Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
MORE BEAUTY DoNT'S.
But Only Intended for the Too Plump
LADY,
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Don't become too stout. Although plump.
ness of contour is by no means unbecoms
ing, corpulence is thing to be avoided.
Don't suppose that you can over-indulge
in fattening foods and take little exercise
and yet keep delicate proportions.
Don't devote less than two hours daily
to exercise-either taken In the form OF
housework. or in riding, golfing walking.
And one who has a tendency to stoutness
can keep the fiend obesity at bay by enter
ing heartily into outdoor pastimes.
Don't think any kind of exercise, taken
in any kind of way, is going to help mat
tiers. Exercise. to be valuable, must b
moderate. systematic and habitual
Don't think that because you are forty
and fair you also be fat. and that nature
has laid down law that women shall ac-
cumulate layers with years. like a magnolia
or any other tree
Don't settle down calmly and without q
struggle into middle age solidity.
Don't say you had rather keep the too
abundant flesh you have than exert your.
self to try cure.
Don't forget that superfuous flesh is the
first sign of physical degeneration. tho
clogging of energies within and the film
upon the fine steel of mental keenness.
Don't look for fair pure complexion re-
Elected from your mirror if you have moro
flesh than belongs to you; you will see q
purplish. pasty tinge in the cheeks.
Don't let fat accumulate about the hips
the very worst place-for il not only dis
figures the gait but clogs the breathing By
impeding the diaphram in its movements
Don't wear tight bandages and try in
that way to appear like a sylph; to fight
off fat with elastic bands only makes doc
tors grow richer.
Don't fly to 'banting" for relief If flesh
is blurring the clear lines of the face and
celebrating the figure Take not less food.
but less drink. less Sleep more exercise and
more cold water baths.
Don't eat less. but avoid highly seasoned
food. all thick soups, pork. veal. sardines.
potatoes. peas corn. macaroni, rice, fried
food of every description and pastry
Don't take food and drink too hot In
Paris the new theory for preventing obesi-
ty is to take. the food cold-cold meats. cold
vegetables, cold tea cold buildings, with
salads and plenty of fruit and nuts
Don't adopt diet of vinegar or lemoa
juice and expect to look as 1.-THE as hero.
inc of romance and be as lissome as q
wand. You may reach this beatific condi-
tion but your health will be ruined.
Don't be content with a daily cold sponge
bath: it is not sufficient A douche is bet
ter a swim in cold water. followed by
brisk friction with crash towels.
Don't spend your days and nights in close,
unventilated rooms.
Don't purchase leanness by sleepless
nights, capricious appetites and a condition
nearly approaching hysteria, and waste
nerves along with tissues.
Don't hesitate to sQuander a penny I'm
testing your weight now and then in order
to keep track of flesh. Any deviation from
the right weight. either over or under by
three pounds. should receive immediate cor.
rection.
Don't forget that Napoleon lost his bat
ties when he grew corpulent and fat-w itted
by comparison with the lean. ambitious cor
poral of Toulon.
Don't, however. try to get so thin that
you are evanescent. sprituelle. unpredica-
BILE, a fragile melting thing that fits, how
ers, floats. shippers and vanishes.