The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24
MARIE DREssLER's GLAD OF IT.
she Thinks BcinE stout Has Been
q Great Advantage to Her.

Great Advantage 10 her'
Only last week Helen Ware was
telling the world how little difference
II made whether or not an actress was
pretty. There is nothing in this beauty
stun according to A-iss Ware, who
doesn't think she would have advanced
a bit further in her profession even If
she had looked like the blond lady with
pink cheeks and blue eyes that used to
ornament the top OF the handkerchief
boxes
Now Marie Dressler is willing to ad-
init that she il fat and glad of It,
when | played in Weber and Fields
travestes down at Joe Weber's Music
Hall" she said to THE SUN reporter,
81 had the notion that I was too hefty
for stage activities. Lillian Russell and
her lissome contour made me jealous
But in Titles Nightmare | began to
realize what an asset my weight IL.
Then and there I determined to make
the most OF IT, When | am feeling Just
as brisk and CHEEKY as rollicking
Canadian schoolgirl in frOcks ! con-
slider that my excess weight Is one OF
the principal factors which have con-
/ tributed toward my prosperity.
The word has predomsnated in Miss
Dressler's busy career. As result
OF her savings derived from eNertions
as farce comedienne. she now owns
| Oasis" beautiful li5 acre country
estate near Windsor. VT, two other New
England farms, seven passenger
limousine and Government bonds.
But when I wished | was thin re-
marks Miss Dressler. 81 wished that
wish with all my heart. When was
playing in travesty a well meaning ac-
ouaiutance suggested that | try the
roast beef and skinned milk diet. TINS
/ was guaranteed positively to take on
three pounds week for period oi
two months. For breakfast, lunch ano
dinner I lived on rare roast beef washed
down with a little milk. Monotonous
| should say, Every time hdu
scene with Lew Fields | got slightly
! feroclous. Just like a tigress that mac
been fed on raw meat and was anxious
for a fight. The audiences roared VIII
laughter. And they applauded because
there was plenty of feeling in my d'a
losue with Mr.. Fields. go
81 ate rare roast beef and drank mn
for exactly eleven days. Then qul'
And | was glad l quit. That diet wa
for others! But not for me-
"A wear later | was induced To tr
tho rubber sheet method or reducing
maid twenty-four dollars for siNtee
GARD strip of thin South American run
q her This ! wrapped around and aroun
, nv hips and body until ] had covere
myself in half a dozen thicknesses
keen the air from touching any ski
n And when | dressed myself how al
, nersuire, Every time ! moved III
n rubber crinkled and itched, II mad
me So uncomfortable that after Nv
a dovs | gave the sheet away and took
long deep breath of relief Then
8 weighed myself. I had lost nut thr'
= ounces. And | had likewise lost nj
/. temper, 1900
. "Once more | resumed diet trea
. | ment. In this instance a friend 10
o me Of the wonderful effectiveness OF
. vegetable eating fad that had reduce
|. many corpulent persons in Englan
+ The diet prescribed that | should 81
n only vegetables grown above Il
ground. | dned on all sorts and COZ
!, ditions of spinach, and garnlshed III
. with peas and cucumbers and lettuc
= I ate these vegetables until ! turn'
, green with envy at the sight OF Jul'
4 drowned beefsteak or mashed potatoe
A But | was game and | kept II up Il
/, n week Then | stood upon the scale
n I had gained four pounds
. "Ill wager | have tried every Know
% remedy for obesity, hut all to no ava
"a Therefore, | make the assertion calm