Telegram-herald., 1889-05-25
r-e FAT Ano rHs LEAN.


eA-s>stsrissles ss asa ~ss. a. Ez~.-s 90
l@Gk "a Fi@sh.
n@F &c observed, <lthou1 iEtea tlon4l
or-n2s % 49, yg4ag L4ag sbs aay &c ca
~-i.ofsd 81 setae sze4e1ol -il4s yegBz u8z1
tl-l, - q rue. faS men, besides 0siag TIE
most loily 4ad co1Viglal u lne aasle ssecles.
are aaso 4pt ~ "a tls Goss cousidsra5s of
.A1 en.riI41le % others. A8ss E-t zen,
sags tas Ne@ YORK Epseh, are ever Feady
= sm1ies aay, - s-1ga heartily fhsg
usually posssss happy aaIares perhaps
bee4ass IS a class thsy have goei 4ppegltss
saa eHloy what Jiey eaL Taey zrs mere
socl.sie thaa rleir Le4a orslnrel-a fact
walcn properly s4pl4lhs wEy &c one ever
hrara o. . can a-a4l > cllnl-oaxe. After az
n sad tnast can be sad zzalnst them tBs
fat sull remains taas seven cut u Lea Cat
nlea h4axe excellent husbands.
Most Unmarried aides Cns rish ss their
hieais a.eH Eno are TAI 4nd can n0t boast
OF tAy 1lasl-a. 4l4lol.at Cf 41lp poss tissue.
They spCFn the 1ie4 gf = Tar mza fer q LIE
long ooMpaaloa, ana YET many marriages
WITH TAI a1ea and zlso with llea no grow
rapidly or Gradually sLoilJ after marriage
have turned 0l5 very we'll
A lady Nno las her h0me oa Fifih avenue
q widow whose two husbands repose SIDE
b. sl1e IA Green wood, remas xed the other
Gay - lhe writer; '-My nrst husband w.s
Of the OruneJ order, tai, al guar sallo ~.
faced, satBrnine, LeFVo4s-egen 70 lrslla-
bAIty az times, and more or less OF al in
saiid during the latter part Of hls LIE. Ne
couple could have furnished a wider con
trast IA temperament than ourselves. ara
social oy nature, foaa u attending theaters
snd OF slznt seeing, while ne was a morbid
reciuss, taxing % interest Whatever la the
worlds ssyetles really believe II he had
had little more flesh Ga his bones he would
have bsen a different, not 70 say a happier
n.an Mad you I am casting no stones AZ
his cherished memory NJ seeond husband
belonged - another genus he vas six
feet Two inches IN height and weighed 30
pounds he was pronounced blonde and
perfect picture OF health. be took a.
Interest IN every thing, though not 10 The
ietrinent of his business. 1 never Rad 10
asa him twice 10 20 any where with NE.
de was a. iVys eager 20 participate In any
fhins where mlrth and good time were
promised But The poor man drank too
much champagne and ATE too many late sup
pers and apOplexy carried hlm Of
A lady IN brooklyG On being asGed what
physical style OF man she preferred re
pied: The one I have quits me very well
he Is neither fat nor leN- According -
ny IDEAS OF masculine physique ne Is just
right" Another lady VINO was present
volunteered the information that her hus-
band was too fat for bis own comfort aud
that when DO moved 10 suggested ~ her
the picture Of big piece Of animated Jelly.
Gong up one hight Of stairs made him
puf Ike a fre-ensine, and re was always
complaining Of some pain. She feared that
he had fatty degeneration OF the heart
A popular clergyman who wei CHS over two
hundred and nifty, on being asked his views
respecting fat men thus replied, with a
merry twinkle IN his eye There are differ
eat kinds Of fat men There is the little,
round. oily. Fat man. There IS the digas-
trio fat man who owes his extreme avoir-
supois 70 beer and high living. OF course
can not approve OF aim a. fat man.
Then there ia the man who gets abnormal
ly fat because he is lazy and indolent.
To me such . man Is an object for com
passion. But for the man who Is born and
stays fat. or the man who gets fat natur-
ally "a he natures, | have the highest re-
spect. providing the mau in other ways Is
worthy"
lank. cadavcrous-v -visaged poet, who IS
,ften seen walking along Newspaper row.
was recently asked If he would not enjoy
life more keenly II be were = trifie more
corpulent "No," be swiftly and disdain-
fully answered. 'corpuleney belts alder
men, boOdiers and saloon keepers. Though d
literary man, L never indulge IN malt, which
to paraphrase from Emerson-is making
the Western wits Fat and mean You will
Ind that tho majority OF intellectual people
are not gross, though many OF them are what
M ght Oe termed plump. Point me out ten
Tat men and wlll point you out nine stupid
men. Was Apollo coarse and unctuous.
Was the Greek conception OF perfectly
modelled body that OF one weighing three
hundred pounds No. Art and poetry ever
have sought u iumortahzs such 1.-the auc
wiii0wy forms a. thar OF Venus, such trim
sthletic limbs as those OF Diana, such grace
ful symmetry as that OF Hebe Really,
would rather be a snail than a fat man" "
Assuming observed the poets ques
tOuer. 'that "a a rule those not fat ara TIA.
most Intellectual and eminent IN the world
how do you account for the fact that Of al
the people who obtain divorces only abou
oEe-fouvth are fat peopler'
''Oh." returned the poet, ''you might a.
wei ask why there are not as many fat peo
PIE in the world a. lean | an not married
bat il ever do taxs a wife you may rest "a
sarsd that she VIII not Dc = woman OF sucl
dimensions as t0 attract offers from dim'
museum managers"
Then the losx-hairod votary Of the mus
pursued his fancIfal way toward a fifteen
cens restaurant