The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-08
30 POUNDS In 5 WEEKS
LILLIAN RUSSELL MAKES A sue
CESSFUL FIGHT TO REDUCE
OBESITY
DOWN FROM 1876 TO 15e POUNDS

Lillian Russell is fast becoming sylph-
like in form.
For the last two months she has been
in training. She has lost twenty-five
pounds, and now has the figure OF girl
of eighteen. She has accomplished this
remarkable reduction in weight In an ap-
solutely scientific and hygienic fashion
She hasn't gone in for any of the In
furious banting systems.
She hasn't changed her diet
She hasn't consulted a doctor
She hasn't injured the texture of her
skin. and she doesn't look weary and
wan with the struggle, either.
Instead, she has tried little system all
her own.
She has improved her health 10 per cent
She has banished her double chin' her
abundant embonpoint, and has reduced
the too generous fulness Of her hlps
Naturally, every stout woman IN the
country viii be anxious to understand
what treatment she has employed. ana
here 1t is, word for word, just as MISS
Russell gave it to a reporter for the sun
day Journal, Of New York:
"Hot water, massage and systematic
exercising have brought me to this, she
laughtngly said as she glanced down at
her shapely-almost slender-fgure.
81 have been devoted to the Whole three
for the last TWO months, and they GER
tainly have repaid me for my faltn1ul-
ness. You know a woman really can 90
anything she makes up her MIND TO-
she will only keep at it-and halt the Sc
cret of getting thin is just the keeping
at it.
The trouble Is that most women VINO
try any reducing system get tired ana
stop before they have given the rehleoy
half chance.
prom the start I was very dtscour-
oeino. subject. I worked regularly, fol-
lowing my own reducing plan for three
long weeks, and yet couldn't see al the
end of that time that mad lost so much
as a little quarter Of a pound Oh AesH'
but l kept at it just the same Last "eeh
I bought a tWenty-inch corset lnsteau VI
my usual size, twenty-five. 1here re-
ward for unfinching work for you' ISL
1t? -. 100
The 1st of August weighed 1So
mounds. Now I tip the scales at just
thirty pounds less-l56. And this Is on!S
the beginning OF the good work. MY
blst measurement was forty-tWo. III
two months l have reduced II 10 thH ty-
al L
ing was twenty-seYen mches. Now nay
nv me! It's but twenty-five
.eyas. the combination of the hot water
massage and exercise is my own orlglhal
idea- and certainly l am living lllustra-
ton of what they will accomplish WORK
ing together . .Lo bo4
watec. You mustn't take 1t warm, ana
you mustn't take it one day and forget
It the next.
you must take 1t just as hot as you can
possibly swallow it, and ycu must drink
two clIpfuls before each meal-thats tax
ing into your system six cups of hot
water a day.
1.-THE massage treatment must be an ev-
eryday occurrence, too. Get masseuse
who isn't afraid to hurt you, and don't
object to a thorough pounding and kneao-
ing. Stand q little pain for the sake OF
the result. No mild massage will answer
the purpose. 1 have actually suffered
during some Of my treatments. The mas
sage should be given with systematic
regularity every day, and the treatment
should last an hour.
But the hot water and the massage are
only the little half Of my reducing sys-
tenn.
IT have the greatest possible faith IN
the exercises I have been practicing.
There are four of them, and I go through
each one twenty-five times every day.
"Of course, you mustn't practice them
with your corsets on. You must have
your body perfectly free. I wear pair
of silk boomers and loose-fltting silk
BIZ use.
Here is the exercise use for reducing
the hips and abdomen. Stand erect, with
your heels together Expand your chest;
raise your arms high above your head,
as straight as possible. Then bring them
down without bending your knees until
the tips Of your fingers touch your toes
Don't think you can do this the first
time, because you can't But you can
accomplish it with practice and It will
work wonders III reducing your hips
Twisting the walst muscles does much to-
ward changing a body overburdened with
fat into one of graceful proportions.
The way to do It is to first stand
straight Then clasp the hands at the
back Of the neck and turn the chest to
the right as far as possible, and remern-
Der at the same time to turn the head 70
the left but the hips must be kept direct
ly in front
For making the waist smaller there
Is nothing better than an arm movement
which l use. l try 1t first with my right
arm and then with my left Put your
arm out straight in front Of you, then
draw 1t up over your head. Now bend 1t
back as far as possible and bring 1t down
close to your side, being careful to bring
into play all the muscles of the arm
after doing this twenty-five times you
will be glad to let your arm rest, but 1t
will reduce your waist measure If prac-
t1ced faithfully.
Il go in for a little kicking movement,
too, which is great for strengthening the
muscles of the leg and reducing the hips
and thighs.
Stand with the heals to0a+ha. apd
kick first the right leg and then the left
out straight in front of you, with the toe
Of the foot up. rather than down In this
exercise you bring direct stress upon the
muscles of the under part of the leg and
thigh. But 1t mustn't be any mild kick.
Put force into It, If you expect to accom-
pllsh anything.
'Then there is Just one more exercise
that 1 occasionally practice. I call 1t the
double-chin banisher. Really. 1t will
work wonders If you practice 1t faith
fully.
Stretch the chin forward and up as
high as possible. See that the chin is
raised SO high that the muscles become
completely tense from the chest to the
tip Of the chin Now relax the chin by
carrying 1T backward and downward as
far as possible. One doesn't look exactly
captivating during this little act but then
you are not supposed to practice 1t be-
fore an audience, and I give you my word
its result is altogether satisfying.
Eyes, 1 go through all these exercises
every day, each one twenty-five times.
and then take O cold bath and a yigor-
Gus rundown.
what about my diet? haven't
changed it in the slightest, except to add
the hot water, as 1 told you. I have been
eating green corn every day all summer,
and have never laughed so much before