The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
By
LOUISE
DRESSER,
Americas Charming
"Statuesque Cornedienne"

1Statuesque Cornedienne"
r BAD never seen a TAT monkey.
Iasked my friends and they had
never seen fat monkey. There
are no fat monkeysi
All great scientific truths have
been discovered by observahon-by
observation. IN fact, Of simple things
the world has passed by unnoticed.
When observed that there were no
Fat monkeys / asked myself why 1t
was that thts animal, the nearest to
mankind in every way. did not suf-
fer from superfluous flesh. 1t seemed
20 me that If could find out I would
be able to bring my 1so pounds
down to the las I coveted.
And 80 I observed the monkeys TO
learn by scientific methods why they
did not become fat. ! spent hours
at the Bronx Zoo and later I bought
q monkey that might study him at
closer range at home.
Standing before the monkey cages,
I noticed first OF all that the mon
key went on all fours a great deal of
the time. Not all their time is spent
climbing trees and swinging by their
tails. In fact, decided that the
monkey only swung by hfs tail for
play and that this action had nothing
20 do with his agility and slender
ness.
My second important discovery
vas that the monkey walks round
and round in a small space-that
they practically turn themselves In
their own length. II is utterly I'M
possible for a fat person to do this
without weeks OF practice Fat not
only gives woman flabby muscles
but stiff Joints as we'll.
II Is this quick turn that helps
make the monkey the most agile
and supple of animals.
I decided that I must make my
self into a human monkey. I must
evolve series OF fat-reducing mon
key shines.
After woman has acquired
twenty or thirty pounds OF surplus
fat, no royal road to thtnness lies
before her. Let me emphasize
right here the fact that II is no easy
thing to become as monkey. No
woman need try 10 make a monkey
of herself unless she is deadly In
earnest. She must persevere TO the
end. 1t Ia impossible to get results
from doing these exercises two days,
and then dropping them for a week.
Fat and laziness are twin sisters.
Two sets of exercises developed
from my studies. The first is merely
warming up" for the real Shines"
and are performed In bed every
morning. There are FIVE motions.
They take five minutes. The second
set, which comprises eight exercises,
takes an hour, but the beginner
should not try them for more than
ten minutes at time. In ia It she
will not be able to do them longer.
Besides perseverance, and pluck. II
takes brains to get and to keep thin.
What Is cne woman's fsh may be
enother's poison Every woman
must decide for herself what exer
cises will help or injure her, / have
never found any of my monkey
shines tnjurious, for the simple rea-
son am sure that they are founded
on the actual motions Of the one AMI
NAL that Is the true brother Of man.
First-My bed exercises. They
are done literally on an empty stom-
ach. When ! wake I take my NIL
low from under my head and lie
perfectly nat On my face and slowly
draw In several long breaths (ths
windows are wide open, OF coursal.
then draw up my left foot to meet
my left hand quickly, out at the side.
three times. Then ] turn and do
the same exercise on my back,
keeping shoulders ard head fiat.
Second-I draw several more long
breaths and then bring my right
foot and right hand together three
times IN the same way. This lin
bers up all the muscles in my legs
and arms.
Third lie fat with arms ont.
stretched above my head and quick.
ly throw my body forward, from the
waist. 10 make my fingers and toes
meet. This is one Of the first mo
tlons that monkeys make on wax
Ing IN the morning. 1t is OF great
value In Strengthening the muscles
of the back. and tends to reduce the
abdomen materially.
FOURTH lie flat on my back and
draw my knees up % my chin, or az
close &C my chin as possible; then
quickly roll from slde TO sIde elk
times. This Is OF value In resueIna
the hips. II Is a-favorite exercise OF
the similar tribe.
Fifth-With my head and shoul-
ders pressed fla. ] slowly lift my
legs and arms as high as l can,
always keeping my head and ehoul-
ders on the mattress
Believe me, when I started ]
could not lift them at all: to-day I
can lift them almost straight
After these bed exercises take
cold tub and have breakfast / eat
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