Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-10-08

| ita"Su 'ldl lle poor immigrant eats is
the reverse Of prime cut Horace Flat-
cher has today 100000 adherents WIZ
follow his theories of the thorough mas
ticalon of food. with the resultant linn
| IiihS OF the quantity consumed 0ittle ar
no meat being included in the dietary)
Should millions instead of thousands
| learn 10 properly chew their food. and
thus to put a check on prevailing over
eating, cancer would probably decrease
as tueercuIosis did after hygiene and
/ sanitation were applied to its rure
| Scourges like cancer and the white
| plague are matters of economic Ms we'll
! as humane interest.
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Perseverance Versus Pounds.
Ever and always is the uuestion of
| growing thinner of interest to women
even though they may not have arrived
! at IA stage where their bones are more
! than decently covered. The one Thar
! does the ioudest and most persistent
! wailng about ner gain of fat and muscle
| is the one who having always been thin
TO scraWnlness suddenly begins To take
| on flesh. For time this victim thinks
| her added aYolrdupolS joke. but when
/ she tries on some pet fr0ck that win
not meet around her her protestations
/ will become vehement and She viii
search industriously for remedy. Nv
| cry woman that she knows will be nest
| cred for advice. and she will soon find
| out that the thin ones have ALWAYS been
| thin and want to be fat and thar +bc
! fat ones know no hope, or they. too,
| would he thin. Once in a while sba
meets congenial spirit. slightly reduced
| and the intimacy that arises thprefrnnt
| increases with each favorable symptom
| of loss.
| One maiden who had gone to aoG
/ II.
| self to l06 in eight months was finally
prevailed upon to tell what she did
to work the miracle The KEYNOTE az
her success she considers not much what
| she did as doing it consistently. No
/ part of her regimen was hard or over
taxing. but it all worked together. First
she lay on her back on the floor altar
rising early, and raised each leg, with
out bending the knee, thirty times 40 n
! right angle with her body: then hoth
went up together thirty times. Al Tho
start this number must not be tried for
| or "a pain in the middle" as the small
boy said, will be felt quite equal to the
one he probably had, for all the abdom-
| inal muscles are worked by the action
particularly when the legs are raised to-
| gether. Then she rolled from side
to side. well over on her hips. fifty times
and then standing, without bending the
| knees. touched the palms of her hands
fiat on the floor for another fifty Next
came hot bath and a rub with alco-
| hol. so that no muscle could stiffen. and
| then. in short skirt, rubber knee breecbes
under tights and two sweaters. she took
a two-mie walk followed by another
bath before breakfast. Cor breakfast
she ate fruit, coffee, toast without but
ter. and the number of slices limited.
with one boiled egg. After breakfast She
went out again. conventiOnaily clad for
another walk, this time just for strolling
from house to house to call on her
friends and possibly to ramble with
them. For luncheon she could eat as she
pleased, with the omission of potatoes
and butter. and without butter, Of
course. bread is not much relished. As
for drinks. she took anything that was
served But she made it a rule never
to satisfy the appetite completely-al-
ways to stop just before eating enough.
If a hearty luncheon was taken she
touched no food until next morning S
breakfast. except a small piece Of rare
meat at dinner or a little soup. At night
the morning exercises were repeated and
without medicine or dieting the result
Inoted was accomplished.
Before entering upon this regimen,
however. Il doctor should be consulted
for the purpose of ascertaining if the
heart can stand the exercises and baths,
for weak heart plays many inexplica-
y tomato diet on alternate days is
highly recommended for lessening the
girth. On tomato days no vegetable
should be eaten but tomatoes. and a to-
matO should be eaten before or at break.
fast every day. On the days between
turnips, carrots and onions may be eat
en-. The tomato diet is also useful for a
sallow complexion
Riding q bicycle will take down any
puffiness of the hips, thigh or stomach
very quickly. Long rides are not neces-
sary, Two little trips daily to friends a
mile or so away are sufficient, and many
people can ride a wheel who would be
fatigue5 by walking even half the dis
lance covered. Dancing is excellent, too
mot going in for a turn once in a while,
but dancing every dance from start to
finish In short, regular life with
some practical restrictions and regular
exercising will keep a woman from
growing overheavy, and when trying to
grow thin this rule more strenuously OBJ
served will have much effect.
Above all, the woman who is trying TO
reduce her weight should not adopt a
plan that will cut her off from any fun
and pleasure that is justly hers. for
then spirits decline and the thinning
system" grows to be a bugbear and
makes the patient nervous. If a wom-
an has a pretty figure of lust the right
proportions that she fears she may lose
let her form a walking club and walk
daily, rain or shine. Then she need have
little fear of outgrowing her best
clothes ard feeling fat and forty" for
it is really only the fat who realize that
they are forty. One other thing to re-
member is that ON no account must n
nap be taken durip,; the day, for sleep
aids nature every time in building up
tissues. and incidentally the fatty ones
are built up.-New York Tribune.
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Good Advice.
Have nothing to do with people who
dramatize their woes.
'Radiate a sunny self-trust. and make
whatever you touch luminous"
1t is grip aud grit that conquer sue