The daily tribune., 1909-02-27

| pfN~ DI out. | don't wan
"oh, Nonsense!' to be fat"
Well, yol
needn't be- said the girl who was EN-
broidering. 1T Is perfectly easy t.
| get thin. | know. because | had (
cousin who was perfectly awful. ant
she was so stout. All she did was tc
stand up for 20 minutes after every
meal-just stand still without lean
Ing against anything 1t tires yom
muscles, you know. and"
How thin did she get?" breathless
~ inquired the girl who had gained
20 pounds.
"oh, she isn't what you'd call thin, .
said the girl who was embroidering
she stood up after every meal for q
year and she lost five pounds"
oh, nonsense" snapped the stout
girl. disappointedly.
We'll" Indignantly said the girl who
was embroidering, five pounds is a
lot! Just suppose you had five pounds
added to your face"
'l'll tell you how to get thin" broke
In the girl who was tying the fox ter.
riers ears together with a piece OF
ribbon. Roll. read about II in the
paper. Pick out the hardest floor IN
the house and put on a kimono and
just roll"
But wouldn't it hurt?" chorused the
others.
"of course!" said the girl who was
playing with the terrier. Getting
thin isn't like going to an afternoon
tea party. That's tho reason 80 many
people are fat-it isn't comfortable to
get thin. It's hard work. suppose
while you were rolling you could use
the time recitlng poems that you'd
memorzed or calculating what kind
Of new hat you'd get or"
Did you ever know any one who
rolled?' demanded the stout girl, with
revlying hope and the light Of desper.
ate courage in her eyes
We'll" said the girl who had in.
troduced the subject, 81 never really
knew anyone. but the newspaper said
1t would make you Ike sylph You
might try It,"
I'D rather be fat than black and
blue said the stout girl, gloomily
I'm Just discouraged. L"
you simply couldn't roll in Chi.
cago!" declared the girl who was look,
Ing over samples. There's too much
dust and SCOT on eyerythingl | knew
a girl once who went without break
fast, and it was perfectly wonder
full"
81 never in my life" said the stout
girl in an Injured tone, "ate anything
for breakfast but cup of coffee with.
out cream or sugar and one piece of
toast! And one of the stoutest girls
| know has never eaten breakfast
since she was child She Just isn't
hungry And she gets fatter every
year! And know another girl who
ate with a tiny scales on the table be-
foro her and weighed every mouthful
and ran II you passed the sugar and
tainted at the sight OF potato. The
last / heard she was gaining three
pounds a week! Dieting agreed with
herl"
I've heard OF another way" spoke
up the girl In the corner You know
your state of mind has everything to
do with your health. II you think OF
disagreeable things and people you
don't like It viii help you to get thin!
Or II you can cultivate an unpleasant:
disposition"
u never was noted for being Little
4 ~ oh
girl meditatlyely. MY family won't
stand for any more ill.temper from
me, I'm afraid That idea Of keeping
your mind on people you hate strikes
me as sensible. sun. It's severe
penalty TO pay for mere thinnessi
believe III get Fred Thompson 10
promise TO call on me twice week,
don't know anyone | dislike more
than do him. ! don't like the way he
brushes his hair or pronounces his as
or sits down or his ideas or his neck.
Ties or the way he cuts magazine
leaves. particularly dislike him in
the act OF trying TO be soclable | nj.
ways want 10 pound the sofa cushions
when he Is around think should
get thin Just thinking about his com.
Ing and my having 20 entertain him.
Milly, you're sitting on the telephone
book-Fct up so can find his mum.
ber! shall begin right away"
You're crazy" remarked the girl
who was sitting on the telephone book.
III you're going TO be fat youll be fat.
and II you're going to be thin you
can't help ~ What's the user"
Maybe you're right" gloomliy said
the Girl who was stout
She sighed. Suddenly she sat up.
Give mo some more chocolate
creams" she ordered. I've got 10
get . little comfort out Of lte,"