New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
HOW TO GET THIN.

az have often thought and said" says
Nine Jeanne La Place, in recent num-
Der of "Woman's World, that the
world Is divided into but two classes oc
people-those that want to get fat and
those that want to get thin. Honest diU
you ever meet a person who seemed per-
fectly satisfied with his weight?
"Of the oyerfat and overthin people, per-
haps the overfat are the more to be pit-
led At least, they seem to think they
are. 1t is always possible for the thiH
person to pad herself out to appear
plumper, but 1t is extremely dificult for
the poor, feshy person to disguise her ln&
trinity A good corset, preference ioS
dark and quiet colors In dress, ana y
strict avoidance OF horizontal stripes WIN
do much to improve the appearance OF
/ her figure, but even these are OF lttld
avail II she once crosses the line between
plumpness and freshness.
Like other beauty Ills. tendency to su~i
perfuous flesh must be taken in time. sr
many women will go on piacidiy anu
steadily gaining in flesh from month to
month and from year to year, until some
day they wake up to the terrible realiza-
ton that they are fat Then frgntfuf
wall goes up. and the victim begins to-
scramble around wildly for something to-
reduce flesh, and to answer 'anu-fat
advertisements and write pathetic letters.
to beauty editors.
While II is possible for really fat per-
son to reduce her weight II can usually
only be done by immense self-denial and
excessive and often painful exertion.
Whereas, very moderate amount OF self
denial and exertion begun in time might
have kept her from ever becoming an UNI
slightly mass of flesh.
I'm the vast majority of cases-in every
case, | believe, in which fat is not due
TO actual disease-eXcessive flesh is caused
by too much food and too little exer-
else This may seem harsh doctrine 10
the fleshy sister. but if she wishes to
Improve her condition she might as well
begin by looking facts in the face:
Therefore the woman that finds that she
is putting on flesh at an alarming rate
should start out 10 regulate her diet She
is almost sure to find that she is eating
more than she needs. taking into consld-
GRAFTON the amount of physical labor she
performs Brain workers need less food
than manual laborers, and people whose
occupa tions keep them indoors should not
eat as much as people who are in the
open afr most Of the time.
80 the leshy woman will either have to
cut down her diet or take increased exer-
else. or. more likely. because 1t may
cost some effort 10 get back 10 normal
condition, she will have to do both, at
least for a time.
The woman that wants to lose hesh
should never eat meat more than once a
day, and then should confine herself 10
lean meats, fish and poultry. She should
avoid starchy foods, and go very lightly
on POTATOES. bread and sweets. The bulk:
of her diet should consist Of fruit ana
qreen vegetables. This may sound like
I,enten fare but | am talking now TO
tho woman who Is determined not 10 be
fat.
Then. again, the feshy woman should
not sleep more than seven hours out OF
the twenty-four. She should never lie
in bed late in the morning, nor indulge
IN the rocking chair habit On the other
hand she should get all the physical exer-
else she can possibly manage, preferably
I'm the open air. The best all around
general exerclse-and one within the reach
OF all-is walking. Most women-whether
they he fat or thin-walk far too little
The woman who tends to be fieshy should
walk for at least an hour every day-and,
do IL regularly and systematically. AS
she gets accustomed 10 the exercise, she
should increase the number OF miles she
walks q day, until she is doing Ave miles."