The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-02

Among those who seek the advice and services of the physical trainer, the types most frequently met. with, next to neurasthenics. are fat people who want to get thin and thin people who want to get fat.
 The great majority of the obese peo- pie who wish to reduce are of the fair sex Men are more tolerant of the fat, unless it reaches a stage where the surplus flesh involves great personal discomfort and Becomes a serious men ace to health. In these days very few obese women are content to remain 50, . condition for which the prevailing fashions are doubtless responsible.
 Among men. however, there are far more seekers for ways and means to put meat on their bones than there are fat men striving to get thin. OW- ing to the rush and worry incident to modern business and professional life, faulty nutrition and consequent thin ness are becomihg more and more prevalent
 Plump women in their quest for slenderness. have adopted many meth odss most Of which are futile, and some of which are positively harmful and dangerous.
 One oR the absurd practices adopted by feshy women is to stand twenty or thirty minutes after each meal. This is not only useless. but harmful, and
 
 der the processes of digestion Why should sane human being take food into the stomach and then seek to prevent it's digestion and assimilation ? Relaxation in a reclining position af- ter eating is highly desirable. but standing after meals unless it be con- tinued for a long period, ls not likely to initiate such serious digestive dis turbanceB as to reduce the flesh.
 If a woman is determined to ruin her digestion, she could better accom- pltsh the purpose by indulging in vio- lent exercise directly after eating, choosing only the most indigestibIe foods and bolting them with the as- sistance of cop1ous draughts of ice water. This can be generally depend cd upon to start a train of illnesses that win reduce the flesh, and a much smaller quantity of material will be needed i'm making a shro4ld for the lady who follows this advice.
 Mis- E. Marguerite Ldndley. an ex- pert on physical economies, gives an amusing account of the origin Of this --stand-twentyrni minutes after eating fad She says:
 "A number of years ago a woman aft an afternoon tea wore a stunning black velvet suit which she did not wish to crush Upon being urged to sit down she replied: No, I always stand twenty minutes after eating The word went out thereupon thai Mrs. Blank owed her fine, slender fig ure to standing twenty minutes after eating. and people have been prac- tfcfng 1t more or less ever since. The woman in the velvet suit consid cred that she had a right to sit or stand as she pleased, without giving an excuse to amy one, and the standing twenty minutes was a thought that came into her head at random-''
 Probably many other recipes fo1 rgducfng nesh. which are now being followed by women the world over are equally ridiculous in their origin One Of these customs is rolling on the anor If performed gently this pro cass Is about as effcacious as an anti obesity patent medicine. and if per formed earnestly and violently it may cause apoplexy or other serious ail- r1ents
 c0x the patent medicines designed tc reduce Euperduous flesh. some are vers harmful and all are useless. A druE that would accomplish 8hia result would hmwm A1 nm so pnw@r4al an t.