The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-30

HSNs ~ out. l don WANT
"Oh, Nonsense!" to be fat"
We'll, you
needn't be-" said the girl who was en-
broidering. 1T is perfectly easy to
get thin. ] know, because | had a
cousin who was perfectly awful, and
she was so stout All she did was to
stand up for 20 minutes after every
meal-just stand still without lean
ing against anything. 1t tires your
muscles, you know, and"
How thin did she get?" breathless-
ly inquired the girl who had gained
20 pounds,
"Oh, she isn't what you'd call Thin
said the girl who was embroidering.
"She stood up after every meal for a
year and she lost five pounds"
"Oh, nonsense snapped the stout
girl, disappointedly.
Well" Indignantly said the girl who
was embroidering, five pounds is a
lot! Just suppose you had five pounds
added to your face"
I'll tell you how to get thin broke
in the girl who was tying the fox ter
rier's ears together with a piece of
ribbon. Roll. | read about it in the
paper. Pick out the hardest floor in
the house and put on a kimono and
just roll"
But wouldn't 1t hurt?' chorused the
others.
"Of COURSE" said the girl who was
playing with the terrier. Getting
thin isn't like going to an afternoon
tea party. That's the reason so many
people are fat-it isn't comfortable to
get thin It's hard work | suppose
while you were rolling you could use
the time reciting poems that you'd
memorized or calculating what kind
Of new hat you'd get or"
did you ever know any one who
rOlled?" demanded the stout girl, with
reviving hope and the light of desper-
ate courage in her eyes.
Well" said the girl who had in
troduced the subject, Il never really
knew anyone, but the newspaper said
it would make you like sylph. You
might try it,
I'D rather be fat than black and
blue said the stout girl, gloomily
I'm just discouraged. +"
You simply couldn't roll in Chi,
cago!" declared the girl who was look.
ing over samples. There's too much
dust and SCOT on everything. | knew
a girl once who went without break
fast, and it was perfectly wonder.
full"
81 never in my life" said the stout
girl In an injured tone, late anything
for breakfast but cup of coffee with
out cream or sugar and one piece of
| know has never eaten breakfast
since she was child! She just isn't
hungry! And she gets fatter every
year. And I know another girl who
ate with tiny scales on the table be-
fore her and weighed every mouthful
and ran IL you passed the sugar and
tainted at the sight of a potato. The
last | heard she was gaining three
pounds week! Dieting agreed with
herr"
I've heard of another way" spoke
| up the girl in the corner. You know
F, your state of mind has everything tc
do with your health. If you think OF
disagreeable things and people you
don't like it will help you to get thin
Or if you can cultivate an unpleasant
! disposition"
Il never was noted for being Little
Lucy, the angel child" said the stout
girl. meditatively. MY family won't
| stand for any more illtemper from
me. I'm afraid. That idea of keeping
your mind on people you hate strikes
me as sensible. Still, it's a severe
penalty to pay for mere thinness.
believe I'll get Fred Thompson tc
don't know anyone | dislike more
/ than | do him. | don't like the way he
/ brushes his hair or pronounces his al
or sits down or his ideas or his neck
ties or the way he cuts magazine
leaves. / particularly dislike him in
the act of trying to be sociable. al
ways want to pound the sofa cushions
when he is around. think | should
get thin just thinking about his com
ing and my having to entertain him
Milly, you're sitting on the telephone
book-get up, so can find his mum
Der, l shall begin right away"
You're crazy" remarked the cir
who was sitting on the telephone book
. IF you're going TO be fat you'll be fat
! and If you're going TO be thin vol
can't help it, What's the use?"
| Maybe you're right" gloomily said
! the girl who was stout
She sighed. Suddenly she sat up.
Give me some more chocolate
creams" she ordered. I've got t.
! get little comfort out of life"