Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-16
r.g DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
Hon, She Reduced Her Weight fro'n over
200 10 I4O Pounds in Two Years.

How she Reduced Her Weight from over
aoo 10 I4o Pounds Ia Two Years.
Neither the good clothes nor the coat"
of.aro,s worn BY the Duchess of Mari.
borouph have Interested the ladies 81
New York as much as tie slender pro
portions Of he's figure. 40 her hrst pup.
lie appearance in the Metropolitan opera
house, the night Nine. Patti made hei
debut. an exclamation of astonishment
ran around the horseshoe.
"How slightt
IA perfect thoroughbred
'Wlat has she done?
.sWhere is her fiesh!' il sample OF
the wondering inquiry that passed from
critic to critic. e.
The duchess is slight and perfect
thoroughbred in bearing and outline; her
aesh has vanished, and the things she has
done. or rather the things she has re-
Trained from doing, entitle her To be
classed among the heroines of society
When she married the Duke of Mari
horouph she was more than plump. ohe
filled out every crease and wrinkle tfal
escaped her bodice maker; her breath
was short, her step considerably heavier
than the rustic of angels wings ana the
slightest exertion distressed her.
She consulted an uptown adipose doc
tor. who, after careful diagnosis, pro
nounced her case chronic. Then she was
plain Mrs. Hamersley, but very pretty
woman predisposed to take up consider
able room in the world.
"I.ady Jane" the doctor Informed her
| twas shadowy by comparison to erpos-
sibilities."
This revelation Mortified the pretty
widow. who at once offered superior
financial inducement and pledged herself
TO carry out infinitely whatever prescrip-
ton he warranted to relieve her. bar
gain was closed and the treatment began
at once and has been religiously adhered
to ever since.
Here are some of the restrictions:
Not "A morsel of bread, cake, rolls or
pastry.
No tea. coffee, chocolate or sweet wine.
No potatoes, peas, rice, carrots, tur-
nips, macaroni, cheese, butter, cream,
custard, jellies or sweets.
| Not drop of ice water.
No warm baths.
No flannel, and only enough clothing
to keep from taking cold.
No bedroom heat.
Not a drop of any liquid food at meals.
In place Of bread she had fruit, sec
ton of apple or orange, some fresh
| grapes, berries, cherries or stewed fruit
| being used where ordinarily one Graves
a bit of bread or a swallow of water.
| Her diet was limited to two meals day;
breakfast at 10 and dinner at Z, with the
| following bill of fare to select FROM
Rare, lean meats, game and poultry, soft
| boiled eggs, sea foods, toast, lettuce,
| spinach, celery, crosses fruits.
She had half "a gallon of hot water to
drink every day, with lemon juice in it
to take away the fiat taste. Cold water
was denied her. She was even forced to
forego the luxury of bathing in water,
| in place of which she had sponge and
vapor baths. Every few days she took
| a fast, allowing the system to consume
| the adipose tissue. While no limit was
| put upon the pleasure of driving or rid
ing, she was asked to select the toughest,
rockiest roads and to walk from five to
ten miles IA day in the open air.
This practice of self denial the Duchess
of Marlborough has persisted in for the
last two years, and today she is perhaps
| the nandsomest woman of her age in
New York society She weighs about
l40 pounds her eyes are bright, her com
plexion is as clear and smooth as a school
girls, and she has the carriage of cadet
and the health of child of nature
New York World.