Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-25
TELLS WOMEN HOW
TO REDUCE FLESH
Have Heart Examined First, Is Cau-
tion, and Then Tear Off Surplus
Weight with Violent
Exercise
How can I reduce NV weight? ."

How can 1 reduce my weight?'
This question is being asked by thou
sands of Los Angeles women daily and
by women in every cline in the world
For years the tendency of the fair sex
has been toward obesity, and the one
cry of both rich and poor is at the
present time How can we cut down
this weight proposition in order to fit
nicely into the wasp waist that fashion
is demanding?"
Albert T. Jennings, known to the
world as Al Treloar, the most perfectly
developed man in the world, has few
ideas on the subject, but even he seems
to be a little shy of discussing them.
Treloar is athletic instructor for the
Los Angeles Athletic club. He, better
than anyone else in the world, possessing
as he does the finest body in the world,
ought to be able to tell the most proper
method of reducing weight.
This weight proposition is some
times dangerous to interfere with" said
Treloar. When a woman finds that she
is gaining too much weight and when
She wishes to reduce that superfluous
flesh the first thing she should do is to
go to physician and have her heart
examined. If she attempts to engage
In some of the remarkable series of ex-
ercises daily sent out to unhappy
women she may not only cause herself
permanent injury, but may throw such
a demand upon her already oVertaxed
heart as to cause death.
Depends on the Heart
''If a woman finds that her heart can
not stand violent exercise then she
ought to let the weight proposition
alone. If the physician says that her
heart is in fairly good trim then she
can begin with the work of reduction.
There is only one way to take off
flesh, and that is by violent exercise 1t
must be literally torn off. Exercise is
best taken upon rising and upon retir-
ing. The student should array herself
In a heavy suit of underclothing, the
heavier the better, then over that put
on bathing suit or some gymnasium
costume. Gloves should be worn on
the hands, and even the head should be
covered by hood or towel. In that
way heavy perspiration is raised and
the pores all over the body are opened.
The violent exercise accompanying this
produces best results when two women
work together, because then they take
interest in the daily work. For in
stance, if two women exercise together
they can spend twenty minutes or more
a day tossing about medicine ball. one
of the greatest sweat producers pos
sible. That and skipping the rope and
hard exercise combined with the heavy
garment sweating process is in my
opinion the only way in the world TO
reduce weight without injury to health,
but of course different cases require
different treatment
when a heavy perspiration is pro-
duced and the student is tired ana
weary then she ought to walk for a
mile, still wearing the heavy garments
i'm order to undergo a steaming process
which is followed by the shower bath.
In regard to eating l would say that
1t does not matter what kind of food the
student eats so that she cuts down the
general quantity. The healthy exercise
will create an appetite which if per.
mitted to have its way will result in
more flesh, A student should always
arise from table while she is still
hungry and undergo the half-starving
act. That system is about the only
healthful one there is and has proven
generally successful
LAS l have said, different cases re-
quire different treatment and some
cases are peculiar, but the above method
can apply to any one wherein a phy-
sician's permission has been first OBJ
tained and it requires no great amount
of money and only consistent work for
the woman who would be more
shapely."