The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-04
IDEAS FOR STOUT WOMEN.
Lose Flesh by Dieting and Wearing Ger
tain Garments.

tain Garments.
Some one has said of matrimony that
sit is sort of cage which all who are
out desire TO get in and all who are
in desire to get out" This sentence NAV
be applied TO stoutness, for all thin
people want to be stout, at least mod
erately stout, while all stout people ar-
IDENTIFY wish to be thin.
1t must be coz fessed, however. that
the thin people are by no means as
eager for change as their fat friends,
who loudly groan and complain under
their burden. Undue embonpoint ages
woman. At 2S, if she weighs IA or 10
stone, she looks to be over 40. Her
step is heavy, she can no longer DANCE
or walk or exercise with pleasure. Her
clothes wear out more quickly and she
is more difficult to dress to advantage.
All this she feels and murmurs at de-
spite the smoothness of her unwrinkled
countenance and despite the fact that it
is far easier for the stout to get thin
than for the naturally thin to get stout.
All sweets and farinaceous foods must
be avoided by the stout woman if she
wishes to grow thin and the daintiest
and Hghtest dishes INDUCED in.
l know it is very trying ordeal to
be present at good dinner and allow
the most tempting and appetizing
plates to pass untasted, but think of
tit is still worse to grow positively
fat, isn't it?
a stout woman must dine on a NUT
ton outlet and slice of dried toast, lit
tie soup and drink claret and water, for
whatever her searchings of heart, what
ever her leanings, she must force her
self to recognize that plain food taken
sparingly and exercise will reduce
weight. Sef-restraint must be her
motto and if she casts it aside she does
it at her peril.
The ambition of the stout woman
must be TO have her size attract as lit
| tie attention as possible, and if she
wears dull stuffs the eye, so to say,
chances off and is not fixed by any I'M
usual brilliancy. Stripes are advan-
tages for the skirt, but not so much so
for the bodice. Broadly speaking, how
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| length are becoming.
The bodice should be cut all in very
| sloping VS., with downward points. If
she consults her interests she will be
careful to have the underarm seam long,
and to do this will. if necessary. have to
bring it more to the front of the arm
hole than is usual. The basque must
be cut away on the hips and the sleeves
droop slightly, as is the mode. For
street wear short nantes will be found
best; jackets are rarely suitable, but il
adopted should be of the REFER shape.
In dressing her hair a woman must
always avoid ugly Corners" at her tenn
pies, by so arranging the fringe as to
cover these bare spots pretrily. If she
has wide cheeks she must by no means
adopt narrow couture, as this will
give her face the shape of a pear, small
est at the forehead and broadening out
like that OF Louis PHILIPPE.
4 Mrs. Russell Hovey, one of the great
est authorities on matters of dress, once
said: Fat is only an injury to beauty
when it spoils the shape. 1t keeps the
skin smooth and unwrinkled and so is
often a benefit to women when it comes
to advancing years. What we have to
do is to make size expressive. We must
have long lines TO enhance the height
and heavy fabrics to obscure by their
folds unsightly protuberances. The fat
woman who in tailor-made gown
shows off every inch of her bulk is de-
plorable spectacle. She might, with
proper dressing, look big and grand,
soft and lovely, so as to make little
women and men look mean and COM
monplace beside her. The great secret
for anyone who is over-stout, therefore,
is not TO show her outlines.
For those who regard the corset an
absolute necessity let me whisper ii
their ears this little piece of advice:
Never fasten 1t by single lace, but by
three, after the French fashion. OF
these the first should come from the
shoulder to within an inch or two OF the
waist. The second should begin about
an inch or so below the waist and con-
tinue to the end of the corset Both
these should be firmly fastened off and
should not vary in size at any time,
being left very open, so as to allow the
figure and especially the chest full
liberty to expand. The third, the only
one to be frightened or loosened at will,
comes in the middle from little above
to little below the waist, and left quite
loose in the morning may be gradually
drawn in if it be necessary to put on a
close-fitting gown."-Philadelphia Tel
egraph.
Don'ts for Mothers.
Don't nag.
Don't be too severe.
Don't break your promises.