Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-03
THE LIVER LECTURE FAD
Latest Diversion In London For
 the Overfed.
aoVBL DEPARTURE TO BE MADE.

HEay1afr Invited by We'll Known SO- ctety Woman to Hear Problem of s'De We Hat Too Muchg Discussed. Crusade to Be Started Against De- coIIete Costumes.
 "Do we eat too muchY is the query that has recently been disputing honoTs with tariff proposals as the burning question of the hour in London, says the New York Herald
 The newspapers have been full of let fers on the topic, and 1t is subject of frequent reference at all the music halls and at some theaters.
 Barrie with his Little Mary set the ball rolling, and Pinero with his high tea proposals gave 1t an extra fllip. The kings name has been utilized by those people who claim that English men and also Englishwomen do eat too much, and 1t is asserted that ever since his return from Marienbad his majesty has been strictly limiting his diet, with the result that he looks in better health than for years past.
 Some of the fashionable doctors, ever prompt to study fads of the moment, ehava laid down the axiom, Drink little and eat less" Now it is announced that a novel depark-e is to be made in Lon- ,Alcn this winter.
 In connection with this crusade a well known woman resident in Mayfair intends to entertain her friends in an Aorigtnal way. On eight consecutive Wednesdays eight different medical men are to ,4Ilver 'liver lecture" at her house in Mayfair 1t is hoped by this course to induce west end men and women to abandon the habit of ovet eating.
 ssYear by year." says this woman. whose social standing is vouched for hy that well known writer on society topics, Marmaduke, dozens of my friends come to me in July and tell me they are on the eve of leaving for Hom- burg to be treated for indigestion con- kracted by months of eating in excess" "
 sswere one of them to come and con fess that he or she was about to go to m inebriates' home to recover from the consequences of drinking in excess I should be shocked, and probably the man or woman who made the confes- sion would blush and ask me to keep the matter secret. There Is much less i drinking in the west end now than there was even ten years ago, espe- cialiy among men, but the habit of having luncheons and dinners at res kaurants has certainly increased the numbers of those who eat in excess.
 1.-The philanthropist goes to the east end and warns the poor against the consequences of drink. He gives them lectures with magic lanterns showing what spirits do and circulates teetotal tracts by hundreds of thousands. shall be a missionary in Mayfair. Pic cadilly wants philanthropists. The Nich shall be reclaimed. Inconsistency s inexcusable.
 @I go to the theater," continues this missionary, land see ballet girls on the stage either in very short skirts or dressed as boys. Were one of those girls to walk in the streets in either costume the police would hurry her off 10 the police station. go to dinner. and all the women have barred shoul- I1ers, barred arms and half barred backs. Were one of them to call on me in the afternoon in that condition most of my visitors would be shocked, and all would certainly tell the town that this lady was mad.
 Either short skirts and boys cloth Ing and bared shoulders and backs ara Mnbec0ming or they are not They cannot be proper in one place and at s certain period os the day and improper at other hours.
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