Evening star., 1941-06-10

more becoming with Drawn than
serge or flannel or satin-back crepe
or dotted swiss.
Bankers will wear cOnservatlvely
cut. double breasted leopard suits.
Housewives will set of their newly
acquired biceps with leopard skin
bungalow aprons. Leopard knick-
ers will grace golf courses, the Lu-
cius Beebes Of cafe society will wear
white ties and leopard tails, and
Frank Buck will be the head tailor
at the New York Zoo.
The skins shouldn't be too hard
to procure because fortunately a
leopard can't change his spots and
every one will know right where 10
find one.
The word diet" has always made
every ounce of fat on my body
culver with indignation. However,
am going on this diet. Let skulk-
ing fifth columnists go on being un-
healthy if they want to. but am
sufficiently patriotic to feel that II
being able to count my ribs will
help the Government in time Of
crisis, I will do my best to look like
the inside Of a canoe.
I have only three chins to give to
my country, but I will give them
gladly.
The Food and Nutrition Commit
tee Of the National Research Coun-
Gil recommends daily allowances Of
riboflavln, iron, thiamin, vitamin A,
vitamin c, vitamin D. calcium. CAL
orieS, protein and nicotine acid.
The aforementioned is the only one
that sounds like any fun at all. but
the committee assures the Nation
that it has nothing to do with smok-
ing.
The daily meals which will provide
all of these elements do not sound
like the kind of meal you'd order
on your birthday. It's going to be
mighty hard TO pass up a good gooey
dessert for a portion of ribof1avin, or
turn down a second helping of
whipped cream for a slice of CAL
cium on rye-or even with rye.
A disturbing thought creeps into
my mind when I recall prohibition
and the cid speakeasy days. Is it
too far-fetched to imagine that "eat-
easies," the new diet counterpart OF
speakeaSles will come into being?
Will foodleggers prepare succulent
dishes which don't contain vitamin
Of any kind and serve them on the
sly to unpatriOtic gluttons?
I can almost picture the inside Of
one of these eat-easies. There1l be
sinister. bay-windowed proprietor,
assuring the customers that he is
serving the real old stuff-the kind
of food you used TO get before any
one ever heard of vitamin. There
will be bouncers to throw out patrons
who have had too much to eat, and
man at the door-slit to question
clear-eyed, fiat wasted strangers
with that vitamin look Newcomers
will have to know the passwords,
probably such names as Diamond
Jim Brady, Kate Smith, President
Taft and Oliver Hardy.
There undoubtedly will be a group
of diet-breakers who will avoid vita
Minis at home-the 194l parallels Of
home brewers and makers of bath
tub gin. Unhealthful foods will be
hidden in the pantry and served to
friends with a wink just before the
vitamin-packed meal comes on.
You'll hear such remarks as "Oh
boy this pie is as smooth as silk
and won't do you a bit of good" and
Say, what's the name Of your food
logger? This stuff isn't cut with
vitamins at all"
Let us hope, though, that none Of
these things happen and that all
Americans will dive into their SPIN
ach and carrots with great good will.
Now is the time for all good men to
eat for the aid of their country.
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