The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-05

"Juat take o. good look az that lgdy com.
| ir. oui of tho drug Sture,' said O. Well
known physician 10 a reporter, 1T The sam'
me attracting his attention 30 . b1uui'u
youur adv ot 81 or tAcrcabouis, as pllnr
aud rusp.chr eed IS only proper mode %.
ll,iaf cauld make he.. She wss Tho very
c'urs % health, hct proportions were ~ M
meirigai from head go foot, and ~ glance
iho reporter Judged .he weighed about l6t
pqunds. She carried q small package IA
her band, ana as she disappe cared, the Thy'
stefan, continuing said; That girl is 81
pretty and handsome ne any IN town, her
parents are among the wealthiesf, all her
wishes are fulfilled, che wants iOr nothing
aud yet she is as miserable aud unhappy "a
the poorest woman In the city,"
Some love affair, OF cOurse2' said the re-
porter.
"Far from II ." replied the N. D.; "she 10
engaged and about % become the wife TO
the man Of her choice: hut the fact OF her
beiag slave to fashion renders her I'M
happy"
M It is as you say, she must srrely
have money enough TO move along With
the world Of fashion,
"You don't mean to soy, said the doctor,
"that you haven't hoard Of the lGtest TANK
and lean craze now existing among fash
onable ladies? MOI Wen, then, I'll tell
you. a great number OF the fair sex nova.
unl 3. NilOaE hllN htt az " Joy HANt..A t'h'"a
AS The young lady have just pointed on
10 you, ard with the tlueh OF hesth upon
their cheeks, consider themselves out OF
laehion, for TO be fashionable nowadays one
must wear o lean aud hungry loob' look
pale and interesting. Those approaching
reasonable degree Of avoidupois or the
possessors OF rosy checks, are looked upon
az being vulgar and not entitled to
The honor AID the distinction OF moving
iu the fashionable world. But % re-
urn to tho young lady wno mas Just ieit
the drug store. You must have noticed
the package she carried 10 her hand. That
was nothing more or less than q vile com
pound Of drugs put up Tor the puTp1 OF
reducing % persons weight, at tho same
time undermining the health OF the brain
less idiots foolish enough TO take It. The
lady called at my Office last week aud
blandly asked me to Glvise her what course
she should pursue aud what means she
should employ TO reduce her weight and
remove tho color Of roses from her cheeks
I had q serious conversation with her,
yaiuly endeavoring to dlssuade her rom
the foolish couiSe she was about 10 pursue;
but II was Of no avail. She left my office
highly indignant, and said that she would
never consult me again. | then called upon
the young lsdy's father, who tried 10 talk
seriously to his daughter but i
have since ssctrlained that she
visited other physicians who gave her ths
necessary prescription. | know OF some
ladies' in the city, married and single, who
don't stop at anything. Eating arseu 10 IS
an old failing among the fair sex, but 20 has
lately been revived at 5 fearful rate, for to
gain their ends u Is not necessary 10 be thln,
bnt pale. How long such craze generally
lasts there il no telling, IL may continue Tor
a season or two, and then the wrecks result
ing thereirom will ondeavor TO build them
selves up again, but nine.tenths Of them
will be hopelessly lost. aud good candidates
for the grave. tell you, sir, it is wonder
ful to contemplate the suiferngs some wo.
men are willing to undergo for the sake OF
being fashionable. l know that you are in
clined to doubt my assertions, but some day
when YOU have time TO spare take walk
around drug stores and physicians Offices
and you will find that l have told you the
truth, without the least bis OF exaggera-
ton. "-[Clevelan Herald.