The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-29
GET IH|I BY SYSTEM.
WAYS % REDUCING OxE.S WEIGHT
wfTnOCT PAIN on RANGES.


ne man Eho went without food for
fsur weeks accomplished his purpose be-
cause he lost thirty pounds. and that was
what he set oat 10 do. The end may sat-
isfy him so well that he fesis no regret at
the heroic method he adopted But II is
not Likely that even his satisfactory re-
suits viii lead many persons TO follow his
example. The reduction % flesh Is too
easily accomplished now 10 make IT worth
while for anybody 10 adopt such a strfn-
gent measure as temporary starvation.
The simple means necessary need do 40
Hore than Inconvenience the person who
adopts them Every day the task 10 made
eager
The healthy man who has grown too
stout for hts own looks or convenience
from lack OF sufficient exercise. or be-
cause he eats too much OF the foods that
fatten him. can lose twenty pounds in a
month by following the rules laid down
for him here. II Is probable that he would
not lose twenty more II he continued the
treatment for another month. But he
would be able 10 get rid OF from ten to
fifteen pounds without trouble. The first
twenty that go leave quickly. for II is
they that have least right 10 he there, and
they melt away under the first discoar-
agensnt. II is tbs later pounds that stick
etubbornIy and yield only after the attack
has been somewhat prolonged This was
the experience Of the buriesgae actress
who decided to return to the stage and
was re-engaged by her old manager with
an important condition In her contract.
That committed her 10 the loss Of thirty
pounds before the opening Of the season.
The leisure OF retirement had brought her
up TO $50. an impossible weight In view
OF her height She started in with the re-
duc.fou cure described later. and get down
Ia isz. Finally, she lost the two which
would have given the manager the right
a. H. hGr hne ha a n -
ed TO or not ''it was easy enough" she
explained to him, when she went to his
effice 10 report in the autumn. getting
of the first twenty eight pounds But the
last two were" They probably were.
but by persistence they went. TOO.
Diet That Reduces F1eah.
The man who wants to lose thirty
thirty pounds at this season of the year
will. In nine cases out OF ten, be able
to do II by following certain rules for
about six weeks. The amount of exer-
else he takes, his own physical condi-
ton and his size will produce necessary
variations In the result But. generally
speaking, II will come out az indicated
here. As the things TO be avoided are
so much less TN number than those he Is
able TO eat IL is best to eliminate them
first The cardinal principle of his diet
should be absolute avoidance of bread
making Of which -four or starch Is utit-
ICED. He should as vigorously refuse
all forms OF sugar. and the vegetables to
BE- avoided are peas, heets and potatoes
tempting enough at this season Of the
year. but easy TO dispense with after
few days Of seif-denial. The sugar In
most fruits forms such small part OF
them that enjoyment of them seems per-
missible enough. Strawberries. which
al HLatxF To the harm Aigan-
pear quickly enough, and this year no
longer trouble the patient, II he is TO
be called that. very seriously. All kinds
of meat and fsh are permissible. Some
times salmon il excluded. but that is
an unnecessary strictness In view of the
infrequeney with which a person Is like
~ to eat Il. Fat does not harm. Cream,
unless taken with meals. Is not likely 10
Increase weight. MIX Is to be avoided.
so Is water with meals. and the best
rule Is to avoid drinking IL until an hour
after eating. Then and at other times
between meals il can do no harm. Coffee
and tea without sugar. but with its nc
ceptabie substitute. are permissible. The
question OF drinking does not end. un-
luckily. with restrain, In these harm
less particulars II is In other kinds
Of liquid Indulgence that the chief dam
age 10 face and figure through undue
expansion lies.
Liquors Are All Fast~ning.
The man who sets out to reduce his
weight by diet mus, decide AT the outset
to give up most OF the casual drinking
customary during the daytime. All
cockta.ss~the drink that produce the
appearance OF fat more quickly than any
other klnd~must be absolutely given up.
Whisky and soda well brandy and
sotia. are nearly "a productive of fat or
sf1.a s.s
dieting Will have any aspreeiabie effect
long as they are INDUCED in. About
the only permissible drinking is "A little
red wire with meals. ard that mus, be
moderate. Sour summer drinks. such
"a gin and whisky rickeys are about as
bad In sheir effect as any other kind
Champagne, sherry. port and Madeira
are all fattenins wines. Cordiais have
the same effect. as they are condensed
sweetness that adds flesh ra pidiy There
d no mitigation Of the stringency with
which alcohol must he avoided ny the
man who wants IN lose flesh. With its
use continued. abstinence from fa;tening
foods Is waste Of tire
Drinking in pretty nearly every form
must he given M. II foes less harm pos
sihly when taken in the niast condensed
form. little red wine At dinner. pcss.-
bly, little coguac afteTward ~ maybe q
II. are the only forms In w7alef IL Is likely
"a do isass BARN A New York phYslcsar
recently sail that the flesh ~ snoss men
who lived the ordinary lives 81 prosperous
yoaing men in shwn began 10 hiaai He
dba not mean, either. men who were habit
sai drinkers. bat these ~ the careless
Nstats common enough 70 men 81 education
and breeding The man who wanted -
make choke h~twsen abstinence from
Gathering foat and abstinence frarn al; al
coAni So y means of refusing hfs weight
would probably find that he would have
hetser results sFum giving ur the liquor A
r~~s ain amount ~ EXERCISE r1ust accom-
rsny either course 90 treatment rsa0re fs1an
tsse subject ordinarily takes wttAou, q
neither course will have as nsuea result,
although II f. teura 20 have some
TIE man who succeeds In gtsstirg him
self thinner - very likely 20 xeraisr Il ne
san keep that wsy Probably w7th A re-
farn - al ways ~ life. ;o~ fe~h VITA
easne hack Bat II IS Nes likely 10 return
quickly Once ranEsysTea there - the sz.-
tsractesy kuow edge that Il car always ~
hrosgEss Down sEAsn SIX weeks osst -
every year devoted 20 fNnt pary~oxe 10 Ike
~ % hawe gecss etTs~s or tae constitution
N rsAe- nays TIE ~sTs 81 food that sr1sas,
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