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Show BILL OF FARE FOR THINKERS. Mornlnp, Noon and Kvenlne Diet for latel. lectual Worker!, Harper" Bazar. The intellectual worker needs plenty of light, digestible food, such as fish, poultry, eggs, game, fruit aud the succulent suc-culent vegetables. The proper diet for all sedentary people is an early and entire supply of digestible food, including plenty of cereals and fruit. A cup of some warm drink should ba taken just before rising, or as soon aa it can be prepared, and positively no work should be done until after breakfast. break-fast. As the digestive organs are most active early in the day, a second hearty but digestible meal can be eaten at noon, if an hours rest intervenes before be-fore continued labor or exercise. The afternoon work should be light, and part of the time passed out of doors. A light, digestible dinner may folio about nightfall, and the evening be devoted to recreation or social relaxation. re-laxation. When any night work is contemplated contemplat-ed food should be taken about miduight and again at dawn, when vital forces sad. still hour before the dawn. When old men die and babes aro born. Special care should be taken to insure in-sure plenty of pure air and light; strong; meats and drinks should be avoided, and abundance of milk used, with eggs, fruit aud fresh vegetables and. salads. |