Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-26
HOW TO GET FAT.
A Few Simple Rules OF Diet and Rest
Which are Effective.

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A Few Simple Rules OF Diet and Rest
Which are Effective.
From the New York World.
A few weeks ago the Sunday World gave the
fat people q few practical crumbs Of comfort by
telling them how to rid themselves Of their
superhuous flesh. Now the lean people are
clamoring in great numbers 10 know how they
can add to their attenuated bodies the muscular
tissues which their stouter fellow-citizens are
throwing away. The question is q difficult one
to answer. In the first place, nature did not
intend that we should all 20 about with our
bones hidden beneath mountains Of flesh There
must and always will be some lean and hungry
ones.
01''Thinness as a rule" said well-known ply
stefan 10 a World reporter, sis constitutional
1t depends largely on temperament and habit.
Nature always makes an effort 10 keep mp the
equilibrium. Thus when, after long sickness,
the body becomes emaciated the wasted or lost
tissue is speedily regained as the patient be-
comes convalescent Then you may say that
attenuation is often chronic disease, like all
the Others. and quite as incurable. II is per-
fectly natural that certain persons should be
sparingly supplied with flesh. They are
healthy and a rule live longer than those
who are far stouter. The main point is 20 keep
the body well nourished. In most cases where
the loss OF flesh Is slow and gradual there 10
some form Of sickness present that causes il.
Nature, like every evenly balanced and well
| organized body, always repairs during rest the
waste that has occurred during the day. A
preponderance of fat is always q sign Of i'm
paired health, and so thin people who are try
ing to increase their weight must start out te
! make muscular and not adipose tissue
This can be done in many ways. have
demonstrated to several Of my colleagues that
L can put half pound OF flesh on nv body
every day as well take that amount of in
the same time" continued the doctor Il ex-
perimented on myself for eighteen days AT
the end OF that time L was just nine pounds
heavier than / was when began and 1 could
easily have continued increasing my weight
| had chosen to do So"
"How did you do it?' asked the reporter.
Every night just before stepped into bed
/ ate much Of stale bread crusts and Rooue-
fort cheese as 1 could comfortably swallow,
washed 1t down with bottle of beer or Bass
ale and jumped into bed. That sounds strange
| in view of the fact that we are told that the
worst thing we can do Is TO eat just before re-
| firing. Well, / confess il very disagreesble 10
try TO go to sleep with a stomach full OF food
| The first few nights 1 couldn't get u wink of
sleep, but L gradually became accustomed 10
the diet, in fact, II not only agreed with me,
but got to enjoying my ante-bed luncheon.
Every day put myself on the scales and found
that increased half pound in weight each
twenty-four hours went by. Besides this /
took to lounging about the Office and lying
/ down without going TO sleep as often as could
do so during the day. / took no exercise TO
speak Of whatever. All the while kept my
kidneys under close observation and increased
my consumption Of liquid. This was, practi-
| cally speaking, all / did"
The doctor is in his ordinary condition
well-nourished man, free from all signs o
chronic disease and trife above the average
weight.
Prof. Detweiler, a German physician Of high
standing, has sanitarium in Silesia where ne
4 treats persons who are wasting away with dis
ease. He has been very successful and has ac-
complished many astounding cures. He uses
no medicine at all. His system is 10 get his
patients to eat as much and as often they can.
In plain words, it is nothing more or less than
system of forced feeding. AT his sanitarium
the tables are always set, and besides a number
of irregular luncheons each guest is obliged TO
eat eight regular meals a day. IL person suf-
fers from an impaired appetite the doctor soon
corrects the difficulty, and then he begins
to pile in the food. No restrictions are
placed upon the patients save that they are
| not allowed to indulge in amrsements that re-
quire mental or muscular exertion. To make
sure that the patients do not bolt their food DIR.
Detweler generally sits at the head of the table
and beats time to each mouthful, Just as band
master compels his musicians TO hold a note.
1t is an odd sight to watch the patients eat to a
musical time beat, but IL has telling effect and
| few people leave the sanitarium after a soiourn
more flesh than they had when they entered
the institution. ALI the while the patients are
required to sleep in tents in the open air and
are not allowed to do work of any kind Even
In cases where the emaciation results from con-
sumption or chronic disease Of long standing
DIR. Detweiler has succeeded in effecting cure
| OF course when disease is present il is treated
| in the regular way.
The rule to be observed by those persons
who feel that they ought to be a trife stouter
| is simply this: Avoid excitement and keep your
mind as much as possible in a state Of repose
and free from worry. People of a nervous tenn
permanent should control themselves. Learn to
sit quietly for long period and don't rush
about consuming muscular tissue by unneces-
sary movements.
After carefully observing this Injunction for
q brief time, if there is a loss Of appetite that
does not depend on aggravated indigestion, ID
will soon give place to a keen enjoyment for
| food Eat all you can and as often as you
can, avoiding hot things, such hot bread
and that which is made from the finer grades
| Of wheat. Stale bread made of -four contain
| ing portion of the chat 10 far more nutritious
| than light, freshly baked bread The diet
should consist of such articles of food as are
| largely composed of starch and sugar and oil.
Meat in large quantities should be avoided.
All things should be thoroughly cooked in
order that the raw material can undergo the
chemical change that otherwise would have to
be done by the stomach. By all means edu-
cate yourself to enjoy malt liquors like beer,
ale and porter, and, lastly, sleep as long a.
your time allows.
These rules and such suggestions as you viii
observe by watching yourself will soon add all
the flesh to your frame that you want Tho
main point after having gained the required
muscular tissue is to keep on watching your.