The Archive · 1928

OLD ACQUAINTANCE

know those, smiling lips, Thave slanting eye Your voice hus cadences 1 recognize.

We meet to-night formality ove my hand leat me—

And then pass on As though In unconcern, Bat T would meet your eyes 1 should turn, They are inconsequent, "The words you lightly. 1 reply and turn away.

But well 1 understand "And. well know That we have met Tu some dim long ago. nice as a lady suggested to mo we had a fashion consulting office. There are a few devices however with which we can help ourselves. First of all, install a full length mirror at home; secondly, don't let th salesman tell you what everybody is wearing; thirdly, don't let your husband select the' trimming for your dress, just because he likes to shop; then take a kodak picture. of yourself once in a while to' be sure that you are keeping in good We owe it to others and ourselves to dress'nicely. By knowing how to dress we save in the long ran time, money, and worries." would place also energy high on the list of desirable traits for anyone who is ambitious to be successful as housewife or business or professional woman. Some people are endowed by inheritance with greater energy, just as some are born of a more intelligent stock than others. They work ina way that seems incomprehensible to the lazy and self indulgent majority. There is a fairly prevalent idea that as energy is derived from food it is necessary to eat ood square meals "to keep up your strength." This fallacy is responsible for the loss of valuable energy amongst individuals and nations, and it is an excuse for the gluttony that debases body and mind. The doing-yourself-well theory kills thousands in what should be the prime of life and saps the energy and vitality of the remainder of the people who eat too much of good food.

Dangerous to be Rich How often one sees agile-minded, vigorous young persons degenerate into corpulence and passivity when they achieve a certain financial security and are able to indus themselves in three or four lar meals a day! Flesh foods in genet ous amount are eaten by the majority of the well-to-do, Overeating is one of the dangers of the moderately rich, and the people who fare proud of their good cooks seldom recognize that they will die many years before they shoved because of the excellence of their cooks, 1 is not possible to overeat if one can only afford plain fare—bread and fruit and vegetables, with meat once aday. We derive energy from this ort of natural food but. adiposity, high blood pressure, overstrained organs are the penalties of that porridige-and-fish-and-mixed-grill break fast, three-course luncheon, after-von tea, and buns and cuke, and a dinner of at least two courses too many.

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