The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-03-13
THAT FOUND OF FLESH.

One OF the most important arguments
yer reported is the one which shake
renrp deseribes In THE Merchant Of
iyertrc." Portis pleaded for the pound
( fresh; IL has been doing the
amr thing ever since. In fact, the
World began and mt. tn, end Of time
rrres women bsNc and "iiI be either
rnylng FOR . pound Of hesh or praying
0 get nd Of it, an exchange truthfuliy
.ys
In behalf Of rortia it nny be stated
Itlnt she Dreaded rot for herself bat for
her hu.band's friend. The woman Of
/ day pleads for herself alone.
The pound Of flesh over which all
INepicc worried at that time the world
has been wrsngling about ever since.
portia'. plea is still holding its own
as a national-ns q universal one, in
fact.
How 10 get rid u It, how TO reduce
j how to acquire the curve Of a sylPt.
j. the ~atrrnal question which still re-
mains Unanswered even in this enEght.
.rnrd aye. Hundreds, thousands, even
millions If women, and NOT a few men
q. we'll, have vhiHly sought n solution
only to find that suppleness is a secret
Il. Elusive a. Daphne herself, or as any
other NEUROLOGICAL maidens who have
declined to be found out.
All sorts and conditions Of feminity
.Fte waging a ~eighty war against tbs
plague Of plumPtness. Not a day pass,
es tkst wf do not see some new evi.
lerce that the crusade il becoming
nor. widespread. The newspapers are
He'd with advice to those ovcrburdcned
=, it'll obesity, The department stores
are stocked With sure cures for corpu-
-ncc; beauty p~arlor,, where they roll
Y yOu flesh, and Turkish baths where
hey steam it OF, have sprung up like
mushrooms all over the country and
re doing a thriving business.
Fat is the acknowledged foe Of WON.
n, but one she is determined to con,
iurr. And 10 this end she is willing
o suffer the tortures Of the early Chris,
ian martyrs with a serene and smiling
facs.
How to pass from state of corpu.
-nce to one Of graceful lankincss is
be great modern problem Of woman,
kind.
\ short time ago a whole book ap.
! .rod 90 the market devoted to telling
It eight million women wanted. The
nswer was boiled down to two words,
woman suffrage.' This was all a
istakr. Woman wants other things
ar more than she does the right to vote.
In this side Of the Atlantic as in every
thcr country upon the face Of the
arth woman is far more concerned io
the pound Of flesh. The preservation
( her figure is a paramount issue, not
for one moment to be compared with
he suffrage question in Importance.
The Inflated anti.fettered woman
who is afraid to look food in the face
nd who shuns the scales ms she would
plague is an object Of pity.
Why embonpoint should be consider.
d IL hane is beyond comprehension.
ct a ban" it is, Judging from the mum.
er Of women who are trying to reduce
%otundity into figure of fascinating
ines, The pound of flesh will be dis
used until the curtain falls on human
lie.
But why quarrel with Fatef Nature
as intended that all shall not be alike.
,oms are destined to be fat and some
estiucd to be thin. II must also be re.
rendered that many OF the greatest
women in the world have been women
Z flesh. It is nothing to be ashamed
I. In fact, there are certain men who
dmirc a woman Of wide girth and
lctheric form; they admire them much
in fact than they do the paper
figures that seem to drift be
ore n March wind like thistledown.
Be contest with what you are. A
reatcr power than all the compounds
o be concocted destined some women
o be thin and others to be fat. If a
eFson is satisfied with life he will live
apply and die at peace.
Worry kills quicker than disease. Be
you are and be satisfied.