The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1884-05-22
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THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1884.
HOW TO REDUCE WEIGHT.
A Mania Among the Ladies to Avoid
Growing Fat---Medicine Diet,
and Exercise

merely laughed and said: Quite i'm
possible. my dear, why, | don't think /
should be able to recognize you if you
WERE" and he went downtown smil-
ing.
Mrs. F., however, was not Joking.
She had absolutely made up her mind
TO decrease her weight from about $50
to 1874, which she believed to be her
normal avoirdupois. 1t certainly had
been at the time of her marriage, some
fifteen years ago.
Mrs. p. is a handsome women of the
large, majestic style. She sweeps into
the room with the air of an empress,
the observed of all observers. Although
large she has well-proportioned fig
ure, and her complexion has always
been the admiration and envy of her
friends.
A week or two ago she sat in her
Observation-Disclosures boudoir discuss
ing with friend the question of reduc-
ing her size.
ut is all very well for you to say you
would like to have my fine presence
she remarked, land that you think |
shall spoil my good looks by becoming
thin; that my face might even become
wrinkled; but you know nothing of the
miseries of being heavy. Positively [
believe that if | were sure all your dis
agreeable predictions would be verified
/ should still continue in this course,
but do not believe them. Do you i'm
agine that it is a pleasure to attend a
ball with your husband and have him
dance with lot of pretty, graceful,
light women, while you keep your seat
and try to look happy? For dancing
is too much of an effort for anyone of
my size. II makes me too warm and
tired. Do you think it is gratifying to
see your husband and little daughter
start off on long country rambles while
you sit on a cool part of the hotel piaz-
"a longing to join them, or do you i'm
agine you would enjoy rolling along
slowly in your carriage while they rush
by you ON horseback with a party of
gay friends? When | do start for a
walk in the country Mr.. p is absolute
ly certain to want something the other
side of q fence. Can you imagine me
climbing a fence? | thought not
Why, it would have to be pulled down
if | had to get on the other side. But
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slight"
And Mrs. z. is carrying out her idea.
She is not under treatment of a we'll
known physician. but under that of a
woman who has been through no school
of medicine, but who has some 'swon-
| derful' medicine warranted to reduce
weight. She was recommended. by a
| friend who was trying her system.
| Mrs. 2. has been a perfectly healthy
woman always, but her newly-found
mentor has convinced her that her size
is abnormal, and that she would be
much better if she weighed fifty pounds
| less.
| This woman, besides giving her pa
irons the medicine, regulates their diet.
| They eat nothing but rare beefsteak,
| one day with tomatoes, one with q
| baked potato, and on a third macaro-
nj is the prescribed diet. They are al
| lowed to eat no bread or cakes or des-
| sert of any kind.
A World reporter called on a lady
who is undergoing this treatment.
Eyes, [ will tell you all about my ex-
perience in reducing my weight she
! said, but, of course, you must not
| ulShtioI Llill1. Ou CAIuSC
| me, please, if | lie down" and she
throw herself in weary way on the
| sofa. She appeared to be in thorough
| ly weak condition. Il have been very
successfully treated" she continued.
Il weighed nearly 200 pounds six
months ago when | began, and | don t
weigh more than 155 now. | am weigh
ed every week to see what progress l
| have made"
docs your physician approve of the
idea?" she was asked.
''On dear. no! He SAYS it is all non
sense. But you see it is not, for it has
worked admirably. He does not say
that l shall not grow thin, but he de-
clares that he does not believe that |
shall remain So. Mrs. S., who is treat
ing me, assures me, however, that |
shall not grow stout again even after
l 60 back to my old life. She says !
shall be able to return to farinaceous
food without its affecting me in the
least. am rather weak just now.
seem to have great liking for my So.
ia, and few days ago | fell over, but
then, you see," she added brightly, 81
am almost through the course of treat
ment now"
A well-known physician was next in
terViewed by the reporter. He said
he did not think it possible that they
should remain small. That anyone
can be redt ced in size is an undisputed
fact, ont that she can remain so when
resuming the usual style of living is
! more than doubtful.
The number of ladies who are en-
! deavoring to decrease their size is al
most incredible. They think that their
! weight during their youth is the cor
rect one for them all their lives, quite
forgetting that people naturally grow
| somewhat larger as they grow older.
| OF course every woman of forty is not
| fat, but very many of them are more or
| less, ana when so or SIS is reached, if
| they are not stout, they are generally
| too thin to look well.
! Here is another and more sensible
mania which has taken possession OF
our women of leisure and fashion.
This is for employing the masseuses.
These women do thriving business.
They generally 90 to their patronesses'
| houses a certain number of times ev-
cry week. usually in the evening, and
pass an hour in rubbing down the fair
mistress. They receive 81 per hour.
and visit each day number of people.
Employing a masseuse has several adj
vantages: Firstly, it is very pleasant;
| secondly, ii keeps the blood circulating
freely. it IS said to be good for both
rheumatism and neuralgia, and then it
keeps the skin in delightfully."- smooth,
soft and healthy condition. 1t is said
100, that one sleeps much better after
the rubbing.
II any woman really wants to reduce
her size the more sensible plan is to
walk. That is what Fanny Davenport
is said to have done. and anyone who
saw her before and after the treatment
can not doubt its success. She was
growing decidedly fat, and the critics
had begun TO say she had outgrown
her parts, when she resolved to reduce
her weight She went into the country
to the old Davenport homestead in
Pennsylyania-and made a habit of