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Show The Business Girl' . Lunch : (Copyrlrht, lia Kaw Tork Era-nlns Era-nlns World), Praaa Pub. Co.) "Now be aura and eat a hearty lunch, dear." adxnonlahed a mother aa her daughter departad for bual-neea, bual-neea, and whan tha door cloaed aha exclaimed,. "I declare. It la etmply awful' what that flrl aata at noon. Juat a aandwlch and a glaaa of milk, not anouch to keep a bird altva." U thla mother put In a day's work In an office or buainaaa on a warm day aha would inderatand that Iba aandwlch and milk la a far better diet for bar dauahter than a dlah of meat and vef etablea or a oourae dinner; No flrl want a to cloa; her brain and uaa bar enerity In difeotion rather than bar work. Kvaa In midwinter a baavy luncheon will do that, and tha flrf who Indulsea In a dinner at noon time cannot live her beat sarvlcaa 'to her employer In the afternoon. Kapeclally la thla true durlna; tha warm weather. It la a fallacious Idea that a hot meal la a necaaaary at noontime. Heat producina; fooda ahould (a ayoldad at tha noonday meal by everyone on hot daya. but especially especial-ly by tha buainaaa lrl. If you do bard manual labor It may be neceesarr to eat cneray-flvlnf cneray-flvlnf fooda twice a day and nour-lahlnc nour-lahlnc fooda are alao eaaenllal, but In tha aummartlma all theaa re-qulrementa re-qulrementa ahould bo overbalanced by nonbaatlnt; fooda at noontime. If tha neceaalty of meat baa become be-come an obaeaelon, at leaat make It cold meat, which Is admirably fur-niahed fur-niahed by tha sandwich, but exclude pork and vaal from tha summer dieC Balada ara tha coollnc diet par excellence and these ara now erred In reetauranta aa aandwlch -ea An rtt salad, a meat or rege-tabla rege-tabla aalad ara rood.- A tomato and cucumber' aandwlch Is eapectally cooling. If tha necessity for something some-thing hot Is felt, why not let It go at a vegetable dinner, such aa la now dellclouely served In reetauranta? reetau-ranta? ' Plea rich caka and paatry of all klnda are too great a strain on the dlgeatlvs organa during hot weather. weath-er. Eat elinple deaaerta auch aa plain custards, melons or fruit. A fruit salad is satisfying as a des-aert. |