The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-09

person could Withstand the assaults Of all
OF these different agencies. -.
There il a method of reducing which is
confined 10 the debutante or the matron
who has not already become too stout. II
is called the fifteen minute exercise n II
was invented for the beautiful Czarina, who
in spite Of rumors 10 the contrary, is very
fond Of her appearance. IL consists OF
doing light gymnastics each morning.
The idea is 10 rise at q O'Clock and 10
slip on a short skirt and a pair of shoes
without heels. This gives one a chance 20
exercise the feet.
Then there are some arm exercises which
keep down the weight of the shoulders.
These are followed by exercise of the waist
Finally there comes exercise with the feet
and legs.
This takes just half an hour, after which
the one who has been exercising may go
tn he'd and finish out the night, for it is
now only $50 O'Clock.
AT one time, about a year ago, there
was a frenzy in London to get thin, but
very few women hanged to reduce. IL took
a wise old Viennese to help them out.
An American woman was one of those
h wanted to get thin and couldn't.
Reduce me, said she to the Vienna
expert, and l will give you a whole steel
mine
The old flesh scientist looked at her and
muttered: Too much to drink Then he
shut down upon all liquids o; any kind at
meals or for two hours afterward.
ks"He also forbade anything in the way
Of sweets or sours.
when he had been thus strenuous he
brought out his own particular invention
which he called the Victoria.
1t ia said TO have been tried by Queen
Victoria in the days when she first found
herself growing fat. She was little more
was the trouble which caused her to consult
the Viennese specialist.
1T was a little eXerciser, consisting of
a piece OF rubber half al long as a skip
ping rope, with a handle on each end. This
was to be held in the hands whileo one danced.
IL was one Of those things which had some
vogue during the aerial days Of B%onfanti
when every woman wanted to be a. grace
ful as this wonderful dancer.
THE exerciser worked in the case Of
Queen Victoria, for upon the death Of
Albert she was still a slim and graceful
woman, though past 40. But after his death
she did not care how she looked and she
became squat.
Il am always inventing new and enter
tanning methods for reducing thew weight.
The ~favorite is the c~ross-country exer-
else, but il is hard to make women think
they can spare the time.
1T really takes "a week away from the
city to get any benefit. Usually our
patient on her return celebrates the oc-
casion with a banquet, which puts the fat
back on ner faster thar sne TOOK II on.
"The Lillian Russell handball game is
a great thing. Miss Russell is also care
full of her diet. She takes little or moth
ing 10 eat beyond her absolute needs.
Other women, looking at her, say, How
~lovely!' They little know the self-denial
Which leads 10 all this loneliness.
"She is a woman who thinks OF her looks
first. last and all the time while eating
I have a woman patient whose weight j.
kept down though she eats a rarehit every
night, and | nave another who likes duck
at noon and a hearty dinner at night and
who invariably winds UP the day with a
cream cheese sandwich"