The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-08

preserves other tissues from destruction
and is valuable as a reserve force, in
stantly available when any vital emer-
gency requiring it arises.
Fat is like housewife who, though
not apparently earning anything, by ner
care and industry conserves the fruits OF
her husbands labor, enabling him not
only to support the domestic establish
ment, but also lay aside a surplus
In other words DR.. Niles points out that
should the husband become incapacitated
DEAN, the housewife (faD would at once
come to the rescue until further earnings
(adipose tissue) appeared on the horizon.
It might also compare the supply of
fat" says the Georgia physician, ito the
ample bank account of a busy and prov
ident man. That he possesses this sur
plus does not prevent him from diligently
following his usual vocation, but the
knowledge of its presence and that 1t
can be instantly obtained lends mental
satisfaction that would be absent were
he living right up to his daily income"
This parable is aptly translated by Har-
ry Louder, in his song, I've Wee Drop
in the Bottle for the Morning"
But really to appreciate DR.. Niles's "Ap-
probation of Fat" one must have been
brought face to face with the tragedy
that sometimes attends too much avoir-
dupois. The tragedy may well be illus
trated by the relation of an actual hap
pening In this city, where man was
| thought to have committed suicide be-
cause of his increasing girth and weight,
| only 1t was later established that he had
| died of an overdose Of anti-fat medicine.
This man was a Prussian-an immi-
grant He was a slim young man when
he arrived He was cook by calling and
obtained position in a Bowery free lunch
house. His kitchen was just large enough
to hold him and his cooking stove. Pres
emily the concentrated food doors In that
confined space had the effect of making
him fat 1t was afterward said by the
coroner that the heat of the little Kitchen
engendered open pores through which va
ported food permeated.
In time the Prussan lost his position
because he grew so stout that there was
| no room for the stove. The Prussian be-
came respondent, and when his weight
reached 800 pounds and was increasing
daily he tried not wisely but too well to
| reduce himself.
This story is a matter of record in the
coroners office.
| While Dr. Niles does not openly ap-
prove bulk of this description, he warns
those who are thin against continuance
of their deplorable condition.
| when thin" he says, life ransacks
hooks and crannies of the human body In
search of fat''-the reserve bank account
If fat is not found then is felt the tiny
voice of the unrest and bodily discomfort
which sooner later reacts on the dis
position, developing into that pessimism
and temperamental dissatisfaction so Oft
en- present in lean people,
The fat ribs of peace
Must by the hungry be fed upon.
| Those who have been employing beauty
doctors to reduce fat may take 1t from
DR.. Niles that the same beauty doctors
can make you fat reduce abdomens OF
aldermanic proportions do away with
| prominent angles" and cushion I'M
slightly hollows" with velvety, adipose It's
| sue.
To all who are lean and hungry in ap-
pearance or wrought to strung-out as
pect by relentless fashion, Dr. Niles indi-
Gates that there is hope. He even en-
courages fat with aid of Biblical quo
tation in support of that reserve of nat
ura1 fuel-that bank account of tissue.
| Thou hast much goods laid up for many
a year; take thine ease eat, drink and
be merry.
For besides being a natural armor
against colds and sudden falls, fat lends
to the body warmth and security, to the
mind, peace and good cheer"