The human body is a very delicate machine, a precision instrument.You can""t run it on martinis and Hungarian goulash especially in this hot weather." The restaurant displays its typical offerings, Spinach Loaf, Yogurt, and Dandelion Salad, but Richard has ordered the #7 Special: Soybean Hamburger with french-fried soybeans, soybean sherbert, peppermint ea, and a drink to start - a sauerkraut juice on the rocks.Through he door, he can see more brilliant light, and drifting smoke.When he hears a sound behind him, the boy turns toward he kitchen - Coke cans drip their contents onto the floor in front of the opened refrigerator.The Wienie King isn""t fazed: "Why, dirt""s as natural in this world as sin, disease, storms, twisters, floods, and cyclones.She slowly cured him of his painful addiction to Mildred and her abominable treatment of him, by falling in love with Philip.Although he sought employment, he couldn""t find work and became mentally depressed.Sally""s father offered him room in the Athelny home ("You""re to stay until you get your bearings").He accepted a job for Sally""s father as a department store""s shopping window designer (or dresser).In the film""s ending, Mildred had again located Philip; she was sick, distraught, unwell, ill (with a deep cough) and destitute (with black circles under her eyes).