The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

see. | seen Mrs Murphy talkin. over
y the fence to the Flytns about ~ u e, III
Mary when she appeared wa q rerspir-
n ing freely, having been for q three mia
tramp. Finncgail frowned, reducing his
wife to teuis. s33s5 il II a
I ION, Jim, II don't care to ride any
n,orel6 she broke out. 81 can't, get
enough exercise IL drive the phaeton'
is what dye want Of exercised said
H her husband 4. mo wife OF mine shall
walk her feet or while / cnn afford to
\ pny for a horse, They'll think q I'm !,
stingY Ii Sye 60 nbout maxim w show y. 81
Serself like this. Don't be $50 foolish
no use my opposin jim. he too fond
( of me- Besides, walkin' does tire me out 7
4 Terrible and i l,nte IT, think Ill get
n d set Of pulley weights i've read about
5nr.d work FatS'cin In my room. 4 4 ey DO
say they're good for reducn, flesh.
455i.,Ye do be ii fool KILN yersif with
4 nonsense, but II We want to nuke work
where's none to DO found why go on
with yc,"' said Mrs. Dunn. IS 81
q So every day after that during her
4 husband $ absence, Mrs. Fnncgnn toled
and sweated over her chest weights.
She read the health md beauty recipes
In the Sunday papers rcligiously, and
II often before going to bed her mother
would wnddle Into her daughters room
n to find the massive form OF Mrs. James
7 r. Tinnegan balanced upon q chair, or
standing on tiptoe, painfully extending
one foot after the other in the ridiculous
method prescribed BY fygienists.
Mr. Finncgnns wrath when he dis.
covered what was happening was voiced
with scorn. tyl6F5$ 5 5it 81 y. l5l. ,i Z!
what dye mean by ir1nliin' a tonltool
OF yourself this way he asked.
i Haven't l seen cnough..sof circus girls
/ not to want me own wife to be one of
them? Awoman's place is in the homo.
she should be tho Jewel Of that home
and give comfort and peace, no hoppin'
round half dressed on one foot like 2
hen with her head cut off y ;s S
..I3ut, Jim, it's only to reduce my TO
jtuntlity!fscried the suffering S{JgS
TITS reducinS your dignity: to be 70
monkey on, a Stick he answered
"a. IN her despair Mrs; Finnegan next re-
sorted to n the patent medicines which
promise to cure corpulencc. \ She bought
every new remedy that was advertised,
and as the nostrums Increased IN NUM-
Der the practice could not long. be hidden
from her observnnt hus band 3{SfS
What's this dozen bottles Of getthyn.
mean, NJ ~? 8 I'd E 81 n,
mr. said his wife, b. to-d day. I weighed
1nyself.sa thing ] hate to do worse than
goi1, to- the dentist, B and M what I'd We
think i make 1t ?' X IA AZ I'M #
Iow much RI he inquired anxiously.
THREE hundred and thirty four pounds,
so help me Y rs iS,
good, comfortable weight for a woman
4 Of your size, darlint. Don't be slamed
Of it.BS lisa thing to glory in. The
m ore Il of We "A there is for me to love
the more Il love We But one thing "a
D we've been after takin' all this antl-iat
4 poison OH the sly and I'm afraid OF your
Shasit, i, sfg yIes have no idea how dangerous
some OF these patent medicines es-
ss,5s,e4,sll Y the one Tor fat. Or Robins,
inc indian snake doctor, says the VIZ. way
they ent through the Il flesh and bone %
is something terrible. Now. the only
thing for yei to do, the harms ben' done,
As to onset 1t by takin' a course Of anti
lean for, a antidote.. II buy ye a case
this afternoon.
with Mrs. Finnegan's body now chnl-
#lenging her5mother's IN size exertion OF
any kind became more and more arduous
sFtnnegan, to spare her the climbing Of
the stairs. moved into first floor fiat.
AIary's fight for q figure had slightly