Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-12-19
TAE VANISHING ~ POUNDS.
Rules for the Woman Who Thinks
Herself Too Fat
{ New York SUM-

{ New York SUM-
1t is a pity that any woman should
be unduly fat, uni. she desires to
be so. overstoutness is unhealthful,
1t is uncomfortable, it hurts good
looks and it is unnecessary. Numerous
examples exist OF women who have
been fat and have taken or fifty
pounds, and there are countless cases
Of women, past middle life who retain
the graceful figure Of girlhood.
II is the way of living and the habits
that cause fat to come. You can
build yourself up or you can reduce.
and the beauty Of II is that II takes
very little time to do either. The
woman who is too thin can add nearly
ten pounds to her weight In three
weeks, while the woman who Is too
fat can take off ten pounds in the
same length of time.
Now. here are some rules for the
woman who wants TO get thin:
Eat fruit before you go to bed. all
you can, choosing figs, prunes or
apples.
Do not lie in bed more than seven
hours. Either go to bed late OF get
up early but let seven hours be the
limit
DO not drink over one cup Of tea,
coffee or water at each meal and do
not have either tea or coffee very
sweet. One cup must suffice. no mat
ter how much you may want another,
For breakfast take nothing but
dry toast. r'ut a little salt on 1t In.
stead Of butter. Eat three slices OF
toast If you please, but only one cup
of coffee
Do your own marketing and your
own shopping and your own sight
seeing. Three hours is not too long
to rpond in walking Don't sit down,
but keep moving
Have your feet in good condition,
for the fat woman who has trouble
with her feet might as well have no
feet so far as exercise is concerned
She cannot walk.
Don't wear tight clothing for tight
bands tight lacings and tight collars
keep the fat firm and it is impossible
to exercise when the muscles are
tightly banded or bound down.
Don't have ailments. although fai
people are very apt to have many
aches and pains. Forget them ant
remember only that you are going e
grow thin.
Don't. when walking, try to weal
high heels for high heels injure thu
feet and make them ache so that 1
will soon be impossible to do the re
quired amount Of walking In order L
get thin.
For the second meal take meat.
you prefer to do so; otherwise live ol
vegetables and try TO cultivate tast
for all the nice green salads OF tn
day.
Eat all the fruits, all the vegetables
all the green things you can get. bu
do not drink a deal OF water Will
eating and do not take bread an
butter.
Avoid sauces Avoid starchy foods
Avoid the made dishes which are th
delight OF the stout people.
\ The prizehghters, who must kee
J, TO a certain weight, diet. but not
y an uncomfortable manner. They eI
= enormously and partake Of a great VI
riety in food but they drink no stiml
n lants and they eat no great contrast
q In food. They do not take vinega
and cream at the same meal, nor q
y they partake OF the mixtures whic
are a daily part of'nearly every hous'
hold menu.
n Arctic explorers grow very thiI
Yet all have had all that could B
eaten of good food, three, four an
u five times a day. But II is compresse
, food. IL was a food that had no fatt
substance In II. Il was food that wa
not made for the putting on OF u
and the tickling OF the palate, but 4
the nourishment OF the body and n
preservation OF the health.
Exercise is vast thing In N
scheme OF reduction. II the fat W
man would buy pair OF pajamas an
a football and would turn herself inl
a vigorous kicker she would SOC
transform herself from a fat woma
a into very thin one. II she wou
reHgiously kick every evening from
until IL and every morning from
II she would lose flesh, and lose
very rapidly.