The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-05-02
HOW TO LOSE OR
ACQUIRE FLESH
Investigation That Will Interest Those
Who Are ToU Thin or Too Fat.

ana TOO many thin people IN the
country, and the government,
through the Agricultural Depart
ment, is conducting experiments to
show them how to strikean average.
F. F. Langworthy, chief of the
division of nutrition investigation,
is conducting inquiries which in
clude dietary studies, digestive
experiments and various other facts
in connection with food.
How to get thin and how to get
fat" are being experimental with
in a course of dietary studies at
the University of Maine, at Orono,
in that state, under the supervision
of Professor c. D. Woods, and at
the University of Tennessee, at
Knoxville, by Professor f. c.
Waite.
These experiments were in full
swing before Secretary Taft entered
the Cabinet, and therefore, writes
the Washington correspondent of
the New World, it cannot be
changed even in a Presidential
campaign that he used his influence
to get the government to work on
the proposition. "Now is the time
to get thin, O." the governments
experts believe. With the approach
of the summer and its green vege-
tables the path of the fat man who
wants to reduce is made easier.
To the fat man who wants to
reduce the government says: Eat
little, sleep little and drink less"
To the thin man who is anxious
to get out of the human skeleton
class it says: Drink all you can,
eat all you can and sleep as much
as you can. ="
The course prescribed for the
fat man who wants to become thin
IS especially trying, for it means
giving up the good things of life.
He must not drink drop of water
or any other liquid one hour before
eating nor until an hour has elapsed
after he has finished. If he can
make it two hours so much the
better. Then his breakfast must
consist of eggs, toast and coffee or
cocoa, without sugar His lunch
con must be confined to a simple
piece ofmeat or cup ofconsomme
or some fruit.
His dinner may consist of any
kind of meat in any quantity and
no vegetables other than tomatoes,
spinach or Cucumbers. He must
eat no bread or butter. He may
drink a cup of tea, but it must con-
tain no sugar. He must eat moth
ing containing starch or sugar.
He must esChew such foods as peas,
beans, beets, potatoes ,cauliflower,
cabbage, parsnips and bananas.
He can eat any kind Of meat except
veal. He must live mainly upon
apples, oranges, grapes and other
acid fruits and the three or four
vegetables which tend to thin the
blood. He must drink no milk
and very little water. Alcoholic
| beverages of all sorts are barred.
He may sip one glass of sour claret
at dinner, but no more. The de-
partment experts say that after a
month of such a course a fat man
| will be able to look at himself with
pride.
The thin man who wants to get
fat must eat and drink everything
that he can stomach. He must
eat plenty of potatoes, bananas and
bread, and, most important, he,
he must drink at, before and not
after his meals. The experts say
that, after all, it is principally what
a person DRINKS, and not what he
eats, that makes him fat. Fat is
mostly water, it is asserted, and
the more water or other liquids a
person slows away the more like he
to gain weigh. Sweets Of all kinds
are also urged as fat producers.
Above all, thin person who wants
to spread out must sleep 10 or II
hours day. A nap after each
meal is offered as an excellent in