The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-28
THE VICTIMS OF OBESITY.
now WOMEN FIGHT TO GET RID
OF THEIR FAT.

Fieshiless- Bathing, b1erciS9
and Dietetic Cures-Row to Disguise
Corpulencs and How to Get Back to
ones Original Figure. "r
Copyright secured.
NEW YORK, May 25.-It not SC long
s;ncs Hawthorne, in his book on English
Tfs spoke OF the stately and preseatable
iris who became offensive at middle age
t-on their obesity. He said, in potter
Iorvuage. that the bust of British matron
1,onld make Rome howl, This was then
snnnosed to be in violent contrast to our
own land. whose women were reputed to be
mira like inverted tombS with all the bones
On too, but some chat on modern methods
~ successful lssh elimination a month ago
brought down on me not snowstorm but
Int an avalanche of letters, from mountains
of Ioveliness of every hight, age and degree.
With indoor life, sitting too often in
heated rooms from morning until night,
en,broidering, sewing or reading, eating
their meals at irregular intervals, eating TOO
much and too luxunously, nlbbllng candy,
walking little and that slowly, women
often fatten themselves on an exact parallel
70 fhe artificial fattening of animals. Even
when the mode of life is more rational, the
o,,ie+ existence of women prediSposes them
n co-puence more taan do the violent
emotions Of the tense struggle for existence
among men, though neither sex can claim
exemption, especially if the tendency to de-
nosit fat ecomes hereditary.
Is it possible to reduce the flesh without
ininrv to the system3 1t is not an exagger-
alton to say that there are in
New York literally hundreds of women
who have become slim and grace
ful who were formerly noted for
excessive stoutness and who claim to have
improved greatly in health by the change.
1t Is also no exaggeration to say, that of
the increasing. numoer of specialists who
devote themselves to the cure Of obesity
and who have more patients and heavier
incomes than.the most noted practitioners in
almost any other branch of medicine, there
are no two who agree, few whose me hods
show any approach to harmony. TIL speci-
fc of one is exercise, of another medical
treatment, of another baths of various de-
scriptions, of another moderniZed and
very rigid Bauting system, of vet others
notifications of the Ebstein system which
is also dietetic method, but flies IN the
face Of Banting.
A woman who has too much adipose tissue
may reduce it or she may disguise il. The
latter process requires the help Of no prac-
ttioner. 1t is nobody's business but your
own lust how much you weigh. A woman
is said to be las Old as she looks, and there
is no reason why she should not reckon her
self no more fieshy than she appears. Most
corpulent women ad from ten 10 forty
pounds to their apparent size by i'm
proper dress and improper carriage
OF the body. To compress the waist
violently, thrusting the flesh, which
no corset can anhilate, up to exaggerate the
bust and down to add prominence to the
hips is to make the figure as bad as it is
capable of being. 1t challenges attention
to the exact measurements aud more than
that it makes the breath short, the nose red
and produces waterY sacS under the eyes.
The stout woman should always wear what
are known as "unionn undergarments, Sc n
as are made in one piece from the neck TO
heel, fitting the upper part of the body
closely and with 70 gathers or belts or fJlds
at the waist line. The shapeless cnemise
should be an abomination to her, adding
bulk where bulk is least to be desired A
simple waist with & few light bones to sup
port the bust should be substituted for tn g
corset. and when the dress is assumed it
should never be a dress with a close-ftting
basque. Most fieshy women wear full I'M
dergarments and tight outside clothes.
Reverse the order. Make the uudercloChes
smooth and trim-fi ting and then study I'M
broken smooth-fOwing lines for the gowns.
The bodice of the fleshy woman's dress may
fit snugly in the back, tu5 in frohtit should
disguise the actual size Of bust and aldo
men with long rather loose lines A bodice
with jacket OFeniug over a vest makes a
good street style, and if quite full figured
the vest should be full Fedora front of
surah or soft silk The woman whose fig
ure is bad can't afford to display it. She
must tone it down and modify it by study
ing the beautiful effects posi- ole to loose
fronted princess roi eS. She wants the
longest lines and slowest curves possible in
order to induce the bystander to view her
figure as whole, not in detail
Once dressed, the feshy woman must learn
to walk. 1t is ra' to see a fat woman who
carries herself with physical refinement
Between bad dress and standing on the
heels the abdomen is forced into promi-
nence. Take an erect position, then by
muscular effort lit the chest up and draw
III the abdomen. You will find that the
chin will 80 back in place, the hips Will turn
inward and the spine will straighten itself
all with the one motion. Now p9ise for
ward in walking so that the weight viii
come on the balls Of the feet and SO that
line from the chest will touch the toes, and
with months practice you can make your
self, not a more slender, but a far more dig
nifed and seemly figure, rid Of protuber
ances.
So much for artistic legerdemain, If Q
victim OF edlpOse wishes TO go further ald,
instead Of covering up, get rid # ter pounds
she has before her far more severe course
OF diclphne. The first step is easy, She must
be much IN the open air: she must abandon
her fears Of faded ca pet and lei the sun
Ight freely into her rooms. II she can
manage ii during the summer vacation she
must take sun baths. Chickens are fat,ened
IN the dark; twilight apartments conduce
TO obesity.
IL IS easy to say she must exercise. There
are obesity specialists IN New York who
are prescribing walks OF from a dozen to
twenty miles day for their patients, which
are no doubt useful TO those who are physi-
caliy tbie to take them. Ole or two Of tuese
specialists are converts to the climbing
cure, and viii domicile patients among the
NaisAlAs this summer, insisting on regular
up1lA work every day. Exercise undoubt-
edly has beneficial effect On corpulence,
especially when brisk elolgl 70 produce
Cgtious perspiration, and when followed up
~ tath and vigorous rubbing. But
Nslrely exercise, even il long continued is
Is hkeIN to increase as diminish corpulence.
u canal boat horse will gain flesh pulling
IeoYly loaded boat against the current if
auoWed 10 walk, aud Sc flesh drawing an
yympty one with the stream if kelt al "A trot
me severe exercises pre-cibed f)r men
VINO are trained for races are out Of the
question for most corpulent women, but
"Heh the family physician has g,yel as
surAnce that there is no heart trouble, n
uaIy walk, at as quick pacs and Tor as