Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-08-06
THE FAT AND The LEAN.
characteristics of Men with un Excess or
IA Lack of KleSh.

~--NA N~'SAASs-S@ VI ftfh Win un ENcCSS
Lack Of K1esh.
1t may DO observed, without intentional
onense to any young lady who may be en-
amored OF some slSeieton-hke young man
that, as rule, fat men, besides being tho
most Jolly and convivial Of the male species,
are also apt to DC the most cousderate of
ana charitable to others. Most fat men,
says the New \ ork Epoch, are ever ready
10 smile, nay, TO laugh heartily They
usually possess happy natures-perhaps
because as class they have good appetiles
ana enjoy what they eat They are moro
sociahle than their lean brethren-a fact
which properly explains why no one ever
heard OF lean mans clam bake. After al
Is said that can be said against them tho
TACT still remains that seven out of ten fat
men make excellent husbands.
Most unmarried ladies' herlsh as their
Ideals men who are tail and can not boast
of any unusual amount Of adipose tissue.
They spurn the id OF a fat man for a life
long companion, and yet many marriages
with fat men and also with men who grow
rapidly or gradually stout after marriage
have turned out very well.
A lady who has her home on Fifth avenue.
widow, whose two husbands repose sido
Gay TO the writer, "l.y first husband was
OF the brunet order tail, angular, sallow-
faced, saturnine, neryous-even to irrIta.
bility at times, and more or less of an in
valid during the latter part of his life. No
couple could have furnished a wider con.
trastin temperament than ourselves. ana
social by nature, fond Of attending theaters
and of sightseeing, while he was a morbid
all s,,4
worlds gayetieS. really believe il he had
had little more flesh on his bones he would
have been q different, not to say 2 happier,
man. Mind you am casting no stones at
his cherished memory. Ny second husband
belonged to another genus. he was six
feet two inches IN height and weighed 25O
pounds. He was pronounced blonde and
a perfect picture Of health. He took an
interest in every thing, though not to the
detriment of his business. | never had to
ask him twice to go any where with me.
he was always eager to participate in any
thing where mirth and a good time were
promised. But the poor man drank too
much champagne and ate too manyslate sup
pers and apoplexy carried him OFF,
A lady in Brooklyn on being asked what
physical style of a man she preferred re-
pied: "The one have suits me very well.
He is neither fat nor lean. According to
my ideas OF masculine physique he is just
right" Another lady who was present
volunteered the information that her hus-
band was too fat for his own comfort and
that when he moved he suggested to her
the picture of Lig piece of animated Jelly.
GONG up one fight of stairs made him
puff like a fire-engine, and he was always
complaining of some pain. She feared that
he had fatty degeneration OF the heart.
A popular clergyman who weighs over two
hundred and fifty, on being asked his views
respecting fat men thus replied, with a
merry twinkle in his eye; 'tThere are differ
ent kinds of fat men. There Is the little,
round, oily. fat man. There is the digas-
trio fat man who owes his extreme avoir.
dupois to beer and high living. OF course
l can not approve OF MIN as a fat man.
Then there is the man who gets abnormal.
ly TAT because he Is lazy and indolent.
To me such man Is On object for COM
passion. But for the man who is born and
stays fat, or the MAN who gets fat natur-
ally as he natures, have the highest re-
spect- providing the man in other ways is
worthy"
A lank, cadaverous-viseged poet who is
often seen walking along Newspaper row,
was recently asked If he would not enjoy
life moro keenly II he were triHe moro
corpuleut. mo" he swiftly and dlsdain-
fully answered, "corpulency befits alder
men, boodlers and saloon keepers. Thougha
literary man, never indulge in malt, (which
to paraphrase from Emersop-is making
the Western wits fat and nean.' You will
find that the n ajority of intellectual pcoplc
are not gross, though many of them are hat
might be termed plump Point me out ten
tdt men and | viii point you out nine stupid
men. Was Apollo coarse and unctuous?
Was the Greek concep,i ion of perfectly
modelled body that OF on w ighing three
hundred poundsi No. Art and poetry ever
have sought to immortalize such 1.-THE and
wilowy forms as that of Venus, such trim,
athletic limbs as those OF Diana, such grace
lul symmetry as that OF Hebe. Really,
would rather be snail than fat man,
Assuming" observed the poets oues-
toner, "that as rule those not fat are the
most intellectual and eminent IN the world,
how do you account for the fact that of ull
the people who obtain divorces only about
one-fourth are fat peoples"
"Oh," returned the poet, 'you might as
well ask why there are not as many fat peo-
pie in the world as lean. am not married,
but II | ever do take wife you may rest as
sured that she will not be woman of such
dimensions Us to attract offers from dime
museum managers"
Then the long-haired votary of the muse
pursued his fauciful way toward fifteen
cent restaurant.