Mary Duncan's Diet

Madame Sylvia created a diet for Mary Duncan she described as "A diet for adolescents inclined to plumpness" (Hollywood Undressed, Page 186).

Breakfast

1/2 Grapefruit

2 slices of crisp rye toast with thin butter

1 cup coffee, clear

Luncheon

1/2 Cantaloupe

1 broiled lamb chop

4 heaping Tablespoonfuls of Cauliflower

2 heaping Tablespoonfuls of Summer Squash

2 Leaves of Lettuce

3 slices of Tomato, diet dressing

1/2 slice whole wheat toast, no butter

1 cup coffee, clear

Dinner

1 Tomato Juice Cocktail

Russian Salad, Diet Dressing

1 slice of Roast Beef or 2 slices of Roast Lamb with "lean" gravy

3 heaping Tablespoons of Spinach

2 heaping Tablespoons of Brussel Sprouts

1/2 slice of Whole Wheat Toast

1 small dish of Strawberries

1 glass of Skimmed Milk

Demitasse Coffee

I think Madame Sylvia's diet for Mary Duncan sounds pretty decent. Some of the quantities seem strange like only 2 leaves of lettuce with lunch, but there must be some reason for it.

For a good post on Mary Duncan, check it out from one of my fav sites, Allure:

http://operator_99.blogspot.com/2007/01/mary-duncan.html

Next up - Why does Lawrence Tibbett need 2 diets?