The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-10
'tting Thin Quickly as Set Forth by Marion Martineau.
Exercise and Diet for the Double Chinned Woman Whose Arms Are
Heavy and Whose Wide Hips Mar the Contour of Her Figure.
f Her Figure.

matter OF habit. ard one soon learns -
20 without hem. Begin by emitting the
/ cream. Then, after a few days. omi; tire
sugar. In its place use sliced canned
peaches. or sliced fresh ranges. II is
wonderful how good the cereal will taste
without either su-a: or cream. when one
becomes accustomed to it.
FOODS To BE EATEN FREELY.
Foods that can he taken freely are
white meats. chicken. all kinds of gsrna
cooked without rat. all lean chops and
all white fish. Toasted bread. mullins.
taken with salt instead Of butter. ard thu
heart OF Il baked potato can also be eaten
So. the one who is reducing will find that
| a very liberal diet is allowed.
In the matter OF drink there are more
restrictions. FOR the one who reduces must
not take milk. must not drink COFFEE,
must not taae cream in tea. and must not
indulge in drinks Of any kind during the
meals. or If drink he r.Is;, let one cup
| suffice.
The time when the reduction patient is
allowed 10 drink is between meals. But
even during this time he must drink
sparingly. At the table he can haze Il
cup OF very weak tea. but only one. And
IN the middle OF the afternoon a glass o.
Nater- But nothing else.
Water is very necessary to the welfare
OF the system But the woman who IS
anxious to become a light weight must
depend upon the acids OF fruit. upon
grape juice. upon celery. and upon other
watery foods for the moisture which her
system Graves. She will never become
thin II she drinks all she wants.
Fat people are always great drinkcrs
They need a glass Of water every few
minutes. and they are pretty apt to take
IT. At the table they drink Il full glass of
water and before retiring at night they
also take plenty of water. It is a habit
and for them a very harmful one. Fat il
peculiar. It comes without the asking and
it goes without reluctance.
Fight fat conscientiously and constantly
il sou would be thin. Keep on fighting
II and, in the end, You will win.
LETTERS AND THEIR ANSWERS.
Mrs. J.-kindly give me a skin food
Cor fattening the face and neck
A skin food for this purpose is made
OF some sort OF animal fat. mutton tai
low is best.
Take the pure talicw and thin it tn
the conscience of cream by stirring the
oil of sweet almonds into it. Scent with
some agreeable perfume.
Mrs. Yin my girlhood my grand
mother had a very excellent preparation
which she called camphor ice. It IVES
good for chapped lips. She made It her
self. Can you give me the recipe for il:
Old fashioned canphor ice 10 made BIZ
taking the pure oil of mutton and heat
ing 1t in . basin over hot water.
When liquid it was scented with a few
drops Of camphor. It was then poured
into a wide mouthed jar and allowed 10
harden.
Ellen Hwy old southern servant for
many years made = sweet clover cold
cream. When she died the secret died with
her. though 1 have often wanted to make
the cream again.
Sweet clover cream was made from
either pure lard oil or pure mutton oil.
the latter being the pleasantest to
a spris of sweet clover was allowed to
lie in f.
II was finally scented with . few drops
empty egg shells which were tied with
ribbons and hung from the dresser.
Debutant-My hands are very rough
oAA - "a kiSbBh = NnA0 lto bS1S "a NoGG vi
them. I never go out without EiovSs, yet
II you were to see my hands, you would
say that I did hard work all the time with
them. They are 90 dry they almost crack
At night rub your hands over q IRE.
m~assasing red vaseline into them. When
washing your hands be sure to rinse OF
all the soap and. after each washing. rub
in a little vaseline no bigger than a pea
Miss THANK you for recommending a
paste for my hands. They were in a
horrible state, all colors. I spent with
my hands in gloves filed with this paste
three nights and they are now smooth
and well again.
Western Woman-Is there any way to
keep the face nice in cold weather?
Yes. Pu: on plenty Of cold cream and
over this apply all the powder possible.
Brush III the superfiuous powder. This
will protect your face In the biting blasts.