefore, instead of
walking, we ride around in automo.
biles; if we earn our daily bread by
indoor jobs that keep us sitting or
standing around; or if. lacking a job
we lust play around with cards and
parties ana 90 not make up Tor II by
getting vigorous eXer-' Sc of some
kind, we shall have decidedly limited
our fuel needs.
y y X
UNHEN if, on the other hand, meal
after meal, day after day, axe con-
eistently eat more fuel food than we
spend in the days activities, the body
thriftily banks" this excess as fat.
We awaken one day to the uncom-
Portable facts Of tightening waist
bands and scales which tell unpleasant
truths
Z any Of us belongs in this class Of
oVerWeights, and we want 10 reduce,
we must cut down on the days food
or increase the days physical eXer-
tions--in other words, eat less and
work more. There is no safe royal
road to reducing where one can both
eat his cake and not keep 1t as added
tai.
The substances in food which we
Sely upon chiefly are sugars, starcke9
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TO BE DESCRIBED AS FAIR,
FAT AND FORTY" USED TO BE
CONSIDERED A REAL COMPLI-
MENT.
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hat to Purchase.

Milk. . cups daily.
Eggs. 4 week
Meat Il pound 4 medium servingl days
a week.
Fish Il pound Il medium seryingl once
a week.
Potatoes u pound Il big potato) daily.
Green or leafy vegetables. II pound Il
large serving) 8 times week.
Other succulent vegetables y pound II
large servingl times a week.
Fruit. dried. l IL ounces equivalent OF
or 8 prunesl twice week.
Fruit. fresh or canned average serving as
l apple or orangel 12 times week.
Refined. i ounce tabout 9 tablespoons
before cooking) daily.
Unmilled / ounce IL medium serving
Graham or whole wheat bread, 8 ounces
(6 slices Il inch thick daily
Fat. 81 ounces Ga tablespoons daily
fincludes butterl.
Sugar. . ounces "A tablespoons daily.
Cod liver oil. Il tablespoon daily.
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FamouR qorsrTdL Q Experiences Characters Cp sand
S1onsWnh CrreN NF1 II Sc
GnndDL UerV4i 4ian Guard -Jee
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?, 500 aIory Diet No. :.

low in
abundance Almost all of the grain products should be OF the
attractive meals be planned this liberal fruit diet
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Type Meals That May Be


BREAKFAST
medium serving cereal. Il cup whole
milk little sugar.
l small serving maFmalade ana 1 sice crisp
bacon.
2 slices graham toast. la tablespoons
Coffee. il cup hot milk sngar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER,
Spanish omeiet 4 eggl
. graham biscuits. y tablespoons butter
serving fruit cup. oatmeal cookies
glass of milk.
DINNER
medium serving veal outlet. milk gravy.
large stuffed baked potato.
/ large serving cabbage seasoned with
Tablespoons butter.
IL slice bread l tablespoon butter.
/ medium to large serving prune eornstarch
nudding
/ medium spoonful whipped cream.
(2,500- -Calory Diet. No. I. TO
spith type menus that may be frePo
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Explorations.

About / y ounces of American cheese or
or ounces cottage cheese may replace
l cup of milk frequently if desired.
Meat fat may be omitted il reduction In
calories is desired
Preferably salt water FISH
Use raw vegetables frequently
Use oranges grapefruit or tomatoes tr'-
auently.
To allow for -four used for thickeninE or
in cakes or cookies.
Breakfast cereal One slice graham or whole
wheat bread may be substituted. II de-
sired. but should not carry extra butter
yrith it.
Includes bacon. ia. used ia cooking. thick
cream. salad dressing. unless dressing IL
made with mineral oil.
Includes sugar in molasses. Jelly. marmalAd'
desserts
For lack OF time spent in direct sunlight
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

are, a clever Skunk. How did you
know enough to scratch on my door?
| suppose that now having found
that by scratching you can have the
door opened for you, you will scratch
whenever you happen to find the
door closed. Of course there is
nothing like making your wants
known. I didn't think you would be
clever enough to do it."
Mrs. Jimmy pretended to look
wise, as if she understood it all, but
of course she didn't understand a
word. Had she understood 1t I am
sure she would have agreed. Yes,
sir. I am quite sure she would have
agreed. Anyway, later that night
she took pains to tell Jimmy Skunk
that II it hadn't been for her they
wouldn't have had anything to eat.
You see, she took to herself all the
credit for the fine supper that Mother
Brown after while gave them. You
see, she was clever enough to pre-
tend and so get all the credit.
Copyright. 1927, by 7. W. Burgess)
The next story: THE Banging
Door"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS
Cleverness is wit well used.
Stupidness is wit abused.
old Mother Nature,

One night Jimmy Skunk led his
family UP to Farmer Browns house
a triie early. Jimmy had Weakened
early that afternoon. In fact, the
whole family had Weakened early.
Not being able to get to sleep again.
they all became uneasy. You see,
they all had awakened hungry. Fin
ally Jimmy couldn't stand the whin.
ing and complaining no longer; so
he led the family forth and up to
Farmer Browns
When they got up there the shed
door was open, but there were no
plates of food out in the shed for
them and the kitchen door was clos
ed. Great was the disappointment
in the Skunk family. The youngsters
began to whine and complaint. jim
my wandered around aimlessly. He
didn't know what to do about it.
Il don't understand it." said Mrs.
Skunk, II don't understand it at ALL
We ought to find out about 1t. 1t
seems to me that can smell some
food at this crack. 1t smells good
to me-" Mrs. Jimmy was shifting
along the crack underneath the
kitchen door.
Yes, sir" she continued, there
are good things to eat inside there
I'm just going to find out about it.
II we are not to have anything to
eat tonight I want to know it."
Now what do you think Mrs. jim
my did? She promptly began to
scratch on the door, She has good
stout and rather sharp nails. Scratch,
scratch, scratch, went those little
nails on the kitchen door. In a mo-
ment she heard footsteps. She stop
ped scratching. The door was
thrown open. There stood Mother
Brown. MY land!" she exclaimed
Il haven't called you to dinner
Don't you know that it isn't dinner
time yet? You'll have to wait bit
You shouldn't have come SO early"
Then she turned around and paid no
further attention to them, but she
left the kitchen door open.
Mrs. Jimmy led the way in. Jimmy
followed her and then came the six
young Skunks. They all expected to
find their plates of food on the
kitchen floor. But again they were
disappointed. Then they began to
wander about, while Mother Brown
went about her work preparing sup
per. She just didn't pay any atten-
ton to her visitors, but she did watch
out that she didn't step on any Of
them, or stumble over any of them
She wasn't quite certain what might
happen if she did thing like that.
All the time she talked to them.
Mrs. Jimmy" said she, you are
clever Skunk. That is what you
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
Quicksands of Love
Adele GarrisOn's New Phase of
Revelations OF a Wife

you, some time you shall pay for
desc insults to me. Remember! You
shall pay. Ven you pay you will tink
Of me. Take does now as a good
by
With incredible quickness she
leaped at me with hand appraised for
a blow at my face. But l had an
ticipated some such action from her
apparently uncomfortable rage, and
seized her arm and blocked the
blow Just as Lillian burst out OF
the closet door and ran toward us.
At sight of my friend. Mrs. Baker
wrenched herself free and scuttled
for the door. her limping. grotesque
gait reminding me irresistibly of a
frightened crab. But there was moth
ing OF fright in the words she flung
over her shoulder as she went out
Of the room.
$50" she snarled. "You hat your
frendts handy, you leetle milksop!
Coward! You Lot dare insult me I'M
less somebody near. Wy did you not
get cops?"
She was out of the room with the
last words. and the door banged
after her. Lillian put her hand on
my arm.
did she hurt you?" she asked
tensely.
mo. l grabbed her arm" ! re-
turned.
You're lucky" she commented.
THAT woman would be capable of
If she let herself 60"
She looked toward the closed out
err door with a puzzled expression.
Now of whom does that woman
remind me?" she demanded. appar-
emily of the air. But I countered her
query with another.
Does she affect you that way,
too? I have been puzzling my brain
with that query since I first saw
her"
Copyright. 1927. Newspaper
Feature Service.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
Your Health
How to Keep It
Causes of Illness
INFECTED PORK CARRIES A
PAINFUL DISEASE
By DIR, Morris Fishbcfn

Editor Journal of the American
Medical Association and of Hygeia,
the Health Magazine.
| A disease that occurs much less
| commonly than use to be the case
| is trichiniasis, which results from
eating raw or poorly cooked pork
that has been infected by the worm
like organism that gives the name TO
| the disease.
The hogs usually become infected
by eating scraps of raw pork or rats
that have been previous infected
with this parasite. The rats become
infected by eating Scraps Of in
fected pork or by ca6hg other rats
that have been infected.
When the parasites get into the
intestines they develop into mature
worms. The male dies but the fe-
male gives birth to hundreds of EN-
bryo or infant worms which get into
the walls of the ihtestines and into
the blood and lymph channels, then
after ten days into the muscles.
where they coil themselves up and
set up inhammations which are ex-
ccedingly painful.
Obviously the person who has be-
come the unwilling boarding house
for worms of this kind is exceedingly
uncomfortable. His stomach is up
set, he has fever, changes occur in
his blood, every time he moves it is
painful and the individual muscles
are swollen. He Sweats a great deal
and his face and eyelids become
swollen.
The disease is easily prevented by
inspecting and discarding all pork
that shows the slightest evidence Of
infection with this parasite; further
more, by cooking or curing all pork
thoroughly before it is eaten.
Cases appear in considerable num-
bers following picnics, football
games and all other events when
large numbers of people are thrown
into a small community that at
tempts to feed them rapidly. The
proper time is not allowed for cook
ing the food, and considerable num-
bers of such cases may be the result.
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Mrs. Baker Fooled In Physical Attack
on MadQe,

My little scheme for testing the
authenticity OF Mrs. Bakers gutteral
accents fell fiat as the traditional pan
cake. True. the coldly insulting
words which / had used toward her
apparently fulfilled my purpose Of
making her angry. But either she
was In truth the harsh-voiced alien
which she appeared, or she was an
extremely clever actress. There was
not the slightest betrayal In her
voice or manner that she was feign-
ing either.
Her wrath. however, was genuine
and terrifying. AS finished. her
eyes narrowed until they were but
Sits through which came a venom
Gus Stint. And as she took quick
step toward me. I saw that her fin
gers were Vurving into claws. ! shall
always hold 1t to my credit that
did not recoil from her, but 1t took
all the resolution possessed to stand
my ground calmly and look at her
steadily while the torrent of her
rage burst the dykes of her self
control.
"You-you" she stammered. and
then there followed a string of cpl
thets so vile and venomous that !
fet soiled at listening to them, and
forced myself to calm endurance
only by remembering that her I'M
balanced anger was the very thing
for which l had wished.
You tink / care vot your foony
little girl tell you?" she went on
when her first paroxysm of rage had
PASSED. You tink ] want anything
of her, dot aby-faced fool? l only
feel sorry for her having to stay nit
sooch a. here she proved that
she had not exhausted all the cpl
thets in her vocabulary.
Il feel myself dis-s-graced." she
hurried on, ever to have talked to
such scum. Do not fear-I will nefer
speak to your niece again. But for
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

qualms about love making, all at
once. Bobbie, close to him, warm and
precious in his arms.
"Of course" he promised her
huskily, You don't think I'd break
my promise to you. do oyu, Bobo-
link?" He seemed to forget how
man of them he had broken
But Bobbie remembered it clear.
ly. And she knew that Gus was Civ
ing her this part, not because he
wanted to keep a promise but be-
cause she was being decent to
him, as he called it.
We'll go down to the studio to-
morrow morning." he told her an
hour later as they kissed each other
| goodnight under Mrs. Mangan's
wistaria vine. its leaves and dripping
| lavendar blossoms silver in the
moonlight. II want to see you in one
of the Dutch outfits they've made for
the picture. Little white caps, white
aprons and wooden shoes to make
Bobbie look like Gretchen of the
windmills instead of my Hollywood
girl"
Long distance kept trying get you
on the telephone last night" Mrs.
Mangan told Bobbie when she came
downstairs the next day at noon. TT
was a station to station CALL and it
was young mans voice on the wire
when I talked. He asked when
you'd be in. and had to tell him
I didn't know"
Boobies golden brown eyes Wild
ened. Maybe something's gone
wrong at home!" she gasped. MY
father"
mo, I asked if it was your father,
and 1t wasn't" Mrs. Mangan told
her, taking a white linen cloth from
her sideboard and spreading it out
over the table.
Then it must have been Andy!
"And I missed him," Bobbie said to
herself, and wondered why her
heart felt SO heavy. all Of a sudden.
Then an automobile horn broke
the Sunday stiffness OF Las Palmas
street, and she forgot all about Andy
and his long distance telephoning.
She pulled her little red felt hat
down over her eyes and ran out to
Gus.
The Magnifica studio was as silent
as deserted village when the big
green car rolled into its paved court
yard.
Gus unlocked the door of his lit
tie office or the ground floor of the
administrG ! building, and showed
Bobbie in ID of him. On his desk
lay heap of bright colored gar
ments. Among them Bobbie caught
sight of a blond wig, with long
blond braids Attached to it was
little lace cap, stiffly starched.
go and put EN- on. and see how
you look" Gus told her carelessly. as
he sat down behind the desk and be-
gan to look through some mail that
lay on it.
Bobbie gathered up the clothes
and carried them behind a green
burlap screen that hid the wash
basin at one end of the office. Above
the basin was a dim mirror, and
when she was dressed she looked
into it and liked what she saw very
we'll indeed.
The demure braids over either
shoulder, and the frilled white cap
were extraordinarily becoming TO
her. They made her look quaint and
cute and utterly adorable.
will I do?" she asked, coming
from behind the screen. DO you
think I'll do, Gusty?"
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

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New Britain herald., 1927-02-18
Menus for the Family

Breakfast - Slowed figs with
orange slices, cereal. thin cream,
French toast, syrup, milk, coffee.
Luncheon-Baked rice and toma-
toes, kumquat salad, rye bread, rock
cookies, milk, tea.
Dinner - Roast veal. glace sweet
potatoes, spinach in lemon butter,
radishes and new onions, peach tapi-
oca pudding, whole wheat bread,
milk, coffee.
These are simple menus that will
appeal to the average family, If
children under school age are to be
served, one or two Heterogeneous
may be necessary. The Junior
luncheon salad should be of shred
ded lettuce simply dressed with oil
and lemon juice. A sweet potato
baked while the meat is roasting
should be substituted for the glace
sweet potatoes and the onions should
be very finely minced. Children UNI
der ten years of age find radishes
extremely hard to digest and should
not be allowed to eat them.
Inc pedCH ldplOCd puIul1B is an
ideal dessert for the very young or
very old and will not be scoffed at
by any member of the family.
Rock cookies will help the much
discussed glass of milk to disappear
like magic.
Rock Cookies
One and one half cups light brown
sugar, "a cup butter, 2 eggs. IL
teaspoon salt. ! cup chopped mt
meats. l cup chopped and seeded
raisins, l teaspoon cinnamon, tea
spoons baking powder, . cups -four,
> tablespoons milk.
Cream butter and gradually beat
in sugar. Add egg yolks we'll beaten.
Mix and sift flour, salt, baking pow
der and cinnamno. Add with nuts
and raislns to first mixture. Add
milk and mix thoroughly. Beat
whites of eggs until stiff and dry
and cut and fold into mixture. Drop
from tip Of spoon onto buttered and
Toured baking pans and bake Is
minutes in a hot oven,