The sun., 1901-06-16
GETTING THIN IN SUMMER:
rHs Task MUCH EASIER NOW TEAM
IT USED TO BE.



sveets Allowed -BrsaA sShssttutcs.
This Is the season which the man who. IN
,hs hope OF decreasing his weight. has taken
% diet will find It easy. compared with tho
dItnculties Of the same self-denial In winter
% keep to q strict rule. Few Of the spring
yegetables ure on the index Of prohibited
foods and nearly every other delicacy that
,ns season offers can be taken with impunity.
sNe old idea Of diet by which persons al
lowed themselves to eat everything that grew
over the ground on the theory that It would
MOI, make them stout while everything that
grew under the ground was forbidden has
long since been dsproved. That Is 100 liberal
n rule even 10 DO applied to the dishes OF
III, season. for peas should be eaten very
sparngly II at all. On the other hand bests
and potatoes are practically the only spring
vegetables that are forbidden. Asparagus.
airing beans, 'rhubarb. cucumbers and all
kinds OF salad can be taken with impunity,
and fruits that come In the summer are never
forbidden. Even sweet peaches and cherries
may be eaten. for the amount Of sugar In
them Is 50 small that no harm could be done
even to the strictest kind Of q dieter deter
mined to get OF the last possible pound.
But on the other hand. bananas, whioh
are very nearly as fattening As potatoes.
should be Stunned at all times. In tho winter.
when the scarcity Of fresh vegetables makes
canned corn and such substitutes necessary.
the lot Of the person who would avoid sugars
and starches is difficult. for seasoning Is given
10 preserved vegetables such as tomatoes.
corn and peas largely by means OF sugar.
cream and other ingredients harmful for one
aiming to become smaller. Macaroni. YER
course, not to be thought Of by the persons
stunning what Is fattening and equally TO
be avoided are hominy. rice and other similar
winter staple foods.
To illustrate tho treatment necessary
under given circumstances take an individual
case and see how the rule works. Suppose.
for instance. that a man who weighs 100
pounds feels that he would like within six
weeks, II possible. TO lose from twenty to
thirty superhuous pounds. This Is no severe
test Of the efficacy OF the reduction system.
because 1t has repeatedly been done without
any great hardship. The daily routine
must be begun with exercise and the systems
prescribed by physicians as well as men who
make a practice OF athletic development are
not exacting Half an hour a day. so long
As the exercise is Of the right character, will
do nearly all that Is needed to help the thirty
pounds along when they have been started
and are guided by a sensible diet.
One feature OF calisthenic exercises COM
monty misunderstood is the degree Of force
that should be put into them. Persons think
they can rise Enthusiastically, wave their
arms languidly through the air for certain
number Of times and then set about their
daily tasks with the consciousness that they
have gone through enough exercise for the
day As o. matter Of fact. athletic exercise
10 have any sort Of result must be Of an en-
tirely different kind. The old theory OF
relaxed muscles and mere regularity Of
movement has been superseded by one that
demands the most vigorous and energetic
action possible All possible force must be
nut into every movement OF the arms and
Of the body TO make the exercises effective
and to help TO take of superfuous flesh and
TO harden into healthy muscle what remains.
There are many healthful ex xercises. One
Ia so ef1cacious for persons attempting re-
dnction by diet that It is worth describing.
This consists In lifting the hands high over
the head and then swaying the body as rap
idly as possible from one side TO the other
until the tips Of the fingers come as near the
floor a. they can be mad TO reach. This
exercise apart from It's power TO take on
flesh is in a high degree healthful. and Is one
of the few physical treatments known to act
directly on the liver. Its regular use does
Ierson as much good as horseback riding
or a season at Carlsbad.
IL is the tendency OF all processes OF dieting
10 Increase the physical health OF the pa
tient. They all have certain points in COM
mon. One Of these demands that sugar
and starches shall be avoided This includes
pastry. and candy. Just as II includes bread
and hominy, and in this rule there is no safety
for person who endeavors to tenporize or
qualify One woman who dieted Tor two
months relgiously used to feel that she was
entitled at least once a week to eat sweets.
so she elected Sunday as q day In which 10
indulge this taste. Every Saturday alter
noon her husband brought her box OF candy
and the whole OF the next day she lived on
iced water and sweets. She also allowed her
self on theee occasions all the potatoes she
wanted TO eat and as result OF this diet
wa, about the same size at the end OF the
six months "a at the beginning. although
ths made great pretence Of strictness during
the week
II is not possible for any person TO lose
fesh under normal conditions II he eats bread
Of any description. potatoes or sugar In any
form. or takes alcohol to any extent All
the diet in the world will never reduce man
who continues TO drink as much as he wants
Sitting down to-day, for instance, at his dinner
the man who 10 dsvoting himself with the
greatest sincerity 10 diet may eat all the meats
ievants and oil the 1sh with the exception
{, salmon, which is commonly regarded as
fattening. although there seems to be no
particularly good ground f'r tho oehei.
He may eas asparagus, as much as he "ab's
Of II. spinach, string beans. radishes, cuc'iin-
ters. fresh horn. which Is rather fattening'
however and very limited amount OF spring
peas, which also have the same eNcct u
taken in any but very limited quantities
This is not a diet 90 make man shUer
and as good substitutes for bread are now
oNAred he may even dispense with the forma!
necessity Of doing entirely without II. The
SOUP IL sometimes forbidden on tho general
ground that anv liquid interferss II taken
While eating with tho process Of reduction
t.d tossibly that Is true TO a certain extent
J. IL imperative, under all circumstance
that drinking with meals be abandoned.
Some persons who hnve dietcd strictly have
wondered whv IN tho world they never get
thin. although they drank throe or Iour
glasses of leo vator for dinner and wound
W with a cup OF coffee At the utmost,
snss Q, claret taken pure without water
nay b. slowed II Is still better II nothing
l. drunk ~ meals. and this prlyation is only
fl' severely for few days. IT, IL dinlcult
g. 0rst to do without some accompanying
leverage, hut after 4 week its absence Is not