Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-10-19


% foster it-getting up late, eating
generously all kinds OF rich foods.
walking little, having no more serious
occupation thar listing their friends
or their dressm: xerS. All this luxury
and ease OF life tend to engender Oh
esity.
Women who are inclined to be too
stout should avoid all enervating lux
uries and habits. They should get up
early, dress themselves without the aid
OF a maid, and take lots of active, jolly
exercise in the open air.
"A great many women think dancing
nuring the party season takes the place
OK outdoor exercise
This is a great mistake. 1t does
nothing of the sort
On the contrary. dancing In beat d
ballrooms. IN over resented and g. m
hlled atmospheres. is quite az likely to
prove injurious as beneficial
The woman who is inclined to OBJ
esity must eschew all kinds OF fatten-
ins foods, such as wheat, corn and
graham breads, breakfast cereals OF
aH kinds, pork in all forms, and all
meats containing superabundance OF
rat; nsh preserved in oil. such as SAL
mon, sardines, anchovies; vegetables
containing starch or sugar, such as
peas, beans, carrots, oyster plant, egg
plant and potatoes; macaronL moo
dies, spaghetti, vermlcelli, and sweets,
buildings and pastry OF all descrip-
TONS
However il is much better for the
woman who wants to reduce her
weight to increase the expenditure
rather than to limit the receipts OF
her system.
1t is good old rule that tells us we
should always arise from the table
feeling as though we could eat more.
But above all other things cultivate
your mind. dev op your intellect. II
is undeniable that there exists a
strong bond between intelligence and
beauty. Intelligence is said to be the
beauty of ugliness. but IT is also the
most vital and lasting charm of the
beautiful woman.
man may and does grow weary OF
the soft contour OF merely pretty
face, but he is, and will be always,
passionately attracted to the bright
sparkle of the face lit up by bril-
liant mind and cultivated intelligence
that sparkle in the eyes and melt
around the mouth as their clever own
er talks or listens.
Intellectual exercise is Just as ben
efcial In reducing corpulency as is
physical exercise. Men who use their
brains constantly and actively rarely
grow too stout
Women of leisure inclined to embon-
point should interest themselves In art
literature. study. anything, everything
that tends to improve and cultivate
their minds and give brightness and
Rlertness to both character and ex-
preston.
Or course the woman who is inclin-
ed to be too thin must adopt a regi-
men the worry opposite OF the one fol-
lowed by her stout sister.
AS a rule thin people are inclined
TO be irritable, nervous, easily worried
and annoyed. They take trifies to
heart and are frightened at nothing.
IL they want TO gain weight and looks
they must strenuously combat this I'M
happy disposition; they must not think
30 much about themselves. Let them,
instead, take up some interesting pur-
suit, which will leave them no time to
worry and fret over trifies.
1t is wise adage that tells us to
Hlaugh and grow fat" There is
great deal of truth In these terse little
words. Thin people ought TO sleep all
they possibly can, take an abundance
Of good, rich, nourishing meats and
starchy vegetables. But they should
DO careful not to overtax the digestion,
~ that uses up flesh quite az much as
does violent exercise.
They should avoid all exciting slim
nlants, such as tea and coffee. On the
contrary, they may drink malt liquors,
such as beer and porter.
The thin woman would better avoid
such meats as veal, lamb and all the
others known as young meats" for
They contain numerour half formed It's
sues. which are assimilated with diff
hculty.
The woman who wants to have a
handsome, erect carriage and to walk
well must, by judicious and varied ex-
ercise, let no set of muscles fall into