The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-12-31
Milady's
Mirror
How TO C. Thin.

IL have often thought" says Nine.
Jeanne Ia Place In a recent number OF
Womun's World. "that the world IL d.
vided into but two classes Of people
those that want to get fat and those
that want to get thin. Honest. did you
ever meet a person who seemed per- |
fectly satisfied with his weight?
"Of the 0verfnt and Overthin women.
perhaps the ,overfat ure the more to be
pitied. At least they seem to think
they are. 1t il always possible for the
thin person to pad herself out to appear
pluniper. but It is extremely dificult
for the neshy person to disguise her In
trinity. A good corset. a preference Tor
dark and quiet colors In dress and
strict avoidance of horizontal stripes
will do. much to improve the appear
ance of her figure, but even these are
Of little avail II she once crosses the
lire between plumpness and fieshiness.
Like other beauty Ills. tendency to
superHuous flesh must be taken In
time. So many women Will go on
plucidly and steadily gaining In flesh
from month to month and from year to
year until some day they wake M to
the terrible realization that they are
fat. Then frightful wall goes up. and
the victim begins to scramble around
wildly for something to reduce fiesh'
and to answer 'anti-fat' advertisements
and write pathetic letters to beauty ed
itors.
"whlle II is possible for really fat
person to reduce her weight. 1t can
usually only he done by immense self
denial and excessive and often painful
exertiOn, whereas very moderate
amount Of self denial and exertiOn be-
gun In time might have kept her from
ever becoming an unsightly mass OF
flesh.
"In 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 exercise. This may seem
harsh doctrine to the fieshy 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 IL putting on flesh mt an alarming
rate should start out to regulate her
diet. She Ia almost sure to hnd that
she is eating more than she needs. tax
ing into consideration the amount OF
physical labor she performs. Brain
workers need less food than manual
laborers. and people whose occupations
keep them indoors should not eat as
much az people who are In the open mir
most of the time.
80 the 6eshy woman will either
have to cut down her diet or take In.
creased exercise. or. more likely, be
cause It may cost some effort to g.
back to normal condition she will
have to do both ut least for u time.
"The woman that wants to lose 6esf
should never eat more than once day
and then should c0iifine herself to lear
meats. fish and poultry. She should
avoid starchy foods and 20 very lightly
on potatoes. bread and sweets. Tht
bulk OF her diet should consist Of frui
and green vegetables. This lnny SOUND
like Lenten fare. but am talking nov
to the woman who Is determined not Il
be tat.
"Then. again. the heshy woman
should not sleep more than seven hour
out Of the twenty-f0ur. She should
never lie In bed late In the morning no
indulge In the rocking chair habit. Ol
the other hand. she should get all TIN
physical exercise she cum possibly man
age, preferably In the open air, Th
best all around general exercise ant
one within the reach of aIl is walking
Most women. whether they be fat o
thin. walk far too little. The woman
who tends to be- tieshy should walk 10
at lenst nn hour every day and do
regularly and Systematically. A. sh
gets accustomed to the exercise sh
should increase the number OF mile
she walks day until she Ii doing dv
miles"