The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
WOMEN WHO GROW LAZY.
ONE EFFECT OF HoTBL LITE UPON'
PEOPLE WIrH NOTHING W. DO.
sons WOMEN who Become too Hhdoientt 20
Tnk Any Exercise Themselves, nnd eet
Othrr People TO Take Exercise for Thesi'
20 AvoId tha Hucb.areaArd 9toutnesp.

The woman who kept the car whtnnR proNo"
70 be plump, not TO say stout. Butft was NOT
weight OF flesh that CAUSED her movements
10 be slow IL was n certain lanRuor Of manner
coming from q fixed habit OF heing comfort
able. That was evident from the matter OF
fact way In which she took the seat offered her
by the shy man. and the dainty selfishness with
which che settled herself in it-without thought
OF the eclipse her noinhbors on both sides sur
fered by reason OF her pulled sleeves. she
was dressed we'll. but not so deliberately as to
suggest that the study Of dress and her good
looks was her chief care in life. She was. on
he other hand. groomed so exceedingly we'll as
TO afford additional proof that to be comfort
able had become n fixed habit with her. Her
nlumpness was restrained we'll within tho
limits Of convenience and beauty, and every
line and curve Of II told OF good eating and abb
senco Of worry.
Look ut her complexion" whispered tho
doctor TO his companion.
A stranger 10 New York ways and people
might have found In her complexion his chief
object for speculation. a New Yorker would
have been likely TO pass 1t with an approving
glance at her whole makeup. for compleYions
like hers are getting &C mmoner in New York.
Anyhow, everything else about her, while OF
tho best, was 80 thoroughly conventional and
harmonized so we'll that no 9th err feature In
her makeup would be apt to attract particular
attention. Her complexion was well enough
in its way, too. Her face was fun and smooth.
without a fold or q wrinkle. and the skin was
clear and without a blemish. but there seemed
TO be n curious lack Of life and elasticity in it.
While It showed plenty Of health, 1t had not n
bit of tho brilliant ColorinR given by rich blood.
pulsatlug quickly and strongly; the glow with
n tlngle to 1t that is part of the Joy Of life which
comes from outdoor exercise. But 1t was not
altogether without c%oloring. III fact. Its tint
was one OF the things that made 1t peculiar
While neither sallow nor yellow. 1t had a sub
lued rosy tinge or ashes OF roses, maybe-tnat
matched her blond bair. II wasn't by any
means the kind of blond hair or the ktnd OF
complexion supposed to he used rs trade marks
by "soubrettes." The woman was manifestiy
well bred, and didn't dye her hair.
whats wrong with her complexion?" whis-
pered back the Doctors companion. turning so
as TO get IA better look at her.
See hat building thereT' returned the doc
tor, Jerking his head at q twelve-story sky
scraper going up Just on broadway. 'Ihats
part or the story
Ihe woman turner her eyes on the DOCTOR
companion, and then upon the doctor. looked
them over with a gaze so entirely frank and I'M
affected, and filled with serene self-compla-
cency that the Doctors companion didn't feel
himself capable OF asking what the story was.
AT Twenty-Five street she got out or the car,
ran the gauntlet or the dreek exiies VINO sell
howers In front OF the Firth avenue Hotel with
out losing q particle OF her serenity. and dis
appeared In the crowd. The doctor looked after
her admirlngly.
isn't she a dandy" he asked. Il tell you.
were turning out fine women nowadays"
'One OF your patients?' returned his COM
panion.
so. no. not mine.' replied the doctor. but
1 recognized the Species
What has her complexion got to do with
that building we passed up broadway Is She
taking somebody's medicine, and ls somebody
putting up the building with the ~proftsT'
That building is going TO be a hotel. and her
complexion says that she lives In IA hotel. Didn't
you ever notice that peculiar tint, that sort of
puffy appearance in the faces OF women you
see shoppingf 1t tells the story every time.
That woman, You may rest assured. lives at
one Of the big family hotels. She has absolute
~ nothing to do. and wouldn't do anything il
she had 1t TO do. She lives u life of almost ali
solute torpor, and the wonderful part of it is
that she manages to keep in perfect health.
That wonder is n triumph of the advance OF
the medical profession. or perhaps some people
would call it the quack profession, for 1t isn't
altogether respectable yet. and some doctors
with old-fashioned notions still look upon 1t
with detestation. 1t is now . o'clock, and I've
no doubt that woman Is just out of her rooms.
She may have got UP at noon. She had
breakfast in her bedroom. Now she will go
into the first store she comes to and sit there
for half an hour or an hour making the sales.
man tired by looking at things she doesn't
want. Then she will do the same at the next
store. Then she will 90 somewhere for lunch.
con. 1t is so soon after her breakfast that |
will wager that she begins her luncheon with
O cocktail. She will drink a bottle of hce- or so
with n salad. but she won't touch ice cream or
pastry, unless she Is sorely tempted after long
abstinence. That is because the one great fear
evor before her Is that she will get too fat.
After luncheon she will go TO more stores she
will take a cup of tea at a friends. and she will
go home 20 lie down and rest to prepare herself
for a course dinner. After dinner she may 90
TO the theatre-but she will drive, she won't
walk even to a garland after that she'll have
supper. Then she'll go to bed for twelve hours.
Now. how can a woman keep her health when
sh. leads n life like tLat?"