Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
AUGUST 2s, 1910.
DIETING AND EXERCISE

the figure was the subject of lecture
given recently by Annette KelIermann
of the Orpheum at the Boston theater
before a large audience of women.
Miss Kellermann said, in part:
1T seems to be the general impress
sion that whenever a girl or woman
takes up athletics she abandons her
feminine ways and undertakes to look
masculine, and others are afraid to
take up athletics on account of mus
cular development. Now, / maintain
that any woman can take up athletics
and still remain feminine and artis-
tic
"Of course sometimes athletics tend
to make a woman muscular, but with
the right exercise this is easily over
come.
Now the main point is, of course,
exercise Second is dieting. 1t seems
remarkable that many women COM
plain of their weight and can't seem
to understand it. They live an easy
life, eat and drink just whatever they
please, regardless of the harm It does.
l have always noticed. and there has
never been an exception that while in
a restaurant, some women will eat
and drink to excess.
"NOW of course no woman can be
right physically If she doesn't choose
her food. They seem to take it as mat
ter of fact while many do not indulge
that way. but go in more for exercise.
The first thing a girl does after TAX
ing up athletics is to adopt a mascu
line appearance, walk and action.
Now, I think that is all wrong, for
no matter how much of an athlete
a girl may be, she should never forget
that she is woman.
Another thing I want to speak
of is dieting In order to be in good
physical condition you must sacrifice
little pleasures in the way of eating.
1t may be interesting for you to know
that seldom eat meat. I am not a
vegetarian by any means but regard
less of all theories, I maintain that
the less meat you eat the more per-
feet will be your health and strength.
The only time l eat meat IS before
taking a long swim, and this merely
to add weight instead of strength.
II will give you an example of how
my meals are taken. On arising in
the morning the first thing I do is to
take lemon in glass of hot water.
l never miss morning without my
lemon and hot water. 1t is without
doubt the healthiest drink. far better
than breakfast coffee or plain hot wa
ter. have never missed this drink for
the last four years. If you will try
this, you will find, much to your
surprise. how refreshing it is. and in
a weeks time you will feel like new
woman Nothing but just lemon and
hot water, After that I exercise 20
minutes.
"At noon time I eat my first and
best meal of the day. My meal con-
sists of vegetables and sometimes
oysters. OF course, there may be a
lot of women who could not get along I
without meat. but Just try it, and :
after a while you will see how easy it I
Is to enjoy a meal without meat. !
I'm the matter of drinking-time and !
again I have gone into restaurant {
and notice women drinking beer. wine ;
etc OF course, I do not say that 1t =
is wrong for woman to drink, but she
should choose her liquor as well as !
her food. They do not feel the eff :
tects until later on. then thev begin !
to grow fat. begin to complain and q
can't imagine the reason why. That +
Is WHY I say by sacrificing Yourself .
a little before you will gain so much q
after. s
another thing. never eat anything \
before retiring. If you are verv hun :
CRY. take biscuit and hot water-by :
that I mean one of those little crack !;
ers-and you will find that you will r
sleep much better and feel much hetter ;
the newt day. for a healthy body al /,
wavs has a healthy mind"
Miss Kellerman attributes her most
perfect physical condition to swim
ming, which she regards as the great Q
est of all exercises. and yet she de- |
clares that the only place to learn I
swimming is in a natatorium swim l
ming school,