The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-06
GOOD.BYB, ROSY CHEEKS.
TUX LATEST FASHIONABLE CRAZE
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"Just take good look at that LADY
coming out of the drug store" said q
wel-known physician to a reporter.
at the same time attracting his at
tention to beautiful young lady OF
81 or thereabouts. as plump and rosy
checked as only a proper mode of
living could make her. SIZE was the
very picture of health; her proper
tiOns we're symmetrical from head to
foot, and from a glance the reporter
Judged that che weighed about $50
pounds. She carried small pack
age IN her hand, and ss she disap.
pesred from view the physician. con.
tinuing. said: That girl i. as pretty
and handsome as any in town. her
parents are among the wealthiest, all
Der wishes are fulfilled, shs wants for
nothing, and still she is as misera-
BILE and unhappy as the poorest wo-
man in the city,"
"Some love affair, OF course?" said
the reporter.
Far from it," replied the NJ. D.;
"sbe is engaged and about to become
the wife Of the man of her choice;
but the fact of her being slave to
fashion renders her unhappy"
Gift is as you say, she must surely
have money enough 70 move along
With the world of iashion?"
"You don't mean to say, said the
doctor, "that you haven't heard Of the
latest lank and lean craze now exist
ing among fashionable ladies? No?
Well, then. III tell you. A great
number OF the fair sex nowadays,
those who are as finely proportioned
as the young lady have just pointed
out to you, and with the flush of
health upon their cheeks, consider
themselves out of fashion, for to be
fashionable nowadays, one must wear
lean and hungry look look pale
and Interesting. Those approaching
. reasonable degree of avoirdupois, or
the possessors of rosy chseks, are
looked upon as being vulgar and not
entitled to the honor and distinction
OF moving ia the fashionable world.
But to return to the young lady who
has just let the drug store. You
must have noticed the package she
carried in her band. That was moth
ing more or less than a vile COM
pound OF drugs put up tor the pur-
pose OF reducing PERSONS weight, a..
the same time undermining the
health OF the brainless idiots foolish
enough to take it. The lady called
at my Office last week and blandly
asked me to advise her what course
she should pursue and what meane
she should employ to reduce her
weight and remove the color of roses
from her Cheeks. l had serious
conversation with her, vainIy enieav-
orlng to dissuads her from the fool.
ish course she was about to pursue;
but 1t was OF no avail. She left my
office highly indignant, and said that
she wo1id never consult me again.
then called upon the young laiy's
father, who tried to talk seriously to
his daughter. bu. I have since as
certained that she visited other physi>
clans, who gave her the necessary
prescription. | know of some ladies
In the city, married and single, who
don't stop at anything. Eating ar
senic is an old failing among the fair
sex, but it has lately been revived it
at fearful rate, for to gain their
ends it is not necessary to be thin,
but pale. How long such a craze
generally lasts there is no telling; it
may continue for a season or two.
and then the wrecks resulting there
from will endeavor to build them.
selves ap again. but nipe-tenths OF
them will be helplessly lost. and
good candidates for the grave. l
tell you, sir, it is wonderful to con-
template the suffering scme women
are willing to undergo for the sake
of being fashionable. | know that
your are inclined to doub. my as
serions, but some day, when you
have time to spare. take q walk
round durg stores and physicians
offices, and you will find that I have
told you the TRUTH. without the least
bit of exaggeration