The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1893-10-26
HOW TO GET FAT.
A rev Simple Rules OF Diet and Rest
which Are Effective.

Vheir stouter icuoW-citikens are throwing
away. The question Is difficult one 10
answer. In the nrst place nature did not
intend that VIC should all 60 about with our
bones hidden beneath mountains Of flesh
There must and always will be some lean
and hungry ones.
"Thinness as u rule,n said a well-known
physician TO a New York World reporter,
us constitutional. 1t depends largely on
temperament and habit Nature always
makes an effort TO keep up the equilibrium.
Thus, when, after long sickness, the body
becomes emaciated, the wasted or lost It's
sue Is speedily regained as tho patient DO
comes couvalosceut Then, you may say
that attenuation is often chronic disease,
Ike all others, aud quito as incurabe It
Is perfectly natural that certain persons
should be sparingly supplied with fesh.
They are healthy and as rule live longer
than those who are far st0utor. Tho main
point Is 20 keep tho body well nourishcd.
In most cases where the loss OF hesh IL SLOW
and gradual there is some form Of sickness
present that causes II. Nature, like every
evenly-balanccd aud wcllorganizcd body,
always repairs during rest the waste that
has occurred during tho day A prepon-
derance of fat Is always sign OF Impaired
health, and 80 thin pcoplo who Gro trying
TO Increase tholr weight must start out to
make muscular, and not adipose tissue.
This can be done Ia many ways have
demonstrated 10 several Of roy colleagues
that can put half o pound Of flesh on my
body every day ~ well "a take that amount
OF In the same tlme,n continued the doctor.
II experimental on myself for eighteen
days. At the eud OF that time was Just
nine pounds heavier than / was when be-
gan, and could easily have continued Ia
creasing my wei yht had chosen to do So"
"How did you dc ith asked the reporter.
Every night just before | stepped into
bed l ate as much Of stale bread crusts and
Roquefort cheese as ! could comfortably
swallow, and jumped Into bed. That sounds
strange In view Of tho fact that we uro told
that the worst thing we can do IL to eat Just
before retiring. Wen. / confess, II was
very disagreeable 10 try 70 20 20 sleep with
a stomach full OF food. The first few nights
| couldn't get n wink OF sleep, but grad
ually became accustomed TO the diet-in
tact, II not only agreed with me, but got
TO enjoying my aute.hcd luncheon. Every
day put myself on the scales and found
that Increased half a pound In weight as
each twonty-four hours went by. Besides
this, took to lounging about tue Office and
lying down without going TO sloep as often
as could do soldering the day. ! took no
exercise to speak Of whatever All the
while kept my kidneys under close obser-
walton, and increased my consumption Of
liquid. This was, practically speaking, all
did"
The doctor is Ia his ordinary condition a
wcll-nourlshed man, free from all signs OF
chronic disease, and a trihe above tho aver.
age weight.
Prof Dctweiler, German physician OF
l'high standing, has n aanitarium In ,5ilesia
where he trcatS persons who arc wasting
way with disease. He has been very sue
essful and has accomplished many astound-
,ng cures. He uses no medicine at ALL His
systcm Is TO get his patients TO eat as much
and as often as they can. In plain words,
| H. Is nothing more or less than system Of
forced feeding. At his sanitarium tho Ia.
bles are always set, and besides a humble
OF Irregular luuohoons each guest Is oblgeo
TO eat eight regular meals q day. If a per
son suffera from an impaired appetite the
doctor soon corrects the dficulty and then
he begins TO pile in the food No Testric-
tions arc placed upon the patients save that
they are not allowed 10 indulge in amuse
mepts that require mental or muscular ex-
ertion To make sure that the patients do
not bolt their food DIR. Detweiler generally
sits at the head Of the table and beats time
10 each mouthful, Just as band-mastor
compels his musicians TO hold a note. II is
an odd sight TO watch the patients eat TO a
musical time-beat but thas telling effect,
and few people leave tho sanitarium after q
soiourn Of two months with less than TWEEN.
ty pounds more flesh than they had when
they entered the institution. All the while
the patients are required TO sleep 10 tents
In tho open air, and are not allowed TO dc
work Of any kind. Even IN cases where the
emaciau0n results from consumption OF
chronic disease OF long standing DIR. bet
weller has succeeded in efrecting a cure
or course when disease "a present II Is
treated In the regular way
The rule 10 he observed by those persons
who feel that they ought 10 be n trint
btouter is simply this; Avoid excitement
and keep your mind as much as possible In q
state Of reposo and free from worry. PEG
pie Of nervous temperament should contro
themselves. Learn to ait quietly for Ions
period and don't rush about consuming
muscular tissue by unnecessary move
ments.
After carefully observing this injunction
for brief time, II there is n loss Of appe
lite that does net depend on aggravated in
diges son, 1t viii soon give place TO keen en-
/ lhNlutnN lhA AAIus A4aN III lbh uuu al
often az you can, avoiding hot things, sucl
as hot bread and that which Is made fron
tho finer grades OF wheat. Stale breat
made Of -four containing portion OF tn
chaff is far more nutritious than light
freshly baked bread. The diet should con
sist OF such articles Of food as are largel
composed OF starch ana sugar and oil. Mea
IN large quantities should be avoided Al
things should be thoroughly cooked in orde
that the raw material can undergo tn
chemical change that otherwise would hav
TO be done hy the stomach liy all mean
, educate yonrtcf b. ENJOY Uslt llqnids iii
beer, ale and poster a1I ie1uy sleep 3
long rs your time allowa.
These rules and such suf yostioos as 20
will observe by watching yourself viii 500
add all the flesh TO your franc that 20
> want. The main point after baring gGiue
the required muscular tissue is " keep 0
watching yourself