The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-17

by good authorities that for every added
pound of flesh the skin becomes a. percsp-
Corpulency is not desirable; but it is
better to become trifie over-plun1p. If
thereby one preserves bloom and fresh
The women of Europe in the middle and
upper classes frequently retain their at
fractions of person well onto old woman
as they grow older. The beauty of la belle
Amerlcaine-and very beautiful she IS
for a brief season-is sadly ephemeral At
a little past middle life while we retain
the alert movements and the proportions
OF young Womanhood, we wear faded,
plrched, furrowed, brownish-pale faces
that would be put to shame by the. coun-
| rance of q German grandam of so.
Also we Yankee women earlier than the
omen OF any other country on the face
of the globe are forced to combat white
hairs and badness. Other things being
equal the olea ginous secrstionS that ac-
company fat. will keep at bay these dis
A very beautiful New England girl
whose plun1pness gave. her untold morti-
size She accomplished the attenuation
of her full and sweeping proportions in
an Incredibly short space of time, but at
what a sacrificei Her glorious head of
chestnut hair fell out, leaving but a few
locks. her eyes lost their brflliancy and
strength, and TO a great extent their
became not only pale and flabby but the
prey to a very obstinate sort of eczma:
ana ana instead instead of becoming more graceful
means unwieldy. barely escaped losing
the use Of her, legs altogether. She was
threatened th with q. very trying disease of
and slips down the leg, An affection com
nnoner than is generally believed and
traceable often to nutrition and a, col
lapse OF the general system.
,Devotlon 10 gastrononly, laughter and
pIenty OF sleep is said to be the prime
promoter promote OF plumpness. At any rate the
may, well take her cue from the system of
Ieedlng and passive exercise" now in
vogue in the private ''nervines" fire.
qnIented by the fashionable and wealthy
Inc patient in these nervines is compelled
TO gorge as it were to make up for years
OF faulty alimentation,
Dlgestlves' that assure speedy and
complete assimilation are taken with each
meal and successfully intercept bilious
olsorders and uncomfortable sensations of
repletion.
Usually the menu is a restrictive one at
hTst, consisting of little besides milk
which more than any other food con-
talpS al that is essential to the making
administer directly to the nerve and brain
force. An egg and a glass of milk alter
natelE, every two hours, is the initial
quantity often prescribed. Later on, q
gallon of milk and a dozen eggs in addi-
ton TO such highly nutritive dainties as
toasted bananas, pate de fois gras sand
Wlches, hot chocolate, whipped cream
steak are disposed of daily with positive
nonchalance by the woman who four or
six months earlier had scarcely been able
10 make way with glass of wine and a
chickens wing
An excellent digestive" is found in a
powdered preparation called "diastoids''
l have known several emaciated girls
who sought plumper contours to take a
spoonful of this powder in the bumpers
gisantic' of milk they drank each day.
Coffee. tea lemonade, condiments and
CT -f~lr
frequency with which meals come Is a
great item as directly after eating there
Iis tendency TO inactivity which is in
itself conducive to fat.
Massage takes the place of gymnastics
and all violent sports for the spare girl
who still must if she would have firm
flesh and healthy plant muscles give her
nody more all-round exercise than comes
from walking, going up and down stairs,
lifting and reaching. sewing, writing,
dressing and the like
squeezings and the pressures and incess-
ant feelings that make up an hour of
massage insure pliancy and tone for each
muscle and ligature: and thus also quick
en- somewhat respira ton, circulation and
excretion.
The seeker after plunlpness further
more should take her daily airing in a
carriage, and not on foot. If carriage
is out of question. an excellent substitute.
for the country girl any rate, is found
even in winter in plenty of fur robes and
d Well-CuSIlcISu dtlli-CildiI pldCSu III q
sequestered corner of the broad piazza
Here she may sit, filing up her lungs
with oxygen. with perfect safety for an
hour a a stretch This stationary con
stitutional' is quite as beneficial as the
drive in close carriage l have heard
that one of our society leaders. whose
least word. act or caprice of toilet sets q
precedent. has had q low board platform
built and placed in the little yard at the
back of her town house. On every sunny
morning during the past winter the plat
4 Tzritl eli ing f1Yi=
beauty and social law giver. enveIoped in
a peliSse of fur and half hidden in the
ca pa cious embrace of a SieeDy-holloW
armchair, with footstool and Norwegian
foot-muff for her aristocratic little feet. |
has summed and oHygeniated herself with
out dofiing peisnoir.