Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-16
BY ADA LEE

l have just met and talked to a real
woman. when instructed to interview
Marjorie Hamilton, who has won fame
and fortune by teaching fat people how
10 grow slim by her drugiess treatment,
didn't know Just what kind OF per<pn
expected to meet; but I do know that,
no matter what my expectations were'
was most agreesbly disappointed.
was ushered into her rooms and
slim. exquisite. girlish young creature
radiant with health and youthful beauty
and with the most beautiful skin / have
ever seen, came towards me with gem
uine sure-fire smile beaming at me across
her outstretched hand. / marveled to my
self Could this fresh wholesome. buoy
ant slip OF girl be the most discussed
beauty specialist IN the world7 Could
this ilght-hearted picture Of unspoiled
young womanhood be the marvel OF com
mercial acumen and enterprise whose
success had startled business men BY the
originality and soundness OF Its methods?
was going to find out.
After we had passed safely over the
shoals Of conventlonallty, put my first
real question TO her:
How do you account for your great
success. Miss Hamilton asked.
Success Built on Smiles
There was no hesitation In her answer,
result OF chance. but that II is the out
come OF a firmly established business
policy. Il owe my success to the fact
that I have built. NOT ON THE TEARS
OF DISAPPOINTED PATRONS, BUT
ON THE SMILES AND JOY OF THOSE
WHO CAME TO ME NOT IN VAIN.
II II my proudest boast that the best
advertising get is not what ! pay for to
the newspapers and the magazines, but
the free and unsolicited testimonials
given by word OF mouth to those who
suffer from fat by those l have reduced
to the slimness they desire. That Is why
have succeeded where others have failed.
have really relieved people OF their
burdens OF fat. and have done Il with
out drugs, without tearing the bodies OF
delicate women to pieces with strenuous
and injurious exercises. without starving
them.
II suppose you know" she continued
that I used to be a calendar model,
posing for photographers. My pictures
pleased so well that they were used by
one big firm In Chicago on one entire
issue Of calendars one year, and won me
my nickname Of The Calendar GIRL
The posing brought me big returns.
and II was lazy work. The result was,
that one day the photographer had a
new model. MY last sittings had been
a failure-I was too fat You can imagine
how broken hearted | was. My means
OF subsistence was vanishing. and |
could see only a life OF drudgery ahead.
Then I rushed frantlcally to the files OF
newspaper to look for fat redue-
Ing ad.
Il found It'll found dozens OF them.
I tried one. l tried ten; they none OF
them benefited me. The drug nostrums
ruined my health and l grew sallow and
III. couldn't eat. couldn't digest what
food forced myself to take. Some fat
left me. but Il left me haggard and ugly.
and the pretty lines OF my figure sagged
and seemed to lose their symmetry.
Then I tried exercise. l was always
fond OF sports and outdoor games, but
the dreaTy monotony OF these exercises
grew every day more trying. as / fol-
lowed out the courses laid down by the
physical torture experts until every bone
In my poor little body ached, and i de-
cided even fat was better. ! tried starv-
ing myself, but the result, while Il took
pounds off fast enough. left me hollow
checked and dim eyed, and 1 felt my VI
tally slipping away from me.
Il was desperate. A story appeared
about that time telling of a domestic
tragedy. The wife had killed herself be-
cause her husband had ceased TO love
her. Pictures OF the unfortunate woman
STOUT.
That was the moving factor in my
life The thought that |. too. some day
might fan IN love with some man whose
heart would remain closed to me because
my ungalnly. ugly fat body robbed me
OF that attractiveness that all men de-
sire In the woman Of their hearts. chilled
me- 1 went to work to solve the prob
lem Of how 10 regain my shines.
can't tell you all that / did-the expert
ments, the studying. the consultations
with eminent experts, physicians. ath-
letes, books On medicines. the theory OF
body building. and degeneration OF the
human system II became a mania with
me. l gave up my friends, my amuse,
ments. my diversions. my pursuits, and
worked night and day, weighing and
watching. analyzing and studying and
trying 20 apply 10 what / learned the
good plain horse sense with which nature
and my ancestors had endowed me
When at last saw what I thought was
a way out. I decided to experiment on
myself. I was my first patron. think
results speak for themselves" and she
stood up straight and slender as any
nyrupth Of the woodlands. q picture OF
tncaruate health and beauty. the most
glorious young creature ! have gazed on
In many long moons
fsschas oxhsFs % Ne Httu
And how did you happen TO go INTO
the business OF exploiting your find?
We'll, the fate OF the unhappy wife
led me 70 think a great deal. and l
realized that she must not be the only
vita whose happinsr might be In danger
1 frpm the same cause That led NE 10