A cup of hot water Choice of the following: _a_ An extremely ripe banana, peeled, and baked in a very hot oven _b_ A baked potato, with butter LUNCHEON A baked omelet (See recipe, p. 678) DINNER Soup--cream of pea or celery; very small portion A whipped egg or shad roe A small baked potato If the bowels should become slightly constipated, a spoonful of wheat bran, thoroughly cooked, and served as an ordinary cereal, should be taken with both the morning and the evening meal. The quantity of food should be governed by the condition of the patient as to strength, and as to powers of digestion and assimilation. SPRING MENU _BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM INCREASING VITALITY_ On rising, drink two glasses of water, eat a little of some juicy fruit, and devote as much time as possible to vigorous deep breathing exercises before dressing. In taking these movements, inflate the lungs to their fullest capacity, and hold the breath for half a minute while executing one or two movements. In this way the cell capacity of the lungs can, in many instances, be doubled. Large lung capacity is of primary importance in cases of nervousness. Choice of the following menus: MENU I MENU II BREAKFAST Half a cup of boiled wheat, Cherries or berries with with cream and nuts sugar and cream Two "dead ripe" bananas, One whole egg, eaten with baked, eaten with thin a new potato cream and three or four A small portion of wheat Tunis dates (The dates flakes, eaten with cream may be omitted, if desired) or butter A cup of sassafras tea, or One very ripe banana, with cocoa three or four dates, or an equivalent quantity of raisins A cup of sassafras tea, or cocoa LUNCHEON One vegetable--choice of (To be taken in the office) boiled onions, carrots, or Two extremely ripe bananas, spinach with nuts or raisins A baked potato Cream cheese with dates One glass of buttermilk DINNER A salad, if desired A green salad Two of the following vegetables: Two of the following vegetables: Asparagus Beans Beans Peas Boiled onions Peas Beets Spinach Baked new white potatoes Boiled onions One or two gems made from An egg, junket, or a very corn-meal or wheat bran small portion of fish Half a glass of buttermilk A baked white potato--eat skins and all