Two egg whites and one yolk rolled with whipped cream into a very rare omelet A small, baked potato DINNER Anything in the way of a salad--celery, lettuce, cabbage String beans, parsnips, pumpkin, squash, onions, or carrots One egg whipped or cooked two minutes A baked potato or baked beans Just before retiring, take a heaping tablespoonful of wheat bran and the exercises which were prescribed for the first day. FIFTH DAY: Same as the fourth. SIXTH DAY: Same as the first, repeating the diet, day by day, for twelve or fifteen days. WINTER MENU _SOUR STOMACH--INTESTINAL GAS CONSTIPATION_ Immediately on rising, take a cup of hot water, into which put two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran. Devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises. BREAKFAST Half a cup of wheat bran cooked from twenty to thirty minutes; eat with cream and a very little salt One or two very ripe bananas, with cream and nuts Whole wheat, thoroughly cooked LUNCHEON Boiled onions, carrots, or squash--any one or two of these A bit of green salad or celery A baked white potato--eat skins and all A tablespoonful of wheat bran, either cooked or uncooked DINNER A bit of slaw or celery Spinach, carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips, pumpkin, or squash--any one or two of these Baked beans or baked sweet or white potatoes A small portion of fish or chicken (If this is not convenient, an egg, lightly cooked, may be eaten) If something sweet is desired, a small portion of plain ice-cream or gelatin may be eaten once a week. From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. If it is cold, and something hot is desired, a cup of sassafras tea, made from the bark of the red sassafras root, may be taken at the morning and the evening meal. (See p. 681.) Just before retiring, devote three or four minutes to deep breathing exercises. At the beginning of the evening meal, or on retiring, two or three tablespoonfuls of bran may be taken in a little hot water. The quantity of bran may be reduced according to the condition of the bowels. SPRING MENU _STOMACH AND INTESTINAL CATARRH_ Catarrh of the stomach is merely a form of chronic irritation caused by a residue of hydrochloric acid in the stomach following the process of digestion. This condition is augmented by intoxicating and stimulating beverages--tobacco, liquor, beer, tea, coffee; by acids, such as vinegar, lemon, grapefruit, and pineapple juices; by cane-sugar, cereal starches, and meat. The remedy, therefore, is found in eliminating these things, and in confining the diet to the following foods: All fresh vegetables Milk Eggs Nuts Green salads Subacid fruits Melon Very tender fish or white meat of fowl--occasionally