The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-09-26
HOW TO LOSE TEN
POUNDS OF FLESH.

POUNDS OF FLESH.
Marian Martineau in Chicago Trloune'
The summer girl invariably comes
home ten pounds to heavy.
She went away in good shape, but
she returned with a waist line that was
too fun. an arm that was too heavy a
leo that was ungraceful and carriage
bich said, You are over your
weight"
Now TO be overweight is not an ac-
+ual crime-or Christians would not be
far But it is certainly bad taste to be
fat. and it is certainly destructive to
beauty. if not to health.
Fat is never graceful and the woman
or the girl who allows herself to gain
a mound when she is already the right
weight makes the mistake of her lie.
Instead of gaining, she should lose a
little. for all the beauty experts VIII
tell you that it is better to be niue
too thin than a little too fat.
The thin girl has many resources. In
these DAYS of blouse waists, of waists
that can bag here. or bag there, or
show fullness at almost any spot, one
does not need TO be stout to look well.
and the thin girl has all the argu-
ments in her favor.
Put the fat woman, What can she
do2 How can she manage? Dress as
she will select her colors as she may,
nut on this gown or thar gown, she
viii always look the same Nothing Is
ever stylish upon her: and she might
as well wear sackcloth and ashes as
taffeta and velvet.
The woman who is overweight is eX-
tremelv uncomfortable. Watch her go
unstairs il you doubt this. See how
she puffs and in what a GREATNESS state
she arrives at the top. And see her
walk, Note how she lumbers along,
red in the face from the eXertion and
making motions which are nothing II
not elephantine.
If fat were a disease it would be bad
enough. and then no one would smile.
for the poor victim would be an object
Of pity and sympathy. But fat is
nothing of the kind. On the contrary.
il is an index Of ones own habits. an
unfa Hing sign OF the way. in which one
Fat a Matter Of Habit
Take two sisters. one thin and the
other fat. The fat sister loves choco-
late and cocoa and is fond of drinking
cold water. She likes to lie in bed in
as when stretched upon the couch with
a book in her hand and box Of candy
on the table by her side. She dotes on
sweet things, and though she may be
fond Of acids and salads, she eats en-
tirely too freely of them. She, in fact,
eats a little too much of everything.
She is fond of her stomach and in
dulges it to her own great detriment.
With the thin girl it is different. She
does not care for hot breads nor Tor
puddings She prefers an orange for
dessert and she thinks a pear is much
better eating than dish of ice cream
She is up early in the morning, and
when she reads. she sits up instead OF
lolling. She is always ready to run up
and down stairs and it is easy to send
her on an err2nd. She likes to walk.
Such are the relative habits of the
thin and the fat. and the result is
shown in the relative bulk Of each.
The girl who has gained ten pounds
during the summer time is now brought
to point when she must lose her
flesh for her waist line is spoiled. 1t
is too high by an inch and too big
around by another inch. 1t is a pity
she cannot reduce by tight lacing, but
little experience viii show the abso-
lutte fUtil;ty 0f this.
The girl who wants to take off her
extra ten pounds must begin by diet
ing. She must take toast and tea for
her brea kfast, chops and toast and
tea Cor her dinner. and fruit and toast
Tor her supper When she goes to bed
She must eat fruit. as much of it as
possible sitting up in bed to devour
the eXtrY Dear. the peach and the plum
which she has put away for this same
purpose. If she cannot get fresh fruit
she can eat old-fashioned prunes and
the sourest of apple sauce.
Much Exercise Is Required.
As for daily exercise. here she must
come out strong. She must exercise
every day and several times a day.
Three hours a day is net too long a
time for the girl 10 exercise who has
been away for the summer, and she
VIII find that her life out of doors has
only fitted her for good work in the
home gymnasium.
The girl who is going to lose weight
must put on a loose corset. with half
the bones pulled out, and string that
is slack. And she must don a gy1nna-
SUM dress. This can be in the shape
OF Knockers and blouse. or she can put
ON little skirt and blouse. An old
thing suit makes a nice gymnasium
suit, for it is easy and is pretty sure to
De well nodded to the figure
ln this the girl who is going TO reduce
her weight can try her stunts. She
must stand up in the middle of the
moor and bend and twist. She must
pehd forward and bend backwards,
must bend sideways. and all other
ways. managing to exercise every mus
Gle Of the body.
she must stand upon one foot and
,Ihen upon the other, so as TO swing her
lesS freely: and she must be sure that
SShe mas exercised the muscles OF the
Knees the elbows and the hips.
Deep Breathing Most Important.
But the most important Of all eyer
Uses Is that Of deep breathing. and it
Should be practiced along with the 9TH
~ stunts. This deep breathing move-
iIlel!l is accomplished by the simple ex-
l5euleni of taking d long breath and
Yep breath. You can tell by laying
oouf hand upon your abdomen wheth-
Sou are breathing deeply or not The
5aDUoihen should rise and fall as the
LBS are inflated and as they dis
10, -, re their burden Of air.
ne habit of deep breathing is one
Id Id grows on person, and she who
t tlles 1t win speedily become accus-
TONED to it.
IHey say we are in the habit of
-, I'd ,,hlng with only small portion of
eHe lungs, and many people do MOI