Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-08-01

to drink three bottles Of Champagne az
the theater the other night when they
were all so enthused about The Merry
World but l won't do that again in a
coon's age.
II don't take any gymnasium practice,
nor ride bicycle nor do anything alb
normal to reduce my weight. l hate
the sight Of woman on a bicycle. She
can't look well on one, anyhow, and in
the boomers she Is n sight for gods and
men-partlcularly the men. / depend
mainly on walking to keep me down to
l73-walklng every day and never vary
Ing. l am extremely methodical in all
my habits. | never vary quarter Of
minute in the eating Of my meals. :
never overeat, no matter how hungry
am. make up my mind how much and
what am going to eat, and stick to 1t.
Sometimes let my Imagination picture
what | would like to have for dinner or
lunch and contrast the menu with what
do have, but l am well repaid for all
my abstemiousness when / hear and
read the pleasant remarks on my inn
proved appearance, 1 intend to reduce
myself a good deal more. I think any
one Of the abnormally fat women one
meets could reduce her weight II she
would only follow a careful diet and
give up lazy habits. OF course, 1t Is
much pleasanter to ride than to walk,
and much easier to be waited on than to
stir about and do things for yourself
Then, too, most women crave sweet and
starchy foods, and those are the very
worst for increasing fat. 1 can only
urge all fat women to try dieting, for
1t brings its own reward. An oversup-
ply Of flesh Is so much in the way, and
one feels so clumsy and so like house!
I attribute most of my former stoutness
to overlooking, carelessness and in
dolence. 1 used to eat everything I
wanted, and a quantity of it, although
knew well-enough what was flesh pro-
ducing and what was not. Then, too,
was playing parts that required me to
look grotesque and monstrous, and 1
rather encouraged my tendency. Sud-
denly 1t occurred to me that had regu-
lar features, and would be shapely If I
could get rid of that load Of flesh; so /
determined to try
II was afraid OF drugs, because
value my health, but 1 got a book on
hygiene and found out exactly what I
must avoid in eating and what 1 must
eat, besides valuable rules about
other matters. l have followed the d.
rections strictly. OF course, now have
lost prestige as a fat woman must Gull
tivate my other resources. I find my
chances of success as a symmetrlcally
proportional woman far superior to
those offered by absurd situations.
my dinner Is on the table, and you
will see that the menu excludes every
thing that would add an ounce to my
weights I deny myself all soups. To-
night 1 will have a roast. I eat plenti-
fully of meat, because that gives me
strength and not flesh. I will also have
spinach, onions, tea, ice cream and rhu
barb pie. I cannot indulge in bread and
butter or any farinaceous food,
and although eat desserts
eat them sparingly, What per-
sons eat makes all the differ
ence in the world in the physique, A
physician told me that he would take
the thinnest woman the world ever saw,
Of the regular Bernhard type, and
make her as fat as butter by feeding
her chestnuts and champagne exclus-
lively. In like manner flesh can be re-
duced by exercise and attention to diet.
For my part, think the game is worth
the CANDLE"