The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-12-11
THE LIVER LECTURE FAD
Latest Diversion In London r For
the Overfed.
NOVEL DEPARTURE TO BE MADE.
Mayfair Invited by Well known So
ciety Woman ia Henr Problem of
sDo We Eat Too Nucbf'' Discussed.
Crusade 10 Be started Against De-
collete Costumes.


coIIete Costumes.
do we eat too much:" is the query
that has recently been disputing honors
with tariff proposals Us the burning
question OF the hour in London, says
the New York Herald.
The newspapers have been full of let
tiers on the topic. and il is subject of
frequent reference at all the music
halls aud at some theaiers.
Barrie with his Little Mary set the
ball rolling. and Pinero with his high
tea proposals gave il an extra fillip.
The kings name has been utilized by
those people who claim that English
men and also Englishwomen do eat too
much. and IL Is asserted that ever since
his return from Marienbad his jesty
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.
have laid down the axiom. Drink little
and eat less" Now 1t is announced that
a novel departure is TO be made In Lon
| don this winter.
In connection with this crusade
| we'll known woman resident in Mayfair
intends 10 entertain her friends in an
| original way On eight consecutive
| Wednesdays eight different medical
men are 10 deliver liver lecture at
her house in Mayfair. IL Is hoped by
this course 10 induce west end men and
| women to abandon the habit of over
eating.
Year by year." says this woman.
whose social standing Is vouched for
by that well known writer on society
topics. Marmaduke. dozens Of my
friends come 10 me in July and tell me
they are OIL the eve of leaving for Honi-
burg to be treated for indigestion con-
tracted by months OF eating In excess.
Were one OF them TO come and con
fess that he or she was about 10 go TO
an inebriates' home TO recover from
The Consequences of drinking In excess
| should be shocked. and probably the
man or woman who made the confes-
sion would blush and ask ~ to keep
the matter secret. Theirs lyhch less
drinking in the west end now than
there was even ten years ago. espe-
cially among men. but the habit OF
having luncheons and dinners at res
taurants has certainly Increased the
| numbers OF those who eat In excess.
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 teetota
tracts by hundreds OF thousands.
shall be a missionary In Mayfair. Pie
cadilly wants philanthropists. The
rich shall he reclaimed. Inconsistency
is inexcusable.
Il 20 to the theater." continues th:;
missionary. ''and see ballet girls OF
the stage either in very short skirts oil
dressed as boys. Were one OF thost
girls to walk In the streets In either
costume the police would hurry her of
TO the police station go TO dinner
| and all the women have barred shoul
dcrs. barred arms and half barred backs
Were one OF them TO call on me in tn,
AFTERNOON in that condition most OF m,
visitors would be shocked. and al
would certainly tell the town that thii
lady WAS mad.
Either short skirts and boys cloth
ing and barred shoulders and backs ar
unbPcoming or they are not The,
cannot be proper in one place and at |
certain period Of the day and imprope
ut other hours.
But custom regulates costume. yol
say II. however does not regulat
-on~cipIIce-at least il should not. Eas
mi men hnd women cannot under
. | stand our west end costumes for even
"a. wear. They shock them. Just Il
, WeSi end people 10 to The east end an
,rcach against inioxicaiion. so Wi
bring east end orators Ia my Wednes
| lay rr,rplinns io preach against vcs
| rnJl Inconsistencies. Reform. like chaI
: ity. should lr;sin NJ home"
II this missionary persists in her In
trntions. there will lE. considerable eS
| ,itcnpnt in Alayf fair this winter.