Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-07

..Dietingl" repeated the girl who
likes to talk, in accents expressive OK
great scorn. On q diet are your
Prunes and f1ddlesticks! That's just
a polite delusion! There isn't human
woman who can stay on a diet OF her
own free wilt She has to be ehlor-
oformed and roped by someone strong
er than herself and attended by a deaf
person impervious to her prayers.
And am the only fat woman out
Of captivity who has sense enough to
know that can't do 1t! The rest
OF them cherish the idea that by re-
fusing the third helping OF pie once q
week and saying in sad restrained
voice as they take the fourth ear OF
corn. No can't eat much because
am on a reducing diet some sort OF
black magic will perform the miracle"
But" protested her helpless friend.
who had stirred up all the trouble.
Wait" insisted the girl who likes
to talk, Don't know all about 1t ?
Wasn't I at Susan's tea fight the other
and defeat OF many Of my friends,
and that without raising helping
hand? To my dying day shall feel
that displayed q yellow streak De-
cause brutality refrained from snatch-
Ing the plate Of whipped creamy things
away from several OF the perishing.
Susan Is one OF these thin persons
who wouldn't gain weight on a diet Of
butter and sugar and cream. and the
atrocities she perpetrates upon her
friends are scandalous. She seems q
nice, sweet individual, but down deep
in her heart I'll wager that she is q
regular Lucretia Borgia, rioting in the
agony she scatters around her.
Otherwise, how could she serve tall
glasses of iced chocolate with wads of
whipped cream and narshmallows
abaft the main rigging. luscious cake
81 r1c
tie puff paste tarts filled with more
whipped cream, and chocolate candies
II she sat up nights planning an ar
ray of food to give nourishmept to
famine sufferers she couldn't have done
better. You should have seen the
guests when they bore down on the
tea tablet
Doris came first and Doris has one
Of these round, baby faces and dump
ling figures. and she is so plump thai
| If she ever fell downstairs she woulc
continue rolling until she hit some OBJ.
struction with a bump.
How-de-do,' said Doris to me.
don't want thing to eat-not a thing
dear-because I'm on q. diet. but jus
wanted to speak to you and say how
pretty the table looks. Isn't 1t lovely
Dear me! How delicious that icet
chocolate looksI / used to be so fonS
of it before I went on a diet, but o
course I can't touch 1t now.
"'You see I am following rules YER
faithfully. ! don't seem to have los
much weight, somehow, but / shall
persevere because when do begiI
| to lose I suppose 1t will go with rush
| Did you ever see such cakes in you
life? Susan always thinks Of the mic
est things to eatl 1t seems sort o
rude to be standing here staring an
not taking thing, doesn't it, I be
lieve must just taste of that cake
no, not q whole square-isn't there
piece broken of, or something? Wei
If there isn't. just give me that!
Yes, I guess 1 will have to hav
something to drink with 1t. No, tn
doctor said ice water was bad for m
heart, and hate to trouble the mai
Just give me some Of that iced choc
olate, seeing that's all there is hand!
/ believe in adjusting myself to cir
cumstances, and wouldn't offend Su
san for the world!' There was nv
more pounds for Doris right therei
''Then. came pufing along Mr.
Scribber, weight 100. height feet :.
Goodness mel says Mrs. Scribber I
me- Don't offer me a thingl Nv
gone on a reducing diet. my dear
Yes, just since yesterday. I am &c
ing to lose twenty pounds q mont
! when I once start. the doctor say
, oh, the strictest, most horrible rule
and the most dismaf-Hst of things
} can eat! Mostly whlsk5room stuff an
poached carpet taclSs! But I hav