The San Francisco call., 1908-05-31

dusS = these days Of trimming down
ana feednG In. Over the low partition
On one side comes:
DO you think I'm very much too
stoutT' And from the other:
Really, now. don't you think I would
look better if I could take OF little
there and add a little here?" And from
the hallway!
You knoT I really can't stand it TO
have my waist line creeping up in this
fashion"
And to each one the attendant re-
plies mechanically in the way expected
of her. Down in her heart she wonders
just q little how anybody in the world
finds time to be so concerned with the
exact disposition of every ounce OF
flesh on her anatomy. But she rubs
and kneads and slaps as il it were the
most important thing in the world, for
good masseuse always humors the
whims of her patients.
The days work of the beauty seekers
at Paso Robles is not always the same.
Each woman makes out her own pro-
gram with the aid and advice OF the
house physician who must sec that no
one takes any risks on health in the
pursuit OF beauty.
On many points all the programs are
alike. Always there is carly rising.
There has been too much iolling in bed
in the morning during the winter
months when there were not enough
nights FOR all the invitations.
There is very little eating. particular
II at breakfast time. There has been
far. far too much Of this when the on
gagement book had scarce a day with
out it's bridge luncheon. it's dinner and
supper parties, its club breakfasts and
afternoon teas.
And there is much exercise. AS soon
after breakfast as possible swim in the
big green plunge, where the warm sui
phur water looks like II was running
over a bed of moss. After 20 minutes
or half an hour of swimming there is
a tonic bath that tones the swimmer
up to taking a brisk walk.
This tonic bath is a great feature of
the treatment al Paso Robles as 1t is
at the famous sanitariums at Lake
wood. II. J., where John D. Rockefeller
goes when the cries of tainted money
get on his nerves and where Murphy
and the Tammany tigers go to get
over the effects of vigorous campaign
The society woman feels pretty much
the same way at the close OF a season.
After few minutes In hot air
cabinet the patient steps into a shower
apparatus where a circular douche is
delivered at intervals of several inches
willie d cI0lLn QOuCtlc IL Huli0Q lIOul
across the room at her spinal column
all under pressure OF from 40 to 80
pounds. 1t starts out like the beating
OF sharp summer rain and changes
gradually to the sting of fine sleet
finishing with the sharp cut Of lash
and the same sound and feeling that
mother used TO make. One looks at the
flesh. almost expecting to see the blood
start, but instead there is only the rosy
Hrtot - xtHlr IL A
makes the bather feel like sallying
forth to fight her weight in wild cats
There is simply nothing for 1t but to
go out for walk. And so along the
white roads that cut the oak covered
hills and on the paths leading into the
canyons one meets these women who
are making a business of losing q
given number OF pounds OF flesh In a
given length OF time
Always at a brisk clip, two or three
miles from the hotel. and back before
luncheon. One, whose weight was
painfully near the 200 mark, never
stopped this side the summit of the
hill of beautiful Santa Ysabe ranch
six or seven miles away But few
carry their acts of penance quite SO
far, contenting themselves with from
four TO six miles for the round trip.
All this exercise makes a glorious
appetite for luncheon. But to eat
heartily would never, never do. The
appetite has had its day. Besides
there are still more baths to be taken
during the afternoon and they must
not be taken after hearty meals.
BY o'clock the bathhouse parade
begins again And then. as In the
early morning hours, one whose time
hangs heavily on his hands can find
diversion in the solariun. which is
separated only by screen from the