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H0WT0 GET STOUT.
METHODS BY WHICH THIN PER-
SONS GROW PLUMP.
Leanness Hereditary in Some-Peo-
pie Who are Obstinately Thin
Proper Food and Drink
for the MeaGre.

New York Sun, persons who desire to
become fat, who deplore their macilent
plight, and yearn for adipose tissue. An
eminent physician, to whom this question
has been submitted: "Can lean persons
be made. fat2" replied: ''In nearly all
cases where the person is not the victim
of an emaciating disease-tabes, for in
stance-I should say yes, and even the
sick are durable if they have not too
much medical advice. But it is undeni-
able that there are those in whom the
leanness is hereditary, and even those in
whom it seems to be an uncomfortable
condition without any inherited predis-
position.
GAS a rule, those who are obstinately
lean are persons of nervous, restless dis
position, whose chronic inquietude is an
insurmountable obstacle to their acquisi-
tion of adipose tissue, no matter what or
how much they eat or drink. Nothing
is as good promoter of healthy fat as
contented placidity of soul and easy, rest
full life. The man who worries about
things always is liable to look like
starveling. A primary requisite, then,
for the lean man who wishes to mold
his straight lines and angles into seemly
curves is to take the world easy, to
be guilty of nothing that will bring har-
rowing remorse, and cherish no projects
that involve the fever and anxiety of am.
bition, to sleep much and well, to be calm
in waking hours-letting the other fl
low walk, if necessary-and ilnbue his
soul with cheerful faith that everything
is for the best, and it is very delightful
world that he lives in. Thus far, per-
haps, the bachelor has better chances
than the husband, but in the rest of the
treatment they are equal.
1.-THE next thing to consider Is diet.
In general way, I should say that it
would be a good idea to almost wholly
reverse the dietectic system prescribed
for the reduction of corpulence, consum-
ing just the things that fat persons are
told to avoid. Plenty of sugar and starch
would be desirable, and all the watery
drinks that the patient desires. Let
him take potatoes, beets, turnips, bread,
honey, sugar, candy, pastry-if it is we'll
made and his stomach will stand it
poultry, beef, mutton, but little if any
pork, for, though it is fattening meat, it
really should not be eaten. I would not
recommend to the fat-seeker either strong
coffee or tea, particularly the latter.
Chocolate would be much better, and
plenty of water, or milk with little
lime water added, the best beverage Of
all. Oysters he should eat, and salmon
is the best fish for him. All sweet fruits,
bananas especially, will do him good.
In fact, the man who wishes to gain fat
can have an infinitely varied bill of fare,
in which respect he is vastly more fortu-
nate than he who wishes to lose fat,
whose diet must be limited to compara-
lively few things. Almost anything
and all he can eat of it, so long as he
does not eat his way into dyspepsia,
will help on the gaunt mans coveted
rotundity.
"Of course he should exercise, just
enough to keep him healthful, to cult
vate an appetite that he may eat more
and to promote digestion, that that which
he eats may do him good. Not for him
the long, tiresome trot in tlannels, the
ever unsatisfed hunger and thirst, the
hot baths, steaming and vigorous rub
bing down of the pinguid person. All
he has to do is to study his comfort.
All! the man who intelligently under
takes to get fat has before him an exis-
tence that is to be envied."
Another expert said to the Sun represen-
tative: 'Iwould recommend the lean man
to take plenty of sleep and to avoid all
worry, trouble, and severe mental exer-
else. Physical exercise should be planned
and directed so as to gently work the
whole body and limbs, taking one set Of
muscles after another in easy, regular
order. That is the only true system of
physical development, and is equally
adaptable to all. That which reduces
the fat man will put weight on the lean
one, proper regulations of diet being ap-
piled in each case suitable to the end in
view. I would not advise Turkish or
Russian baths for a lean man, but plain,
ordinary baths, at summer heat, say sixty
five degrees to seventy degrees, after ex-
ercise, followed by friction enough to
keep the skin healthy. Weak tea doesn't
do any particular harm or any good
either in the matter of taking on flesh.
In training, cold, weak tea seems to have
rather a beneficial effect on the threat
sometimes, but the usefulness of it is not
conspicuous enough to constitute it any
part of nv system. I I.would rather see it
used in summer than ice water. There Is
no particular difference, in training, be-
tween the effects of tea aud coffee, and
both, if taken at all, should be not too
stron Q and consumed in moderation. The
use of tobacco has tendency to keep a
thin man thin, but the tlouble about it
is that persons addicted to its use are apt
to carry it to excess, and then it has an
injurious effect upon the heart. 1t is
therefore best to let it alone if one wishes
to attain the highe t possible good OF
physical development.
''In practical experience, directing as
do the physical training of great
many men, find that almost every man
I get to put in condition, who is inclined
to be thin, in the course of six or seven
months gains seven or eight pounds OF
good muscle. That may seem small
when put on paper, but take man OF
1875 pounds and bring him up to 1872 or
1873 pounds, with well placed muscle, and
the difference it will make in his APPEAR
ance will be astonishing. The lean man
has one consideration to cheer and en-
courage him in perseverance, that the fat
man has not. That is that the results OF
his work continue, and are not lost as
soon as he stops the process by which
thew have been attained. The fat man
ubo bos worked end dictcd until he has