The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-07

fat woman who learns not to relax her abdominal muscles but Co make them firm and scli-supporting, not Go throw herself back from the waist, but to lower her shoulders and throw them back while keeping her chest out and her spine straight will diminish her apparent size phcnomcnally even i' she doesn't lose a pound of flesh.
 An abdominal exercise strongly rec commended by every teacher of physi- cal culture is said Co be a sure reducc' ii one has the energy Co do it regular ly and persistcntly lt consists m g- ing lat on the floor face downward with the arms folded, then raising the body from the floor on the elbows and tips of the toes. One can do it only a few times. at first. but as the muscles strengthen. it can be done from ten to twenty times with rests between.
 Diet is even more important than exercise in flesh reduction and there are few persons who yin persist in it faithfully The fac woman usually has a taste for thc very articles of diet that are flesh producing and either will not give them up at all or diet' inconsistcntly and spaSmodically
 Many of thc famous deSh-rcducing systems demand strenuous dieting Bauting allowed only about fifteen ounces oi meat or fish a day, a very few vegetables and no milk, sugar bread etc. The Saulsbury method gives a diet oi chopped beef very rare. and a little stale bread with very hot water an hour before each meal This system is rapid. but SO severe that u0 one Is likely Co keep it up for long ai a tune. save in desperate emergencies.
 The most practical system oi diet IS one that while not vigorous enough Co be very trying is rational and. in che long run. cffcctu7l a sensible diet that can bc kept up indefinitely without great privltion Such a diet IS an ca,N matter in the summer. for few summer dcic1cics need bc black'istcd Nature doesn't crave heavy starchy and sweet food in hot weather. and thc things for which the average woman longs in summer are thc things thc fac woman may have without infringing upon diet rules.
 Bread must be positively given up. Sugar must follow This shuts of buildings. pies. candies aud uuiortun- ltcy ice cream Potatoes are iorhil- den and little milk and cream are de- sirlhic Liquor must be left out abSo- utcly Physicians agree that beer. champagne. cocktails; m fact. 7il alcoholic drinks. some white cor o'd wine m very small quantities. are 'a' producers. and that their use can ncu- tr3li1c any reducing dict Water must not be drunk during meals. nor until an hour after meals
 There is. according Co a fair conccn- ,us oi medical opinion. thc whole body 1i che reduction law and gospel In. jivi1uli doctors give individual touchc, fo che regime. hw upon that hct. with proper exercise. che i1t wo man is bound to lose flesh in s1tisilc tory fashion The process Is very for miilblc
 NU meats. alI fish except salmon. arc permissible.
 MI oi thc summer vegetables except potatoes may be eaten. Salads. mel on,. fruit, are allowed
 Going without bread seem, Co be thc hardest feature oi che diet for most women, and thc ordinary woman usu- ally misses her sweets; but Che latter longing q, usually conquered iu a shor. time. and che general health Is sure Co benefit by this feature oi che rcduc- tiou regime.
 Copiou, draughts oi hot water be- tween meals are an excellent anti-iat measure
 Above au regularity. and persistence are essential The woman who diets strcnuou,y for three days and has am orgy oi pie and ice cream on Che fourth need not expect Co Toe obliged to take picat, iu her wristbands