Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-13
Regime for the Thin Woman.

Contrary to the accepted idea, the path
of the thin woman in her effort to gain
avoirdupois Is strewn with roses, for all
she must do to put flesh on is to take life
easily, stop worrying and eat all the good
things that she longs for. In fact. for the
woman who has time to give up to 1t the
training is one of great luxury, except in
the case of the one with whom the condi-
ton is temperaTnental.
For in many cases the thin woman is the
nervous one. she who carries not only her
own burdens. but those of, all about her.
She worries and hurries and doesn't give
herself time to put an ounce of flesh on
her bones. and If by chance during the
long summer vacation she. added a few
pounds of arordupois she is now wearing
it off in a mad effort to get her wardrobe
ready for fall. in moving or bothering her
head about the domestic problem.
First of ALL the thin woman who wants
to gain flesh must stop worrying. She
must eat little and often and drink milk be-
| tween meals and at bedtime. Fruit in
quantities must be part of the daily diet,
cereals, starchy and sweet vegetables,
Irish and sweet potatoes, peas. corn and
beans and salads of all sorts. not to men,
ton bisque and cream soups.
Hot wafer should be taken morning and
night and hot, not boiled. milk in the same
manner
Every day of her life the thin woman
should take a warm or hot bath at night.
and if possible a Turkish vapor bath
once a week. If after hot bath when the
flesh is still warm emollient cream is
massaged into the skin it will be fed ac-
cordingly.
For this purpose there is nothing better
than made of one gram of tannin,
sixty grams of lanoline and forty grams
of oil of sweet almonds. First melt the
lanoline and oil. and when partially cold
beat in the tannin.
Another cream which be similarly
used is made from two and half ounces
of lanOline. one-quarter ounce OF sperfna-
cet. two and half ounces of mutton tall
low, freshly dried: two ounces each Of CO.
coanut Oil and oil of sweet almonds, one
dram of tincture of benzoin. two ounces
OF extract Of Portugal and twenty drops
of oil of nerol
If the thin. nervous woman has no appe-
tite and needs something to give Zest to
her food DR.. Vaucare. who has given SO
many admirable remedies to science, pre-
scribes a tonic composed of six grams of
tincture of star-anise, four grams of tinct-
ure of rhubarb and six grams of tincture OF
nux vomica. If from six to ten drops In
a spoonful of water be taken few minutes
before each meal a change will soon be
noted.
Very frequently the woman who is natu-
rally thin has high-strung nerves and needs
something to soothe and quiet her. and for
this there is nothing more delightful and
at the same time eficacious than fra
grant water to add to the basin when wash
ing.
OF Jasmine water take three ounces;
vanilla water. one and a half ounces; aca-
cha water. and half ounces; tube
rose water. one-quarter ounce; five drops
of essence Of ambergris and one-half dram
of tincture of benZoin.
Combine everything but the tincture, and
when all are thoroughly mingled. add the
benzoIn, drop by drop. If a few drops of
this water are added to the water IN which
the face is washed or to the tub it Will
have a tonic effect.
Sleep is quite as important as medicine
to the thin woman. and every afternoon
nap must be INDUCED in II possible. Even
the relaxing of the body by lying down
with the eyes closed and with no thought
of care will do much to quiet and soothe
the nerves While it is necessary that she
should be out in the air as much as posi-
Bile. she should always be warmly clad, for
cold has a disastrous effect upon the thln
woman. OF course. not every woman can
take the time to put flesh on her bones by
following this delightful regime, but she
can follow some of the directions, and II
persistently adhered to will surely attain
to a becoming plumpness of face and
figure.