Wichita eagle., 1889-07-06

stitutes Perfect woman?-Advice of
Value to Mothers and Housekeepers.
At least one woman in this city who is lean
and would be fat Is trying the starch treat
nent. She knows a woman who fell victim
to one Of those crazes of the palate that some
times aflict otherwise sane people, and who
almost lived OF starch for two or three
months. She ate pound day, and carried
it always with her, ulunching 1t on the sly if
she thought people were not looking. During
her morbid freak cushions Of adipose tissue
spread themselves over her anatomy, and
rounded out her formerly angular figure in
q way that excited the envy Of all her thin
friends
So this young woman, being very tall and
very thin, is heroicaIly doing her best 70 live
on starch But the nauseating stuff has
aroused il her inner economy so violent re-
pulsion that she is about to give UP the at
tempt IN despair. She has been trying it for
three weeks, and has not yet gained a pound.
A Press reporter talked with a physician
of excellent standing about the matter, but
was able TO extract from his opinions small
comfort for lean women and faint hope for
their progress in avoirdupois.
Doctor, can lean woman make herself
plump by paying proper attention TO her diet
and her mode Of hvingF'
1T may be possible sometimes for thin
woman to add something to her weight, but
there are many women who could not be
made stout, or even plump, by any treat
n1ent whatever.
They are too nervously constituted. It is
really more matter Of nerves than it is Of
diet II a woman wants to put on flesh she
must first set her nervous system into per-
fectly sound and healthy state. Even after
that she may not find it possible TO add 20
her weight If she is by nature highly ner-
vous"
''Supposing her nerves do not stand in the
way and are in a proper condition, what
thenF'
''She must have plenty Of fresh air 10 give
her q normal appetite and make her relish
her food Pure air IS just as necessary as
good food Well intentioned people make an
ado once in while about the pies and pickles
that school girls and shop girls and other
women who are much confined indoors are
given to lunching on But it is Of no use.
Their vitiated tastes are the result Of initiated
air. Give them good ventilation and they
viii have normal appetites. They will crave
bread and butter instead Of pickles and
cakes
And if women want TO grow plump they
must breathe pure air and plenty Of it as a
prerequisite to a good, healthy appetite.
Then they must have outdoor exercise 20 tone
up their systems, give them good digestions
and keep all their organs in fine condition
The exercise must be such as viii invigorate
rather than tire
sSAui sfrar OF fbiz hot rbaf-- Gia-
Doesn't their food have an important effect
upon their weightP'
Each woman will have TO suit her diet To
her own particular case Temperaments
vary SO much that it is impossible to Law
down an unvarying rule. What would in
crease the wight OF one woman might not
diet that is varied, palatable and nutritious
is the best"
But, doctor, are there not certain lines of
food, such as bread, potatoes, rice and other
scarchy articles, that are most apt to produce
feshf"
''Oh, possibly there are people who can be
fattened, Just as hogs are, by being shut up
and fed on one kind Of food Yes, I suppose
there are women who would put on flesh if
they were 10 eat beautifully of tn kind Of
food you mentioned and sit lazily about the
house without taking exercise. But srch a
course would make most women either bilious
or dyspeptic, and there are precious few
whom it wouldn't make stupid The kind of
flesh that is put on In that way, though, is
not healthy flesh, and no sensible woman
would wish TO have it. For it means simply
that part Of the natural process has been
stopped, that good portion Of the food, in
t,1fr IL,
sound muscles and healthy nerves, has stop
ped on its way and been turned into fat.
That is why delicate, anemic women fire.
quently look stout Their apparent flesh,
which is only fat, is really disease. New
Work Press