Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-28
Lillian NOrdica Tells
How She Grew Thin
ByMme. LILLIAN NORDICA Mrs. G. W. Young
ITO grow fat is to grow old.


What have to say is not for young things who
golf all day and dance far into the night. It Is
for those who have passed thirty.
The first stage of middle age that less in
heels, brains the body effort and the re-
suit ia mounting of fat. The rises and rises
and after while we begin to notice that the cleancut
contour has vanished In vain seek lost profile
1t is sunk, hopelessly we think submerged in sea OF
unwelcome flesh.
The physiology of the matter is this Years have rob
bed Of desire to exercise With lack of exercise
lack of circulation. When the flesh has weak
rivers of blood flowing suggishly through It, 1t does
not float off, to speak the current of that river
remains stationary. Let think of smile. Like
will the silt In the river The sand and refuse
remain at the bottom of the river IL the stream is not
strong enough and swift enough to bear them away
AS we grow older I have observed that eat
It is true that eat far too much sugar AS we grow
older digest more slowly food have read that
1t takes hour longer to digest dinner after we reach
forty At any rate 1t requires appreciate time longer
And because of this growing inertia of we don't
1t off. We sit still and let the sea OF fat rise
and all but drown US:
Then suddenly, we grow desperate because we think
we are losing looks" and we begin To diet We
diet cruelty lose flesh where least afford
to lose tin faces We lose ten pounds OF flesh
and gain years in
We drag ourselves about in violent exercise We walk
until ready to faint If we are spartanlike, we
lose flesh and gain more
Life becomes a torture of emptiness to us. We eat
little chicken and drink little tea. and walk and
walk or golf and golf punch bags and punch bags,
until we are so tired go home and to bed and
sleep fine hours and eat hearty meal, and get back
all the pounds that have been lost
I've tried all these things and know. know
that was in despair. In despair only myself
but for my countrywomen them at smart functions
in London always beautiful, always radiant with high
spirits and intelligence but always little too fat The
English women walked among them unencumbered with
flesh like free spirits. became detected. Then a good
spirit practical friend whispered to me that the secret
of return normal weight not violent exercise It
radical diet, which is another for starva.
ton. was perspiration. Whatever free per
sprton causes loss of iesh she said l experimental.
l keep myself at any weight 1 desire.
wish at liberty to say what my secret Is but
cannot-not
Let 1t suffice that have discovered that the royal
road to reduction of weight Is neither diet violent
exercise, but perspraon That there certain simple
powders that be placed in the bath that cause
perspiration. Thus keep her face can enjoy
life, not older. but younger. Reduction has
at last lost its terrors to
eat what like and exercise only enough to keen me
well or course, do not advise eating grossly and the
criticism that nation of sugar eaters is inst
| am not surprised that eighty pounds year is the
amount credited to each individual that we doubled
the quantity OF sugar consumed in years. AS a ma.
tion we eat too many sweets And turn to fat
because they indgestible Whatever remains long
In the body is liable to turn to fat cells More
than l34OO0OO pounds of candy by our
and turn into from twenty to fifty pounds of above nor
NAL fat in their bodies. 4'
One fact | have learned l want to pass on IN NV
countrywomen When reducing measure the loss nv
tape measure rather than your scales Actual fat is bnl
ana puHy but weighs little. Watch your shrinkage