The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
ELASTICS TO REDUCE FAT.
THEY DO 1T, BUT THEY ALSO PRO
DUCE INDIG ESTION.

DUCE INDIGESTION
pre..uro by n rubber Rand vi Reducc
Adlpose Tissue, but IL Also weakens the
Abdominal wall ana tho Internal Organs.
Hello, old chap, understand your wife Is
back from Europe"
"Shc is. Got back a week ago."
This was tho greeting between two mon who
CHANGED to meet at their club tho other after.
noon. The first was n bachelor, and he won't on:
"How is she lookingi You must DO awfully
glad to have her home again"
lyon bot I Am, and shc In looking out Of sight,
You know she was getting very stout when she
loft hero six months ago. II worried mo no end.
because I'd always felt very proud Of her stun
ming figure. and, not being married, you can't
understand how It makes q follow fool to see tho
beautiful lines and curves disappearing into
what Is politely termed adipose tissue. l did
not lot her sec that l felt II, or at least ! tried
not to. but you know women have worry keen in.
buttons, especially concerning tho ono that
they love tho bcst of all. She has told
me that she knew 1 was worried about
her increasing stoutness just from the little re-
marks ] made about II, and from tho way /
looked at her when she was struggling into a
tight tailor-made gown. She didn't say a word
10 me, but the dear, old girl made UP her mind
that IL such q thing were possible she would
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tho old days. And she has done 1t, too. or ut
least her waist is just as small. But she isn't
at all well. somehow, and I feel glad that she Is
back where I can take care of her"
By this time q third man, rather elderly, had
Joined the group. The other two addressed him
as doc" and resumed their conversation.
How did your wife reduce ." asked the bach
elor as tho three emptied tho same number of
glasses of their cooling contents.
II was just speaking of my wife getting rid Of
some Of her flesh while in Europe, Doc" he be-
gan, by way of explanation. You ought TO sec
her, and you will soon, for We are going to give
a dinner party, and both Of you are on the list.
She went to a French physician. who has made
u study OF obesity In women and it's remedy, and
he told her that tho constant contact Of elastic
had an excellent effect on fatty tissue. He said
he had found in his experience that IL checked
its development and reduced that tissue
when developed. He further declared that
the elastic tended to produce q long,
slim waist. without in any way hindering an
easy respiration and a healthful digestion. and
he advised her to wear u broad, tight elastic
band which completely covered abdomen, hips,
and waist. She had one made to order, and for
tho first month wore 1t only during the day. She
maid suggested that she keep 1t on night and
day: She did 80, and, by George, you ought to
she says in a few weeks her waist began to
get simmer and Simmer and now II measures
married. I hate to have her wear the thing, be,
cause l know. II is bound to be uncomfortable
this weather. but she won't own 1t and she says
she is going to keep 1t up since we both have
such a horror of her growing fat. She doesn't
seem well. however. and Doc and I wish you'd
drop in and see her tomorrow IL you get time
Make it all appear accidental, you know"
There mus, be some theory back Of this ap.
their flesh, " said the bachelor. half to himself.
is there, Door .
sr rSfis'Hi my d 'ssss is And enS the 4 very very s srss fsia;s
that That she / sh shalI Pr ,sse ,Rs %he elastic ! sec bs sHdr o %!ff im 4.
mediately. That's what ails her"
rr " . ! don't see 3 hoy It could; and the
well" began the doctor. settling down and
lighting his cigar. lit Is a well known fact that
ply and a considerable wasting Of the tissue.
This is best exemplihed in the application Of
shutting OF the circulation through pressure on
the small blood vessels. which bring nutrition
T., c,rd the parts =, And .s , .ns aga; again .i it shuts 80 on the
which seems necessary to healthy growth.
1t is often bI necessary ,n when very
a plaster three or four times II month on account
of the great wasting Of the tissu Some of this
tivity,, but the greater part Of it is due to tho
plaster. Even your finger wastes when you
that causes one layer OF tissue to disappear. An
elastic garter does the same. and any one who
has closely observed the foreign women who
wear large bracelets has noticed how the tissue
often grows over them: Waste goes on only
where the pressure is felt.
" In regard to wearing an elastic band around
the waist. abdomen, and hips to reduce flesh. !
say, uuhesitatinsly that it is a very bad thing to
do from a physiological standpoint. Your wife
needn't have gone to France to learn of that
treatment. Plenty Of women. and men. too,
common personal devil. fat, with elastic
bands. and We doctors grow the richer
Waist. say, as SH"'' as far pfs as the q redact ioI
OF fat is concerned, through the pressure upon
the small arteries and oapillariss which rpn
nutrition OF the tissue. causing 1t to disappear
am sure that this will injure the digestion
bands. and II worn some time the lack Of sup
port viii BIO koenly fit Immediately upon re
such a band worn about the waist will un
~deniably reduce IT. but above and below tho
thicker. because absorption, takes place only
where there is pressure. To accomplish thi,
S Yoar a M ils% & nnG ist s% L 5 PGsssqnE se is sh nsss sSs aS
yised her to wear tho band at night also. but 4
has has, to be worn constantly to do an,
sufficient si,s%as I to bring h, the nutrition to n tn,
flesh. AS far as The internal organs are con
cerned. they viii become a constant source Q
waste the fatty tissue, but also the abdomina
muscles, rendering the abdominal wall yer.
y"ppcr sn al p ess tIme. ws sas w yss sh Of s ss1,.,
your wife to take that elastic band of a, onc'
and fight her fat with some other weapon"
Il won't wait for you to advise her" answere,
the other. "She has an awful case OF indiges
tion. and | believe IL all comes from that French
man band. She never had n touch OF indiges
tion before in her life, Say, let's have anothe
toll hor what you have told me. ! don't care
she does get fat, Thcre'l be Just that muc
more OF her, and can tell you she is the bes
There. now. that's the sensible way to loo
at it, answered the, doctor, smiling over hi
glass. while the bachelor tried to smile cynically
but only succeeded in looking forlorn.
MISS GUILF0RD'S TOF OF sHEHCI
She Baid sho WouIdn't speak for Firty Year
and DidntI and Now She Can't Talk.
EAST BLUEHILL, Me-. June 26.-The people /
the southern part OF Hancock county arc decpl
Interested In IA peculiar malady which afnicl