The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-01-14
How to Get Fat.

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EVERY woman Who is thin would
like to be stouter," says Brillat-Sav'
arm in his fragmentary chapter "On
Leanness," from which, however.
the following sentence is worth cit
ing "Men fatten. sheep, calves,
oxen, poultry. carp, cfawfish. oys-
tiers hence 1 believe the general
maxim: Whatever eats can be fat
tened, provided the food is we'll and
suitably chosen"
The famous Mr.. Banting, who re-
duced his weight by more than fifty
bounds in one year, found that sugar
was the most fattening thing he could
eat. Hence to increase your weight
eat cakes. puddings, syrup, honey,
Candy and pastry, always taking care
that it be crisp and digestible, for in
digestible food is a chief cause of
leanness. New England pie-crust is
probably responsible for the appear
ance of the typical gaunt Yankee
Other fattening articles of food are
tender lamb, salmon and eels. milk
cream, cornbread and butter, and
those vegetables which grow under
ground, and of which sugar is made
beets and turnips, etc. Boiled or
baked potatoes, mashed on the plate.
and seasoned with salt and fresh but
ter, make delicious dish, rapidly
fattening. Eat often and very slow
ly, for it is not the quantity that is
eaten, but the amount that is thor
oughly digested that nourishes the
system and rounds in bodily contour.
Bismarck's private physician, DIR.
Schwennenger, owes his information
al reputation to his success in dimin-
ishing the Chancelor's weight. The
secret of his success is never to allow
his patient to drink with his meals,
or If he does to do so sparingly.
Hence follows the converse rule that
if you covet stoutness you should
drink freely with your meals, always
however, in such way as to not in
terfere with the digestive processes
That is, you should never drink
while you have food in your mouth.
for the food ought to be moistened by
saliva alone. Ice water, too, should
be avoided, 1t chills the stomach,
and is the cause of three-fourths of the
indigestion and consequent leanness
in this country. Mountain tourists
know that ice water never quenches
the thirst. Yet we constantly spoil
our water by putting in ice. The ice
should never be allowed to come in
contact with the water we drink. but
only with the outside of the pitcher.
In this way we avoid also the dam
gers from microbes hiddenin impure
ice.
Air is food, as much as beef, the
only difference being that food is as
simulated in the stomach, air in the
lungs. Hence if you wish to be
plump. become an air glutton.
Breathe all the fresh air you can get,
and avoid foul stuffy air, especially
at night, as you would putrid meat.
Always breathe through the nose,
and cultivate the habit of slowly fill
ing your lungs with twice as much
air as you commonly inhale. exhal-
ing it as slowly. This purhes the
blood and stimulates the appetite.
Frequent warm baths before retiring
or cold sponge baths in the morning,
followed by brisk friction with a
coarse towel, have the same effect.
Brain rest is especially indicated
in the case of those who object to
leanness, Moderate brain exercise
is, indeed essential to perfect health,
but excess should be carefully avoid
ed. Emotional excitement and wor-
ry are fatal to the chances of becom-
ing plump and pretty. If an annoy
ing thought haunts you, forcibly fix
your attention on something else.
Eight hours of dreamless sleep. in a
we'll ventilated room, is the most
potent cosmetic known to man or
women - the straightest road to
plumpness and beauty.