The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-05

having reduced to . certain Weight .
woman must continue the strict diet to
Keep there. This seems to depend on Per.
sonal peculiarities- have just received
. most gratifying letter from q former
pupil who under my directions four years
ago reduced about twenty pounds. She
sends me photograph Of herself which
shows that she had not gained any deoh
since leaving my hands and writes Of hep
experience In keeping to her pessen8
weight
This pupil was . woman wen past NIFTY
and she had BEEN gradually accumulate
ing excess desh for the past twelve %
fifteen years ever since she gave up the
bicycle and horseback riding. She was Z
woman with = good appetite and good 2i-
gestion ana. ~ the saying Il. she lived
WE'LL At the moment she began worlks
ing under my directions she was not in q
position to take much exercise. 20 to r..
duce We depended almost entirely on
diet
She cut out sweets. starch ana fat. she
confined herself almost entirely to drilled
meat, green vegetables and salad without
butter or oil and toasted bread With some
fruit The reduction was gradual, for
the flesh was OF the solid variety and NOT
the result Of any very bad habits. but e
amounted to two and . half to thruo
pounds . week.
After she rot her figure to the normal
point she found by experimenting that she
could relax her diet sufficiently to eat
any ordinary meal served 0he now
writes that she weighs herself every ten
days and IL she finds that she has gained
even pound. she goes back to her diet
giving UP the little sweet Or the little
far she allowed herself
All women are not SO fortunate ana in
many instances any indulgence0 beyond
those prescribed in tho diet mean in.
creased flesh. think. however. the I'm.
portant point in the case We are discuss.
ing was that my friend had lost the habit
Of eating hearty meals: the enforced diet
had reduced her natural appetite, and she
was therefore less inclined to put Al
flesh.
Another pupil writes mo that she has n.
duced from $50 to ia pounds and 10 nearly
the proper weight for her height and
age. She has not only dieted but walked
five miles daily and exercised in her room
morning and night. but she writes THAI
the sacrifice Il we'll worth it.
The sense Of freedom and Mgi,tneaD
that I have she writes, 'Is worth any
sacrifice. Under no circumstances shalt
I allow myself again to b burdened with
f1esh.''
To Whlten the Neck.
Tho fashion Of wearing tho neck ex.
posed makes the condition Of the skin
most important and I have numerous re-
quests for some method Of getting rid Of
the dark spots that % often come be-
hind and just below tho ears. There are
a good many bleaching creams and 10.
lions on tho market moro or less effec-
tive. The strongest bleach that can b
safely used. however. II q fve per cent
solution OF oxygen water. Put this on
the neck three times . week 1t night
after the skin has been thorough washed
with warm water and let 1t dry on the
skin. In tho morning rub . good faco
cream into the skin and on the nights
that you do not use the oxygen water
leave q coating Of cream on over night.
This will prevent any undue drying effect
I do not. however, recommend this treat.
ment for the face unless the slkin II very
thick and oily. 79s
Strong oxygen water VIII also bleach
hair pure white. but 1t may have . bad
should also DO remembered that the
bleach will not affect the new hair grow.
ing out which win appear the natural
coloe.