The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-09

are the happiest people in the world; not
only the people who everest mate Their
aDllltleS to do, but their abilities to be.
1t is very probable that N;etzsche fire.
quently felt himself so supermannish as
TO regard the clouds of earth over which
he had to step in order to keep his head
In the clouds. Certainly there IS no
other way to rise above the trivial TRACE
dies OF every day than to preserve sort
OF superb faith in ones power to over
look them.
But that superb faith does not seem
to be an affair of every day. 1t is the
result of combination of circumstances,
beginning, perhaps, with a good dIges-
ton, or a good nights rest, and ending
factory day. The philosophy necessary
to keep such pose always is sadly lack
ing.
Old Brooks, the swimming teacher,
used to say to his discouraged pupils:
We'll, do de bes' you kin do. Gawd,
Hlsself, cyarn spec you to do no bettuh'n
dat" and perhaps, after all, the frame
OF mind necessary to keep our heads
above the troublous waters of daily expe
rience is just a determination to do de
bes' we kin dO' and trust to Providence
to ENTHUSIASTICALLY Ryland in Ex-
change.
Putting on Flesh.
It is as hard task for some people
to take on flesh as it is for others to
reduce flesh. The person who wants to
gain flesh, must do just the opposite of
the one who is seeking to reduce his
weight.
First of all. the lean person should
try to find the cause of his leannesS. 1t
may be caused by improper food, wrong
habits of eating, bad cooking, or perhaps
the food he eats does not digest or it is
not assimilated; it may be due to over
work and nervous exhaustion, or there
may be some disease of the organs con-
nected especially with nutrition, as the
stomach, liver, etc. In some people
leanness seems to be constitutional or
hereditary, and although they may enjoy
the best. of health, yet they always re-
main thin.
If the cause of the leanness can be
ascertained. then the treatment would
consist of removing the cause.
The diet of the lean person should
consist OF those foods that tend to pro-
duce fat. They are chiefly sugars and
starches. A good dietary for a lean per-
son would be an abundance of fat meats
(beef. mutton, chicken, etc), butter,
cream, milk, cocoa, chocolate, bread, po-
tatoes. beans, peas, cereals, especially
oatmeal and cornmeal; tapioca, rice and
sage pudding with sugar and cream;
cake, sweets, honey, syrup and sweet
fruits: Malt preparations of all sort are
useful.
The thin person should avoid pickles,
acid fruits and should eat very sparingly
of green vegetables.
Light exercise should be taken every
day, especially exercise 10 strengthen the
digestive organs. The first thing in the
morning take ten or fifteen breaths of
air at an open window. Learn 20 breathe
abdominally, as this deep breathing
strengthens the stomach and aids in the
digestion of food. Then try this exercise
Lie fiat on the back, raise the feet pt =
pendicularly, bend the knees and make
the legs go as if you were riding a wheel
Better than this would be ride on a
wheel in the open air, breathing deeply
as you ride. But proper ulet and eXer-
else cannot alone make a thin person
plump. 1t is almost useless to attempt
it unless other favoring conditions can be
secured. Chief among these the mind
should be free from mental strain and
worry; incessant mental work or very
active physical life will prevent the TAX
ing on of flesh. A tranquil mind, an
easy, luxurious life and a warm climate
are very conducive to gaining flesh. Of
equal Importance is an abundance of
sleep.
Summing it all up then, the thin per-
son who wants TO get fat should live an
easy, care-free life, eat nutritious, fat
producing foods, take light exercise, keep
warm-staying in the sunshine as much
as possible-sleep ten or twelve hours
every night, in fact. take things easy
and not try to keep up with the strenu-
Gus life of the avera~e American.
! After all is said and done, 1T is princi
pally a question of temperament whether
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low in Health Magazine.
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Austrian Women Ambitious.
The steady streams of American wom-
en- that flow through Europe every year
have aroused the younger women of
Austria to a vivid sense of their own
imperfections. The active. free-step-
ping and healthy American girl has
proved revelation to them. and espe.
cially among those who rank there as
the middle classes, there has grown up
recently the keenest interest i'll the man
ner of life American women lead at
home. The result of this trend of
thought is showing itself in a way that
threatens an economic revolution. The
typical American girl, the Austrian wom-
en- have discovered, usually avoids the
factory and the workshop, to the i'm
mense benefit of her health, and in thou
sands of Austrian families today girls
and young women who, ten years ago,
would have thought of no other career
than that offered by the needle or the
loom. are clamoring for admittance TO
training schools. where many go so far
as to study architecture, electricity, medi-
cine and the law. Lingerie and shirtwaist
establishments, no less than factories,
are beginning to show a shortage of
feminine help, and many sociologists ex-
press anxiety as to the immediate out
come if the women continue to give up
what hitherto have been considered their
peculiar pursuits and enter into further
competition with men. That the present
change has been brought about by the
influence of American thought is ad-
mitted by all who have studied the ques-
ton.