Baked sweet potatoes with A boiled Spanish onion butter A white potato, baked A cup of chocolate Two eggs, either whipped or coddled DINNER Cream of tomato soup (Christmas or New Year's Celery or slaw dinner) Nuts Cream of celery soup Carrots, parsnips, or turnips A vegetable salad A baked potato Baked or creamed potatoes Cocoa or hot water Turkey or chicken--white meat--very little Baked chestnuts Cranberry sauce Ice-cream Hot chocolate MENUS FOR HAY FEVER SPRING MENU _HAY FEVER_ BREAKFAST Bananas, baked Whole wheat or rye, boiled five or six hours Thin cream LUNCHEON Any fresh vegetable--cabbage, onions, carrots Whole wheat bread Thin cocoa DINNER One egg, coddled Rice or a potato Boiled onions or squash Spinach or lettuce, with nuts For recipe for baked bananas and coddled eggs, see p. 677, Vol. III. See "Bran Meal," p. 683, Vol. III. SUMMER MENU _HAY FEVER_ BREAKFAST Cantaloup or peaches--no sugar A potato--sweet or white Clabbered milk LUNCHEON Corn or peas Lima beans A potato A melon DINNER Lettuce and tomato salad, with nut-butter sauce Peas, beans, carrots, squash, or onions A potato--sweet or white An egg or a very small portion of fish FALL MENU _HAY FEVER_ BREAKFAST Persimmons or grapes Bran meal gems or corn bread A glass of milk LUNCHEON Winter squash or a sweet potato Baked beans or a white potato DINNER Lettuce or celery, with nuts Carrots or string beans A raw onion A baked potato or corn bread A spoonful or two of bran, cooked WINTER MENU _HAY FEVER_ BREAKFAST The juice of a sweet orange Three baked bananas or two very ripe bananas, with cream, raisins, and nuts LUNCHEON Eggplant and a boiled onion A bran meal gem or a corn muffin Nuts, with raisins DINNER A light vegetable soup Turnips or cabbage, en casserole A baked potato or bran meal gems One or two figs, with cheese and nuts The bowels should be kept in normal condition by the liberal use of wheat bran at each meal. The free action of the bowels is very important in all such disorders as hay fever, influenza, and colds. MENUS FOR ASTHMA SPRING MENU _ASTHMA_ BREAKFAST Grapefruit or an orange--very ripe Baked bananas--must be very ripe A glass of milk LUNCHEON Peas or asparagus Bran meal gems A glass of milk DINNER