Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-24
Washlngtun Standard
HOW SHE GREW FAT.
A GIRL INCREASED HER WEIGHT
81 POUNDS BY DIET.
\ I~cful Hint to SSraG@y Young
Wum.n Who Tire Themselves
tnI Others when on Wheels.


tnI Others when on Wheels.
" la; thin girl does not want t" IN
,...-, A.r Weight And what won't
!, {" a,iAIn that end?
Tn bicycle girl is familiar figure
uu Our streets, and along the roads OF
the suburbs 1t is hard to say, but We
must ,ay i, how many Of those girls
a tncy pedal along, gowned in their
dainty SUITS trim shoes and launtv
cap, show a trim. natty figure and 4
healthy, rUddy complexion? Few,
very few indeed, and il there is one
graceful rider among them who shows
a rluup figure and whose muscles re-
CIAc no strain from little hill climb
ins. She i, the mos; cnvicd girl mag
Unable.
"Wcll,' one girl friend remarked to
me. what can do to get stout.
Just cram myself with food, take beef,
iron and wine, take porter (such dis
gushing stuff, too) and ride my wheel
every day, but I don't gain pound"
Well, there are remcdies-if only
the girls-who-are-thin-wantto-be stout
Will follow out, not for day but until
some result is noticeable, the rules
that girl who lives near the park
has adhered to. And when the
muscles and flesh come there will be
fewer girls awheel whose faces show
that dizzy, intense, wild expression Of
poster lady. And at the top of the
many hills of our fair city the girls
who are to be stout instead of get
ting giggy headed and dropping in a
heap in Woody sort of way, will take
good, full breath, and go right on to
the next one.
This girl of whom l speak is ia
miliar figure awheel, as soon as the
roads are at all ridable and this year
she was out earlier than usual. And
why9 I'll tell you.
Last year she determined, if careful
diet and rigid adherence to her doc.
tors instructions would add to her
weight, she would, at the opening of
this years bicycle season, look better
on wheel than hitherto. She was
in good health, had fair appetite and
strength and there was nothing in the
world to keep her thin, except that it
was not her nature to be otherwise.
So she went to the family doctor and
laid the case before him.
How much do you weigh now?"
asked the physician.
"A hundred and two pounds, and
with height I surely ought to weigh
near 140," was the reply.
The doctor said that perhaps thirty
pounds additional would be about
right, "but there's no use in my pre-
scribing for you unless you follow my
instructions systematically" he added.
NV friend declared her intention not
to vary hairs breadth from the lines
the doctor prescribed, and within
three weeks the girl came back to say
that she had gained nine pounds. She
continued to follow the rules which
the physician had laid down for her,
and she confined to increase in flesh.
BY the end of two months she had
gained twenty pounds, and the third
month gave her three more. Ultimate
ly the number was increased to twenty
seven, and now the happy maiden,
wearing a natty divided skirt, rides q
diamond frame wheel, knowing that
she looks we'll. Last week she i'm
parted to friend the secret.
"The advice that the doctor gave
me-" said she, "was chiefly in regard
to what should eat. For breakfast
took usually some UNDERGONE bacon,
not cooked until it was dry, but juicy
and greasy, glass of milk and cream
potatoes, usually roasted or stewed in
cream, marmalade or preserves of
some kind and bread and butter, not
toast. I happened to like bacon,
which was the best thing for me when
cooked in that way, so l could get
along with that. The milk was not so
easy, nor, for that matter, was the
marmalade. / hated both of them,
but rs tie alternative was coffee with
sugar, I preferred the milk and cream.
Potatoes for breakfast were rather
difficult to get accustomed to, but I
stuck to them until they were easier
than / supposed they would become.
Formerly used to drink only a cup
of coffee without sugar. At luncheon
ate more potatoes and drank bottle
of beer, with bread and butter and
sweets aiterward. When l was not
equal to the beer took more cream
and milk. l always hated buildings,
but they had to be included, so l ate
farina and rice and blanc mango and
every other kind. For dinner 1 took
everything wanted and some things
that loathed. Beer was one of the
latter things. had no salads or
pickles, no red wine, as no wine of any
kind excepting champagne was per-
mitted. and that very rarely came my
way.
Before going to bed l drank glass
OF milk. That I was told never to
miss. The doctor said that anybody
might grow fat on the ordinary diet
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