The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-30
THE GREAT SUBJECT OF FAT.
an ADDRESS TO a FAT MANS CLUB
ny oRovER CLEvs LANDS DOCTOR

- Won Desire to be Thin You Must First
Ascertain tho Cause OF Your CORPUS
,.uey-The Good nnd Bnd Effects OF Diet.
,.e-I 90 Much sleep Makes People Fat
so Do Giuttoay and tho Bottic-somo
valuable Hints.
DALLAS, Texas. Aug. 29.-The Fat Mems
Club OF Texas listened to-day to an address
Nv DR.. John W. Gibbs OF New York city on the
sub oct OF Obesity and its Cure" Particular
,ntsrsst was manifested In DR.. Gibbs for the
,sason that tho narration OF his experiments
Vii Grover Clevelands flesh had obtained
vide circulation in this State. The lecturer said:
PRESIDENT DIsDRow AND GENTLEMEN OF TIE
FAT MES's CLup OF DALLAS. TEXAS: / felt ex-
trsmsly honored when a request was made
ths, l should prepare an address for your benz
ant and Instruction. Yet In complying with
Tho demand. recognize somehow or another
that the fact Of your being united together In
an ganization Of ia. mon 10 more or less OF
a. evidence OF your being. each and every ono
Of you proud of your corpuloncy suppose
that ss Texans you glory in the fat soil " OF
tho Lone Star State. which produces on your
ranches tho fat OF the American locks
and herds. There are soma Of you
also who. perhaps. ore contented with
amply being known as tho Fat" as
King Alfonso II. OF Portugal. and as tho
French monarchs, Charles II. and Louis W..
now live in the memories OF men. Others,
nsrchan hope to attain the future Presi.
dsncy o. yonr club by becoming still fatter
than they are now and descending INFO his
tory With as big record a. those eighteenth
century obese wonders. Edward Bright. who
weighed GIG pounds. and the champion. Dan.
isl Lambert. who tipped the scales at 739
pounds avoirdupois
But alas! The fleshy man or woman who
hss passed. the 200 pound limit can only be re-
ssrded BY tho eye OF science a. one who 10
suffering from disoass and is a TT SUBJECT for
the care Of a physician. No longer. therefore.
dslu 10 your eli with the idea Of laughing
and growing fat" for there never was colo
brated man who was fa'ter than his follows
but that effect resulted from abnormal or un.
healthy conditions. Let me first instance two
famous authors. The gross corpuency OF
Edward Gibbon. tho historian OF the Roman
empire, can be traced from q sickly childhood
70 tho period when the small bones OF the once
big. headed but delicate boy were hardly able
10 support tho weight OF his unwieldy cor
porosi'y.
Samuel Johnson tho great diotion ary m aker.
dated his obesity rom the time when he be-
came prey to that morbid mslancholia which
reacted on his body through the seentarv
md oth-r habits. directly occasioned BY his
early mental troubles. Two OF the really
famous state men o modern times also como
10 my recollection as somewhat similar sx-
smplss One OF these was Charles James Fox.
the celebrated British Prime Minister and
friend OF tho American revolutlonists. whose
immense size was far less tho result Of his
naturally lethargic disposition than Of his
drunken dlsslpations.
The other is the greatest Of all living states
men, the Iron Chancellor. Prince Bismarck.
who developed his former blcated and dropsi-
cal condition from his inordln ate love Of the
table and the bottle. which made him . chronic
invalid until rescued from that state BY the
personal care and treatment OF Prot SchWen-
niger OF the University Of Berlin.
This brings me to the point whore wish to
arrive. and which 10 that there Is no longer any
necessity for . solitary human being to re-
main obese. for. thank. to SchwsninRsr. 1t Is al
most - easy 70 cure the fat disease as to get
nd Of . sty on ones eye There Is only one
surs. and that 10 sohweninKsr's. Other sys-
tens may tsmporarlly alleviate. but bis 10 sure
and permanent. The Schweningsr cure is
based upon natures laws. Its permansncy
comes from q proper study OF cause and OBJECT.
That 10 tho sole secret Of the treatment First.
Then you remove tho reasons for the I'M
natural and unsatisfactory condition Of the
patient. and the cure will soon follow. Once
reduced In weight By the 6chweninger treat
msnt you remain So II Q mans vital
organs are all right. then more corpulency
ought not to take long TO cure.
lam . firm believer In tho Schweninger
method OF reducing fat. sufferer from cor
pulenoy myself went abroad In 1886 to study
the system. My attention was drst called to
the method BY the remarkable accounts OF
how the Man OF Blood and Iron. tho great lis
|areE was s s1Ih sufferer rom Lis unhealthy
sign lis control OF the German en- pirs. Then
Tread how DR.. schweninger had transformed
bin from 246 pounds to 1856. a reduction winch
hAd been pc armament for the last eight years.
as Door ook MN ID charge MIS- gen
dragged along.
After tie cure was completed he had become
really thin. b'ny, and muscular, Hi gait was
swltt and automatic; his step brisk d
, ngH and s complexion clear ami slmnst
nss never been better. and he has permanently
i;inSnS "a. yng example OF schwenneers
Fat Is lie oily concrete substance deposited
On the coils 0 tho adIp Sc membranes under
the skin and IN various other parts: Obesity
mens; or In the abdomen. or in both situations
N such an amount us to ,bari ass tho several
voluntary tul ctions. Keduce tho cause OF the
oysrpus OF fat and obesity disaprears.
II his bo not done. fatty degeneration OF the
esart viii quickly follow That is what K, lied
Daniel Lam ert when no Was but 40 years OF
49,. although obesity is generally only con-
sidersd to begin alter the l0tb year 1t COM
nences ireunenlly much earlier. some limos
o. o. certain tema 9 child, whom. Dr.. Elliot
sSn Tells us. weighed sixty ponnds when
re WAS but ~ months old. Such y freak ns
snat must have had An overlarge wall OF adj.
Pee around her henrt. and :hen her term OF
NE &c " ith older persons. necessarily ecnmo
hot simply unc-rttin. but surely suon ended.
a46s heavy drinker-. who Q adipo-e coils are
ansn with water. are III the most DANGEROUS OF
n! istty condit ons and are the quickest to
sifnm ,sty degeneration. notwit hstanding,
s.tSns OLD saying ru s. al old OK fats as well
snu as good rs young one"
Anolhor danger is moro or les mental fall
~ or weak ness through fat. il being popu.
AL! accented that III n PEI sons are the most
SSgIute 10 intellect. Perhaps he young aiser
SSansted ,Ito Iron Chancellor. II W reduced
SSn1 ny Schwentncer. for tho Same reason
NAL N9sar CAV, TO Antony:
SSle,a.hsAdei men and such as .ssp o. nights;
uuonn Cnsius has . lea and hungry LOOK;
us'hhks TOO much; such men are dangerous
- held thai not even man six feet tall
ssaouo weigh over 1855 pounds u he docs.
s some organ ia NJ fault or his condition Is tho
SSa1se. 10 or she who - emaciatei suffers