Telegram-herald., 1889-05-31
The VICTIMS OF OBESITY.
Eow Fashionable Women Plight
70 Get Rid os Their Par.
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stately aud prsssataSls girls wbo hscAuas
offensive 81 aliddie age from ths.r obesity
He sid, Ia politer language. that The
basG Of . BRUSH mats0F would make
home hewL Ihis w4s thsn supposed 4
Dc ia violent eoatTast 10 eur own lsnd.
whose women were Feputed 10 be more
like Inverted tcm6s with al the bone. on
top. BAT some chat on modern methods q
successful nssh elimination a month age
brought down on nae not a snosstorm bat
an svalsnchs cf letters. from mountains
OF lovsliE~ss OF every height. age ano
degree.
WIKI indoor life. sitting too often IL
heated rooms from morning until sight.
eanbroideung. sewing or reading. eating
their nsSls AT irregular intervals, eating
too much and TOO luXurlously. nibbling
candy, Walking little and that slowly,
women often fatten thensselyee on al
exact parallel 10 the artificial fattening OF
animals Even when the mode os iife i
more rational. the quiet existence OF
women predisposes them 10 corpulenet
more than do the violent emotions Of the
tense struggle for existence among men,
though neither sex can claim exemption,
especially If the tendency 10 deposit fat
becomes hereditary.
Is IL possible To redaee the flesh without
injury 10 the system, IL Is not an exagger-
ton To say that there are in New York
literally hundreds Of womsn who have be
come slim and graceful who were form
erly noted for excessive stoutness and who
claim 10 have Improved greatly ia health
by the change. 10 Is also 40 exaggeration
TO say, that of the increasing number OF
specialists who devote themselves 10 the
cure OF obesity and who have more pa
tients and heavier incomes tn An the most
noted practitioners in almost any other
branch of medicine, there are no two who
agree few whose methods show any APP
proach TO harmony. The specific OF one Is
exercise, of another medical treatment, of
another baths of various descriptions, OF
another modernized and very rigid Bant-
ing system, of yet, others, notifications OF
the Ebstein system which is also a dietetic
method but flies in the face of Banting.
A woman VINO mas too much adipose
tissue may reduce il or she may disguise
IL. The latter process requires the help
Of no practitioner. IL is nobody's business
but your own just how much you weigh.
A woman is said TO be AS old as she looks
and there Is no reason why she should not
reckon herself no more fleshy than she
appears. Most corpulent women add
from ten 10 forty pounds TO their apparent
size by improper dress aud improper car
riage OF the body. To compress the waist
violently. thrusting the flesh, which nc
corset can annihiiate, up to exaggeratt
the bust and down TO add prominence to
the hips is TO make the figure as bad rs il
is capable of being. IL challenges atten
tion to the exact measurements and more
than that ii makes the breath short, the
nose red and produces watery sacs under
the eyes. The stout woman should always
wear what are known as union" under
garments, such are made in one piece
from neck 10 heel, fitting the upper part
of the body closely and with nc
gathers or belts or folds at the
wais. line. The shapeless cbenlise
should be an abomination 10 her, adding
bulk where bulk Is least 10 De desired. A
simple waist with few light bones 10 sup
port the bust should be substituted for the
corset, and when tine dress is assumed IL
should never be 4 dress with a close fitting
basque. Most fleshy women wear full I'M
Reverse the order Make the underclothes
smooth aud trim fitting and then study
unbroken smooth flowing lines for the
gowns. The bodice of the feshy woman's
dress may fit snugly in the back. but in
front 1t should disguise the actual size Of
bust and abdomen with long, rather loose
lines. A bodice with jacket opening over
a vest makes good street style, and II
f,,n . A I've hill
Fedora front of surah or soft silk. The
woman whose figure IS bad can't afford to
display it, She must tone it down and
modify il by studying the beautiful effects
possible to loose fronted princess robes.
She wants the longest lines and slowest
curves possible in order TO induce the by
stander to view her figure as a whole, not
In detail.
Once dressed, the feshy woman must
learn 10 walk. 1t is rare 10 see n fat
woman who carries herself with physical
refinement. Between bal dress and stand
ing on the heels the abdomen i forced into
prominence Take an erect position, then
By muscular effort lift the ches, mp aud
draw in the abdomen. You will find that
the chin will go back in place. the hips
will turn inward and the spine will
straighten itself, all with one motion.
Now poise forward in walking so that the
weight will come on the balls ot the feet
and so that line from the chest would
touch the toes, and with a months prac-
tice you can make yourself, not more
slender, but a far more diGnifed and
seernly figure, rid ot protuberances.
So much forartistic legerdemain. 1.-THE
victim OF adipose wishes 70 90 further
and, instead Of covering M, get rid Of her
pounds, she has before her a far more
severe conrse OK discipline The first step
Is easy, she mast De much In the open air,
she must abandon her fears ~ faded car
pets and let the sunlight freely into ber
rooms. II she can manage il during her
summer vacation, she must take sun
baths. Chickens are fattened in the dark;
twilight apartments cOnduce 70 obesity.
II "a easy to say she must exercise.
There are obesity specialists ia New York
who are prescribing walks Of from dozen
% twenty miles a day for their patients.
which are no doubt useful 80 those who
are physically able 10 take them. Oae or
two of these specialists are converts 20 the
climbing cure. and will domicile patients
along the Catskills this summer. insisting
on regular uphill work every day. Bxer.
else undoubtedly has beneficial effect on
/ eorpuience. especially when brisk enough
/ 70 produce copius perspiration, and when
I followed by a bath and vigorous rubbing
But leisurely exercise. even II long con
tinued. i ss likely 20 increase a. diminish
eorpulencs. 4 canal boat horse viii gain
fesh pulliuza heavily loaded boat against
I the current II allowed 70 walk ard uiH
T lose fssh drawing Sd empty one With The
( stream Il kept ~ a trot. The severe exer
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