The evening world., 1911-05-13
IL Neither Fat Nor
Scrawny, but Has the
Happy Medium She
X aches Only by Work
and Natural Living.
BY Marguerite Mooers Marshal


To BE- slender. wiliowy. wandlike. ethe-
real or. In plain old English. thin-what
else has the New York womsa iongsd
for since the reign Of the hipisss and
the hobbls skirt beganf with fasting.
u not with prayer. she hAs sought the
shines. the perfect proportions OF che
chasfs and elegant knitting needle.
That she has not always succeeded In
her guest she has taken to be her mis-
fortune. not her fault.
Now m Or. G. w. Moots, Q Toledo
surgeon. who nays q woman ought not
70 be thin. He told the Ohio Medical
Convention:
"somsthins 10 the matter with every
thin woman. Every time I sec one Of
them coming into my once. with her
sharp face. nat chest and insiastic
muscles. ! am 10 doubt whether to feel
sorry for the patient or for myself.
The reason she 10 too thin 10 that some
thing II wrong"
Neither Fat Nor Thin.
And when I showed DR.. Moots's re-
marks to Or. Msuds 0iassow yesterday
she nodded and said: Something 10
very sp; to be wrong with the woman
who tries to mako herself thin by un.
natural and artificial means"
Banters. please note.
"a woman should be nsi.hsr
thin o tat" ~. oiasyow contin.
usa. "Tf she % In proper health
she Win ~ neither plump nor
sorswny.
Think OF the very fat and very thin
women you know. Are not the former
wheexy and asthmatic and frequently
troubled with indigestion? II you were
. physician you would probably md
that they had weak hearts. loo: have
apoplSctic tendencies and are apt to
contract contagious diseases.
q the othsr hand. the very thin
women. at nrst glance. seem TO be
much mort s-aciont than their stout
friends. They accomplish . great deal
more-for . time. But very, very often
they are working almost entirely on
their nerves. and when the and comes
II comes with . crash. They are fire.
auentiy people Of low vitality. with
little constitutional resistance. When
they are narrow.chested and stoop-
s~houldsred that II q sure sign Of pull.
monAry weakness. Their circulation 10
poor.
Exceptions Prove Rule.
q course there are executions.
hut sucb on,v provs thu general ru,s
th., .,thsr ..trams means w-eakness"
And wha sort of . nGure has the
really healthy woman" I~asked.
"rhs modern woman nearest to
physicsl perfsohon 10 tail and
strong, broaA-shouldsrsd ana deep
ohsstsd. me has hips and Q waist.
line, though Il Isn't An eighteen.
inch AFFAIR. There's not an ounce
Of supssauous Assh o. her. Ter
hands ana fest are not largo, but
proporttensts 70 her hstghA Ihs
lAs from shoulder 70 hip 10 not
straight uks . toothpisk nor does
II wv sharply Aks a. heur.elsss.
AVA" AonS' essoso"s oo<v" oonss
aonV snoW, but snsy 9 msreiy
oovsFso' sos peeaeo' Sns muscass
sfe sa-suo' s"e '"s ooes /" nsso
es~o0Av
"o"'A" must come ny THIS SORT
Oh hsure naturally NOT artihciaiiy; by
plenty Oh "orh anu outooor exercise
Why They Are Stout,
III the wealthy women who diet and
massage to reduce their flesh would
only 20 out and do n little work they
would get better results. No wonder
these women are stout. They are abed
hours longer than 4, necessary. rh.v
eat several meals n dav ~ -,,h,v
ooor.A ,ooa rh.v 49,. N'
~ "'.o"o''e
s."'u'""''' H"u inc" '"ey 10 nothing.
Ihey drive or motor instead OF walking.
their housework Is done for them, and
they have taken up no oSher work.
IL such women would only 20 down into
The ss,,,emen,. and be,n on, ,h.v 1919
ena IN. Man . .n,sna,r ,..,". WYNN
lou no NOT approve OF ARTIFICIAL
There are serious drawbacks to them
| ALL" she declared. Take bantinr. for
instance, which consists of a ale, NJ