The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-26

my weight.
Nearly all Of my advisers said l must
cut out sweets and potatoes, and for six
months didn't eat candy, sugar, potatoes
or bread. This was the longest period OF
treatment l tried.
People told me to cut out all starchy
foods, and when had gone over the menu
card found that must not eat sweets,
sugar, potatoes, pie, pastry, beans. peas,
macaroni spaghetti, corn OF any kind OF
cream soups. Thin soups were barred
because / must not drink with my meals.
Toe cream and oil desserts were barred.
when investigated the dishes could
eat found my diet restricted TO lean meats
dry toast and crackers, without anything
to drink, This eemed bad enough, but
conscientiously adhered to this diet for
weeks and weeks until hated the sight
or smell OF meat.
After nearly three months Of this diet
weighed myself, and instead OF $50 pounds
tipped the scales at 227. This showed the
theory was possibly correct, but the treat
IN mt u too heroic to be followed long with
such poor results
Then tried the anti-fat remedy sug-
gested by the physicians to the Kaiser,
that Of drinking great quantities OF tea.
The KAlseT's doctors said that his Majesty
should drink very hot tea at 8 In the morn
ing at II O'Clock, at O'Clock, at 4 O'Clock,
at I O'Clock and at 0 o'clock at night.
The theory Of this was that the Chinese,
always fond Of great quantities OF tea,
were VIGOROUSLY thin, and II was believed
by the Khiser's doctors that tea would
remove fat ] tried this method for three
81 bad an aIoohol hurnar IN NV ofBoa
and mad tea every two or there hours.
! drank Il as directed, without sugar or
milk. Al the end Of three weeks / under
stood why the Kaiser stopped the treatment
because Of stomach trouble.
The next fool scheme / tried was sug-
gested by a New York doctor who pre-
tended to have aided a society woman to
reduce her weight by drinking buttermilk.
Some Of my clipping said that actors often
reduced weight by drinking buttermilk.
$50 / drank buttermilk. swallowed
buckets Of II in the course Of month, and
grew 20 much stouteT that all my friends
bel gan 70 speak Of fatty de generation, and 30
sSome individual out in Wisconsin gained
notoriety by advocating a diet Of beef and
spinach for obesity. / tried the beef and
spinnch method for nearly a month, until
the butcher In the nelghborhood be gan to
send me great quantities wit bout any order
for them every day. As / was getting
discontinued the diet.
Another doctor went into print and said
that the secret Of getting thin was 10 eat
all food cold No hot meals were allowed.
tried this, suffered from indigestion, and
gave Il up.
Then a Cincinnati doctor rushed into
print and said that.to get thin II was only
necessary thoroughly TO mastoate all
food One could eat anything he said,
provided the food was chewed until IL
slipped unconsciously down your throat.
4 began TO eat anything, chewed and
chewed until my jaw muscles were hard
as rocks, and yet it made no difference
whsteve
'Discourag god with the results Of dieting,
picked up with pleasure an interview
with a Chicago physician who said that
food was Of small consequence In weight
reducing and that the best and only sure
method was 10 give the lungs plenty Of
fresh air.
His srgumSht was that fresh air would
expand the lungs and keep all organs from
becoming torpid and inactive. Laziness,
he said, caused fat. Fresh air prevented
Il. | slept most Of one summer in the
open cir on a veranda, and the only thing
! accomplished was TO contract several
bad colds.
'Melbas press agent gave out a story
that the singer reduced her weight by