The Dickinson press., 1889-07-20
WOMAN AND HOME.
is THERE ANY WAY BY WHICH THIN
WOMEN CAN BECOME FLEsHY?
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yalue to Mothers and Housekcepers.

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stitutcs IL Perfect H'olnano-Advico of
Value to Mothcrs and Housekcepers.
at least one woman in this city who is lean
and would be fat is trying the starch treat
ment. She knows q ON who fell n victim
to one OF those crazcs of the palate that some
times atllict otherwise Sane people, and who
almost lived OH starch for two or three
months. She ate q pound n day, and carried
1t always with her, munching it on the sly if
She thought people were not looking. During
her morbid freak cushions of adiposc tissue
spread themselves over her anatomy, and
rounded out her formerly angular figure in
a way that excited the envy of all her thin
friends.
So this young woman, being very tall and
very thin, is horoically doing her best to live
OIL starch. But the nauseating stuff has
aroused in her inner economy so violent n re-
pulsion that she is about to give up tho at
tempt in despair, She has been trying it for
three weeks, and has not yet gained a pound.
a Press reporter talked with n physician
of excellent standing about the matter, but
was able to extract from his opinions small
comfort for lean women and faint hope for
tnelr progress III ~uNolfuunOlS.
Doctor, can II lean woman make herself
plump by paying proper attention to her diet
and her mode of livins!'
at may be possible sometimes for q 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
ment whatever.
They are too ncrvously constituted. 1t is
roal1r t,-Or, N ,,,o.t,. of ,or-.~ tl,,,, ~ ;.,f
diet. If a wonan wants to put on flesh She
must first get her nervous system into n per.
fectly sound and healthy state. Even after
that she may rot find it possible TO add to
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
them"
"She must have plenty Of fresh air to give
her a 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 n while about the pies and pickles
that school girls and Shop girls and other
women who are much confined indoors are
given to lunchinS on. But it is of no Use.
Their vitiated tastes arc the result of initiated
ali. Give them good ventilation and they
Will 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 Il
prerequisite to IL good, healthy appetite.
Then they must have outdoor exercise to tone
up their systems, give them good digcstions
and keep all their organs in fine condition.
The exercise must be such as will invigorate
rather than tire"
"And after all this, what about their diet!
Doesn't their food have an important effect
upon their wcight:'
Each woman will have to suit her diet TO
her OWN particular case. Tcmpcramcnts
vary so much that it is impossible to lay
down an mvaryin3 rule. What would in
crease the weight of one woman might not
have the slightest effect upon another. A
diet that is varied, pala,ablc and nutritious
is the best"
but, doctor, are there not certain lines of
food, such rs bread. potatoes. rico and other
starchy articles, that are most apt to produce
fleshs'
"Oh, possibly there are people Who can DO
fattcned, just as hogs arc, by heinz shut M
and fed on one Kind of food. Yes, | suppose
there are women who would put on flesh if
they were to eat l!cntitully "f the kind of
food you mentioned and sit lazilv about tho
house without taking exercise. But such n
course would mako most women either bilious
or dyspcptic, and there are precious few
whom it wouldn't make stupid. Tho kind of
flesh that is put OH in that way, though, is
not healthy flesh, and no sensible woman
would wish to have it. For it means simply
that a part of the natural process has been
stopped. that a good portion of the food, in
stead of going on to make good rich blood,
sound muscles and healthy nerves, has stop
ped on its way and been turned into fat.
That is why delicate, anrmic women fire..
qucntly look stout. Their apparent flesh,
which is only fat. is really disease. New
York Press.