The evening world., 1912-03-20
FAT MENDANCE
] TO BECOME SLIM
AND GRACEFUL
Roly-P ollie Hop About and
Lose Flesh by the Hun
d~redweight.
IT HURTS, BUT IT'S FUN.
Big Class Of Huge Fellows
Learning to Skip Like
Playful Lambs.

me moor OF the West Side 7. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium shook and heaved last eve
aing under the impact Of nearly two
hundrcd feet cach pair OF which was
attached to an average Of 100 pounds ID
spaking flesh. Nearly = hundred drip
ping faces. agiow with enthusiasm.
turned upward toward tho raised plat
form at the end Of the gym. where the
1.-THE. muscular figure OF James Sum-
msrs. athletic instructor. skipped and
~pirouetted 10 the music Of q ~well-piayed
piano.
The Instructor halted. poised on n
foot. and then brought his hands smart
~ together. The wabbiy lines OF per-
spring manhood s~traighteped. Shoulders
were thrown back and gym shirts
stretched faulty over one of the finest
collections Of bay-window tummies In
New York. Another crack OF the hands
and sharp word Of command. n Physi-
cal Director DR.. Louis r. Welzmiller's
first fat mans dancing class swung
once again into action.
II was . gay little four-time melody.
that ri dance tune. and It inspired
the bulky pupils to desperate deeds.
Feet that had not known for many
years what II was to be lifted higher
from the floor than necessary In toillng
UP q flight Of stairs thrust themselves
l~aboriously Into the ether. Fiabby white
arms the size Of pillows waved maJes-
IDEALLY In time TO the ringing melody.
and several tons Of quiverinE averdu-
pois bounced about the gym floor with
all the airy grace Of q flock of elephants
diving an imitation Mikail Mordkin.
GRIM FACES INDICATE DETER.
MiNArioN TO 90 OR TO DIE.
In the faces Of the toiilng fat ones
could be read q grim determination to
do or die. Here and there q pondsrous
pupil twisted his face into the SEM
6lance Of the stony stage smile OF . tired
coryphee. but the greater number Of the
dancers wore . busine ssiiks expression
that FLASHED oomically with their twink.
0ag white calves.
Not that they were not really enjoy.
ing themselves. One had only 70 listen
20 the merry banter during tho rest
periods to realize that DR.. Welxmiiler's
obesity patients have taken TO the in
novation In reducing exercises with
great gusto. II 10 only In the arduous
moments Of learning new steps that the
grsvity of the occasion Is reflected In
tAsir round. Nddy faces.
After . while. DR.. Welxmiiier says.
ne corpuient dancers will nnd the go
ing much easier and tho work that
much more enjoyable. They are only
n the arst stages y present. Under
he sidlfui leadership Of Instructor
Summers. VINO. aside from being 4
beautiful dancer. 10 an all.round gym.
aast and expert on the horizontal bar
re Obesity class 10 learning the simple
steps OF tho barn dance. When the,
havs mastered this pretty little skipping
9CurO they win BE- initiated into III,
nero lntrdcatt steps OF the Irish HIT. tn,
O1xe ruos. the oxen dance. the High
ooo1 Ming and. lastly. the strenuous
end difncult Jumping JACK dance.
oUNe THEY WILL GET RID OF
MUCH oGEF.
This viii constitute the full course
Whsn Il u YER Dr.. Wslsmillsr gua
anases there will not BE- tan cunces O
s~upsrnuous a~voirdupois On any pup
Who has been successful IN aoquirinI
O5ohciency In each Of the dnncAs. Judg
Ing by the number Of pounds Of nes'
scattered around the gym yssterda;
=. liquid form this guarantee seem
hardly TOO optimistic.
The new heavyweight dancing cias
% made up OF men In nearly every wal
n lfs. There Are Nttls fat fellows VIII
have grown corpuisnt sitting In CON
Portable once chairs clipping ooupon
and huge men whose naturally gre,
girth has expanded In the course
years OF ~sedentary life. But they al
all fred with the same ambition
reduce their waist lines to . respectab
sumness.
There are two reasons why ! q
trying 20 INTRODUCES these dances as
fern OF flesh reducing exercise sa
Or. welsmilier last evening. I'm b
nrst place. ] q to make e~xercisir
attractive 10 the stout a That
our main slogan. 1t IN extremely di
fcult to get q stout man. no matt
how anxious he II to reduce himself
better physical form. to become int
ested In stiited. routine exercises. ia
away the element Of drudgery and 81
= man a chance to enjoy his exerci
q you will ind much more respon
70 your efforts as physical director.
my second reason for Introduce
the dances lies In the psychology
making middic-aged or elderly men
things that are youthful In charact,
The average business man. natura
clumsy and slow by reason OF
sedentary occupation. grows tired a
old before his time simply because
never does young things. These dane
are the dances OF youth. and by lesi
Ing and practising them the mldd
aged man will find himself growi
younger every day.
Zone great advantage OF these dan,
~ an exercise II that they do not
too much on any particular muscle
organ. They do not overstrain I
heart. BY grading the dances as
have We are giving the heart a III
more 10 do each time. thereby streng
sning 1t and Increasing Its efic.cnc,
And the physical directors expiai
80 seemed unsnswsrsbls ~