The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
JAPAN's FAT AND LEAN.
Methods Adopted to Throw Off or Gain
 Flesh.

Methods Adopted to Throw Off or Gain Flesh.
 l Should the lean American want to be-
 come fat, as the lean Japanese does, he
 is likely to find it difficult in such a city
 as New York. One of the chief features
 of the Japanese method of putting on
 flesh is to sleep outdoors with as little | this doctrine believe that the less cov-
 ering the body has the more it will seek
 to protect itself by the growth of fat. Tn Japan there is a saying that any fat man can become lean, and any lean
 man fat, if he really wants such a change of figure.
 Besides sleeping as lightly garmented
 as possible, the Japanese searcher for flesh sleeps a great deal. Ten twelve
 and even fourteen hours are none too
 much for him. In his waking hours he is to be kept amused Anxieties and thoughts of a serious nature are to be banished by the lively use of repartee and banter. For example, when he sits down to breakfast, he should never
 take up the morning paper to digest along with the meal. Instead, his wife should relate the latest joke she has
 heard, and in the place of asking him
 for money to buy some yards of this or
 that fabric, she should explain how she
 has been able to run the house under her allowance.
 When the lean explorer for fatness takes exercise, he should practice dis
 erect moderation. He should not exert himself too strenuously. Should he go
 walking, he should not run across
 streets and dodge cars and express
 wagonos. If the crossing is too con-
 gested, he should bide his time and try
 more unruffled fording place.
 When the fat man wants to become lean according to Japanese principles, he should not entirely reverse the plan
 of getting fat for he too should sleep as
 much as possible on top of his blankets. Even in rigorous weather, he should try to make himself think he is warm, though it might test the faith of a
 Christian Scientist to do so. Cold is believed to quicken the circulation, and
 thus carry off the waste more readily.
 But the fat man should sleep as little
 as possible. If he can cut his hours
 of sleep from eight to six or even five,
 he should make such a curtailment.
 When he exercises he should exert all
 the vigor he possesses. Should his wife desire to help him shrink, she should present him with bills. or announce oc- Fcasionally that she expects visit from
 her mother. The fat man should not
 fast. The stomach should be kept at
 work also, but with slowly diminish ing amount of food each day. Oily foods should be abandoned by the fat man wanting to shrink, just as they should be eaten in abundance by the man who wants more avoirdupois, It follows, therefore, that, according to these methods, either in Japan or America, the lean man trying to get fat has decided advantage over his fat rival who wants to get lean If the methods they adopt prove successful, the lean man has certainly the easiest victory. He has been taking life calm
 ly, enjoying his bed and board, and
 laughing at the jokes of hs friends.
 The fat man, on the contrary, has been
 toiing way as he never toiled before, has fretted over new anxieties, has been routed out of bed when slumber was