Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-19
How LEAN Folks MAY GROW FAT We
nublished. week or two since, card for those

How LEAN Folks MAY GROW FAT.--We
published, week or two since, card for those
persons who sought reductivo boarding house
system by which their superfuous adlpose
might be dispensed With. 1t seems that DR..
Dio Lewis has been thinking in the interest of
an opposite cass-those who are thin to un-
Ioveliness He certainly has the larger enter
prise. For one fat person there are Dozen
or score of lean ones. They are dried up,
and in danger Of blowing away. How their
bones rattle in the wind There are cavern
Gus holows in their temples and cheeks, while
their eyes roll like great black China saucers
1t seems that they have been drinking vinegar
all their lives, or have tho consumption! or
have allowed life to ooze out of them in some
unlawful way. We always feel for them. So
does Dr. Dio Lewis We are always afraid
that in the crowd they will get jostled against
ue, ard their sharp angles-bones with no cush-
ion of flesh covers would do US harm. In
fact, We set them down as dangerous class in
the community. Fat people are heavy and
dosy, snd burden to themselves. Our re-
ductce boarding. house contemplates them as
uufortunates snd in itself pure philanthropy
But lean people arc really dangerous 10
this age Of phosphstes are often carried off 10
the pight end burned for dry bones. No doubt
a large percentage of murders could be traced
to soEe sort of lesnness or other.
Now Dr.. Lewis comes sensibly to the rescue.
He sends these skeletons to bed betlmes. They
have -sttled in between the sheets ordinarily at
clever, or half.past eleven. The Doctor tells
the, thct will ue-er DO. They must bid the
bus;;, soa-stesped, gossipy world farewell by
half past eight or nine o'clock. This tagging
out Of the flesh results in part from late hours.
Susie used to be bu1om maid. Now she has
a tight skin across her pinched nose and anxious
chee;;s. Susie has been to more evening dress
psro'as icr young children than is consistent
v:th Scoith and flesh. So, though Susie is
sce--sey i nef teens, she bids fair to be ono OF
these cid c&eletons that rattle in the wind, be-
fcSe eha is tuenty one. All tho healthy, happy
iaicee of life are going in this folly, and she will
be cid end dry, and fritted away and good for
no.hicg ceTy young And the case is the same
uith ;;s:y, and Alice, and Sarah Jane. Thei.
t>6lsr7 cad r2othsrs ought to put them to bed
esey io7 the aeEt ten years, instead OF hlrlDg
hec,:aey coaches, in ordering Tom to take them
TO evcaiae designations at Bigbug's or at Mad
anna 6ho5of'o.
The s,:t condition OF plumpness, is early to
bee. Dr.. LeUis says that the second is water.
Rs:s we think he may be right, but do not
knor. I|e are sure that he is right, about
oev7 retiring. He says when you retire drink
Ea.sr drink oil sou osn-one tumbler, two
ta-n1ere, cnd more if you can. Then take oy
da5 apandorce OF fresh cir. Ride-ride till
you s.e honary. Eos-sst ost meal porrldge,
c9ded chsat, Grehsn mush, sweet apples
bss.d end have 90 scruples about sugar and
crsy9. Gake nap in the daytime. 20 and
scs the jollieat persons you know. Avoid the
scls:an visaged. Shun the lugu brlous Cu
tiylte the eheertul-the men and women who
larsh. Laugh yourself Laugh and grow tat.
Kc3p your skin cleon. Sleep 10 room where
tho eun chimes. Have everything bright and
cheery about you. Sleep ten hours if you can.
And sae1, ssys the Doctor, in SIX months
you oill be as plump as ever your lover could
wish"