The Ottawa free trader., 1884-01-05
Good-By Rosy Cheek Plump Forms No
Longer Considered Fashionable.

Just take Il look al thai lady com.
ing out of the drugstore. said a well
known physician to; reporter, AT the
same time tt"a"tny his attention to q
beautiful ,uu.. girl Of y. OF there
abouts ~ ana a2, ro1Y checked as
only :. proper mode ol living could
make her. She was the very picture OF
health, her proportions were symmetri-
cal froN head to foot. and from Il
glanrr The reporter judged that she
weighed about 100 pounds. She car
ried a small package III her hand, and
rs she disappeared from view, the ply
sican continuing. said: That girl is
~ pretty and handsome as any in town,
her parents are anon The wealthiest,
all her wishes are fulfilled, she wants
for nothing. and still. she is as miserable
and unhappy AS the poorest woman in
the city. s, .-s
Some love affair, OF course said
the reporter
Far from il, replied the N. d. She
is engaged and about to become the
wife of the man Of her choice: but the
fact of her being 4 slave 10 fashion rem
ders her unhappy"
''YOu don mean 10 say said the
doctor, ''that you haven't heard of the
latest lank and lean craze now existing
among fashionable ladiesp No? Well
then I'll tell you. \ great number Of
the fair sex nowadays, those who are
rs finely proportioned as the young
lady just pointed out TO you, and with
the flush of health upon their cheeks,
Il - al, IS
to be fashionable nowadays one must
wear lean and hungry look. look
pale and interesting. Those approach
ing reasonable amount of avordupois
or the possessors of rosy checks are
looked upon as being vulgar and not
entitled to the honor and distinction Of
moving in the fashionable world. But
10 return to the young lady who has
just left the drug store. You must have
noticed the package which she carried
in her hand; that was nothing more or
less than a vile compound OF drugs, put
up for the purpose of reducing n per-
sons weight, at the same time under
mining the health of the brainless IDIOTS
foolish enough TO take it. The lady
called at my office last week and bland
ly asked me what course she should
pursue and what means she should en-
ploy to reduce her weight and remove
the color of roses from her cheek. |
had serious conversation with her,
vainly endeavoring to dissUade her
from the foolish course she was about
to pursue; but IL was of no avail and
she left my Office highly indignant, and
Il
then called upon the young lady : ia
ther, who tried to talk seriously 10 his
daughter, but have since learned that
she consulted other physicians who
gave her the necessary prescription.
know Of some ladies in this city, mar
ried ana sin9lc. who don't stop III ANY,
thing. Eating arsenic is au old failing
ameng the lair seX. but ii has lately
been revived ut fearful rate, for 10
gain their ends il is not only necessary
to be thin. but pale. How long such q
craze lasts there is no telling; it may
continue n season Or two. and then the
wrecks resulting Ihercfrom will en-
deavor tC build themselves up again,
but nine-tcuIh, of them will be hope
lessly lost and goo! candidates for the
grave. tell ,uu, sir. it y wonderful
TO contemplate the -ulfcrings some wo-
men are willing tn undergo Tor the sake
OF being fashionable. know that YOU
are incliucI la douni rpy assertions. but
some da,, when YOU have the time 10
spare, talr "a walk around the drug
stores and physicians Offices and You
will lind ha, have told YOU the truth
without the lr:s. III. Q! cNaggeration.