The following specimen dietary has been found to be most satisfactory for women with sedentary occupations. On it women have maintained good health and other women have regained their health: _Breakfast._—Fruit, bacon and eggs, breakfast hominy, rolls or toast and butter, a glass of milk, and one cup of coffee. The fruit may be any raw fruit in season except apples or bananas; apples should always be cooked for breakfast because they are more easily digested; bananas are too heavy and indigestible to be served for breakfast. Stewed prunes are good and especially laxative. Bacon is not a necessity, though it is an appetizer. Eggs may be served in any way, though they are most digestible when soft boiled or poached. The hominy is boiled in water and served as a vegetable, with a little salt and butter, but _no_ sugar. For women with good digestion and taking more active exercise, oatmeal and cream may be substituted for the eggs, hominy, and glass of milk. _Luncheon_ may be served in a very appetizing way from the cold meat and vegetables which have been left from the previous day’s dinner in the form of stews, baked hash, etc. Stewed fruit should always be served, and oysters always make a nice dish for lunch. The criticism of the ordinary lunch for women is that it is too light. The food served for lunch should furnish about 1000 calories; 90 per cent. of these should be in the form of starches and fats. _Dinner._—The following is a balanced ration given in the Educational Lunch Room of the New York Department of Health: Proteins. Price. Quantity. Calories. Grams. Vegetable soup 5 cents. ½ pint. 150 5 Roast beef 20 cents. 4 oz. lean. 140 30 or Roast beef with 4 oz. fat. 460 27 Mashed potatoes, creamed Av. helping. 110 4.0 String beans 5 cents. 2 h. tbsp. 10 .5 Salad a la Sauté 8 cents. Av. helping. 370 2.0 Whole wheat bread 2 slices. 140 5.5 Butter ½ ounce. 120 Apple pie 5 cents. ⅙ pie. 300 4.0 Black coffee 3 cents. 1 cup. Sugar 2 squares. 60 —————————— ———— ————— 46 cents. 1760 or 50 or 1440 53 One glass of water is served with each meal; it should be taken when the meal is finished. The mineral waters promote digestion by promoting an earlier and more abundant secretion of the gastric juice.