The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-12-10
The LIVER LECTURE FAD
Latest DiversiOts in London For
the Overfed.
NOVEL DEPARTURE TO BE MADE.

Mayfair Invited by Well Known So
ciety Woman to Hear Problem of
Crusade to BE Started Against De-
cOIlete Costumes.
"Do we eat too muchY is the query
that has recently been diSputing honors
with tariff proposals as the burning
question Of the hour in London, says
the New York Herald. Rs
The newspapers have been full Of let
tiers on the topic, and it is subject of
frequent reference at all the musie
halls and at some theaters.
Barrie with his Little Mary set the
ball rolling. and Pinero with his high
tea proposals gave it an extra FLIP.
The kings name has been utilized by
those people who Maim that English
men and also Englishwomen do eat too
much. and it is asserted that ever since
his return sfrom 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.
have laid down the axiom, Drink little
and eat less" Now it is announced that
q novel departure is to be made In Lon
don this winter.
In connection with this crusade
well known woman resident in Mayfair
intends to entertain her friends in an
original way. On eight consecutive
Wednesdays eight different medical
men are to deliver 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 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 to me in July and tell me
they are ON the eve of leaving for HON.
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 sac was about to go to
an 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-
81 would h1r1ch and ocl f0 loon
the matter secret. There is much 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.
1.-THE phiianthropist goes to the east
end and warns the poor against the
of drink. He gives them
lectures with magic lanterns showing
what spirits do and circulates teetotal
tracts by hundreds of thousands.
shall be missionary in Mayfair. Pic
cadilly wants philanthropists. The
rich shall be reclaimed. Inconsistency
ig inexcusable.
81 go to the theater." continues this
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
to the police station. l go to dinner
and all the women have barred shout
bo ho I,or
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 barred shoulders and backs are.