The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
SEASIDE Scales IN DEMAND.
Why Persons Get Weighed Oftener on the
Coast Than Inland,

ConbG Thnn lnlnnus
1t has often been remarked as q subject OF
mystery that scales at seaside resorts nre con-
stnntly in demand, and that whether per-
sonally conducted" like a European tour, or
regulated automatically. they have very much
more patronage than like machines inland.
No explanation Of this phenomenon, the sue
cess OF the seaside scales. has ever. probably.
been given In print. but some light has been
thrown upon Il by this memorandum. which 10
printed on the cards recording what agri-
culturists call neat weight"
Get weighed before bath or after, before
meals or after. before q big walk or after. as all
those influences affect q persons weight from
one to five pound You will also reduce your
weight from one-half to one pound by inhalinE
more air."
Herein may be found ar explanation OF the
apparent popularity. otherwise inexplicable, OF
scales at seaside resorts. A difference Of
I" from one to Ave pounds Us the result OF a
walk or a plunge in the surf Is not to be dis
regarded In an estimate OF ones adipose, and
II. as set forth. the weight may be reduced from
half a pound to q pound by inhaling more
air" the field for conjecture in the matter Of
weight is certainly what may be called an open
one, especially to persons Of imaginative dis
It has been observed that persons newly ar
rived. ut the seaside desire forthwith Ito get
MoikIcu III OENcE, pEehuundDly, 10 establish q
basis Of hygienic computation thereafter. After
a brief stay at the seaside It is necessary to be
weighed again In order to establish in pounds
and fractions Of a pound the improvement re-
sulting from absence from home. II the results
OF such Weighing are satisfactory las they some
times arol and realize the expectations OF the
patron OF the scales this Is an incentive for
more weighing: IL they fail to realize the hopes
Of, the patron. the defect is ascribed to one or
other Of the causes named on the card. and. as
there Is apparently a margin OF gain always Of
from one to. five pounds from walka. meals or
bath. and of loss Of from half a pound to q
pound from the rudimental process OF breath
ing. the. opportunities for weighing are In
creased to such an extent that the apparent
phenomenon Of scales at profit" Is in part, at
least, explained.
BALANCES IN the United States. having a capital
thousand persons. New York is tt6e head ofthe
scale manufacture. but the business OF SCALE
making is 80 distributed that there are estab-
lishments in thirty Of the forty-five States, and
accompanying the extension of their number
there has been Q large reduction in the item OF
manufacture Of each. particularly since the
more extensive. use Of aluminium. One eIe-
has been the popularity Of the nickel-in-the-
slot or penny-in -the-slot machines, whereby
1t has been made feasible for scale manufac-
turers to get a larger, market than was pre-
viously the case. and an enlarged market for
manufactured goods means inevitably a re-
duced price. The old-fashioned method Of
getting weighed by scales In. grocery stores. or
In armehairs affixed to posts. has been super
your weight. height. and fortune told for one
price, a line of industrial activity which may
be said to flourish most at the seaside.