Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-11-10


soon get on comfortably, not only
without suffering, but with improv.
ing health. -s.. ..
Madam, before you leave, l want
to say one other thing; you must
not sleep too much. Long sleep
fattens. Don't go to bed very early
but get up early in the morning
Seven hours in the twentyfour, OF
say six hours for awhile, will do fol
you. In other words, madam, my
prescription for you is, keep you'
eyes open and your mouth shut"
HOW SHALL THIN PEOPLE BECOME
PLUMP?
But for one fat person there are,
especially in New England, dozen
lean ones. .... .a
Here comes a young woman OF
twenty-five, who looks as though
she were thirty-five, and the prema-
turely old look comes from this
clinging of the skin to the bones.
See how. hollow her temples and
cheeks are. Casting her eyes about
the office to see that nobody over
hears, she says:
doctor, what can be done for
these dry bones? Why, Ican hard
ly make shadow; and while l
ought to be plump at twenty, { which
she desires me to understand is her
age here am looking like an old
grandmother. Can anything be
done for these crows feet about my
eyes, and these scrawny collar
bones%' '"
. "Well, this is curious; woman
just the opposite condition has this
moment left here. She is carrying
ninety pounds too much flesh. That
makes her miserable. l have pre-
scribed for her, and if she follows
the prescription, in six months she
will lose her extra pounds. If you
have no disease, but simply a lack
of fat, l am sure 1 shall be able to
prescribe for you, so that the desired
twenty-five pounds or more will
come in about the same length of
time" &c. -F s
81 am perfectly well, and I am
strong, too, only l am such skele-
tom" - r.l -
"Let me question you a little.
What time do you go to bed?"
Generally about eleven, or half
past eleven
"This must be changed. Instead
of going to bed at eleven, or half
past eleven, if you are really in
earnest about getting plump,
youthful appearance, you must go
to bed at half-past eight or nine
O'Clock. With fresh, plump, youth
full personnel, a single hour in any
company will gratify you and your
friends more than a dozen nights
with this tagged and old look. So
go to bed at half-past eight or nine
o'clock, and don't be in hurry
about getting up in the morning.
On going to bed and on getting up
in the morning, drink as much cold
water as you can swallow. Soon
you will learn to drink two tumblers;
and some persons may learn to drink
still more. Drink all that your
stomach will bear. Spend good
deal of time in the open air, without
hard exercise, but exposed to the
sun and fresh air. If practicable,
ride in a carriage some hours every
day. Remain out enough to give
you good appetite, but don't work
hard enough to produce excessive
perspiration. Eat great deal of
oatmeal porridge, cracked wheat,
graham mush, baked sweet apples,
roasted and broiled beef, though the
vegetable part is more fat tening
than the animal part. Lie down an
hour in the middle of the day, just
before you take your dinner, to rest,
and, if possible, to take a little nap.
Cultivate jolly people. Laugh and
grow fat" rests upon sound physi-
illogical basis. A pleasant flow of
the social spirit is great promoter
of digestion. There, now go home,
keep your skin clean, sleep in room
where the sun shines, keep every
thing sweet and clean and fresh
about your bed; sleep nine, if pos
sible, ten hours in the twenty-four,
eat as have told you, cultivate a
jolly spirit, and in six months you
will be as plump as even your lover
could wish you to be. @et a5-s
My prescription for the fat lady
was, keep your eyes open and yoar
mouth Shnt. . -s cE -
My prescription for. you is, keep
yoar mouth open and your eyes
shat"