Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-01-22
THE FAT AND TIE LEAN.



1t may be observed, without Intentional
onense to any young lady who may be en-
amored of some skeieton-hke Young man
that, as rule, fat men, besides being the
most jolly and convivial of the male speces,
are also apt to be the most considerable of
and charitable to others. Most fat men.
says the New York Epoch, are ever ready
to smile, nay, to laugh heartily They
usually possess happy natures-perhaps
because as class they have good appetites
and enjoy what they eat They are more
sociable than their lean brethren-a fact
which properly explains why no one ever
heard of lean mans clam-bale. After all
Is SAID that can be said against them the
fact still remains that seven out OF ten fat
men make excellent husbands.
Most unmarried ladies' che rlsh as their
Ideals men who are tail and can not boast
OF any unusual amount of adipose tissue.
Ihey spurn the idea of a fat man for a life
/ long companion, and yet many marriages
with lat 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
a widow, whose two husbands repose side
by side In Greenwood, remarked the other
DAY to the writer: SHY first husband was
OF the brunei order, tall, angular, snlow-
Iaced, saturnlne, nervous-even to irrlta-
olllty at times, and more or less of an in
Valid during the latter part Of his life. No
! couple could have furnished wider con-
/ trast In temperament than ourselves. | am
social by nature, fond of attending theaters
and OF sightseeing, while he was morbid
reciuse, taking no interest whatever in the
worlds gayeties. | really believe il he had
had little more flesh on his bones he would
! nave pcen Inherent, not to say o happier,
| man. Mind You | am casting no stones at
ls cherished memory. My second husband
| belongod to another genus. He was six
teet two inches in height and weighed $50
! pounds. he was pronounced blonde and
perfect picture of health He took an
| interest in every thing, though not to the
detrinont of his business. never had to
ask him twice to go any where with me.
He was always oager TO participate in any
thing where mirth and good time were
promised. But the poor man drank too
much champagne and aJo too many late sup
pers and apoplexy carried him of.
A lady in Brooklyn or being asked what
| physical style Of u man She preferred re-
piled, 1.-THE one have suits me very well.
| He is neither fat nor leun. According to
my ideas OF masculine physique he is Just
righs." Anoahar laGy who was present
/ volunteered the information that her hus.
band WIS too fat for his own comfort and
that when he moved ne suggested to her
| the picture of Zig piece of animated jelly.
! Going up one fight OF stairs made him
! puff like tire-engine, aud ne was always
! complaining of some pain. Sac feared that
he had fatty degeneration OF the heart
! 4 popular clergyman who weighs over two
! hDndrad and iifty. on hcir E asked his views
, espeeting fas men thus y, piled, with "a
| merry twin,zie il his aye: "Te9e are differ
ent kinds OF lat 1cn. Jhcra IS the little,
round, oily fat man. Tnere is the digas-
| trio fat mar Whp owes his extrome avoir-
dppcis to Leee ard high living. OF course
l can not approve CT him as fat plan.
| Then there is the man who gets abnormal
| ly fat because he is lazy and indolant.
To me sIeh q nlan is an object for CON.
| passion. But for tho man who is bora and
stays fat, or the man who gets fat natur-
ally as he natures, have the highest re-
| srect, l>foYidine the nlan in ether wIys is
worlhyn
! A lank, cad0vorous-visaced poet, who is
often seen walking along Newspaper row,
was recently asked If he would not enjoy
life moro leeuly if he were trife more
corpulent. "Na,n he swiftly and disdain-
| fully answered. "ccrpulrHcy bSssits alder
/ men, boedln..s and sa,oun.kaepers. Though ~
literary iaaa, never Indulge in malt.wh
to paraelirese from ErlersoR--is making
the Western wits fat and mean,' You will
find that the majority of intellectual people
nrenot gress, ,teeeSf many of then ars what
mighG be termed psamA Fonit me cut ten
tat men aad / viii po5at YOU out nine stupid
nAen, Was Apollo coarse and unctuous?
Was the ereek conception of perfectly
modelled beay that Of one weighing three
hundred pouisds, No. Art and poetry ever
have sought TO imMortaiise such 1.-the and
willowy forms as that Of Venus, such trim,
athletic limbs us those of Diana, such grace
full synPetry as that of Hebe. Really,
would rather be snail than a fat man."
sAssgmmg,n observed the poets ques-
TONER, "that as Il rule those not fat are the
most intellectual and eminent III the world,
how do you account for the fact that of all
tho people who obtain divorces only about
cne-fourth are fat people!"
Hoh,n returned the poet, ''you might as
wsil ask why there are not as many fat peo-
ple in the world as lean. am not married,
bat il ever do take a wife you may restas-
sured that she will not be woman of such
dimensions as to attract offers from dime
museum managers"
Then the long-haired votary of the muse
pursued his fanciful way toward tifteen-
cent restaurant.