The Washington times., 1918-12-15

n NAV possessing ali SIIdlBul
~ lines may be called hand
= some. But graceful curves
and softly rounded contours consti-
tuts q woman's chief claim to
beauty-at least so far as her fg-
ure Is concerned. So, naturally,
every woman, while not desiring to
be fat, wants to possess a figure
that is pleasantly rounded and
plump.
But while womanly lines, not
angles. are wholly desirable. many
women are unable TO solve the
problem Of gaining the necessary
flesh to pad out their thin bodies.
It Is easy enough for . fat woman
to get thin, II she win practice
sufficient self denial, but the thin
woman who would become plump
must overcome many things-hs-
redity, temperament and that habit
Of mind which prevents her DOING
the things that would increase her
weight.
For the thin woman who would
become plump there must be q rad
ical change in her manner Of living,
First, she must learn q lesson from
her fat sister. II is not to worry.
Look at the fat women you know.
Do you ever see them worry7 No;
they take every days happenings
dust as II comes. Worrying about
things won't change them. and
after It Is all over 1t isn't necessary.
Then, too, the thin woman must
learn to rest. The thu woman IL
usually 9 reckless spendthrift Of VI
tality. She does too much needless
work. Even II the work seems es-
sential, II she win think carefully,
and plan ahead, much Of Il can be
omitted entirely.
The next thing In Importance for
the thin woman to consider is her
diet Her greatest hope Of in
creased flesh lies In her food. OF
course, one must make allowance
for possible variations in the diges-
tive powers Of different individuals,
but here Is q comprehensive list Of
foods that contain either sugar and
starch. or both. In fact, It includes
practically everything needful for
the taking on Of flesh
MIX heads the list, because It is
probably the best single food for
Increasing the weight, and the one
most easily obtainable. Then there
are thick soups, such as bisque,
cream Of celery. cream of corn,
puree Of peas and puree of beans;
fat beef, fat mutton, hot corn
bread, hot biscuits, wheat corn and
buckwheat cakes: plenty Of butter,
honey and salad dressings in which
there is more oil than vinegar;
white bread, chocolate, pastries,
puddings,S bon bons, bananas,
peaches, prunes, beans, peas, cauli-
flower, asparagus, potatoes, oat-
meal, rice and gelatines.
The thin woman should drink
cocoa or chocolate made with milk;
red wines, II wines be drunk at all;
and tea or coffee, II taken at all,
must contain both milk and sugar.
1t will also benefit the thin woman
If she will drink more hot water
than cold.
A woman who desires to put on
flesh must take baths that are at
least tepid. And it would be much
better II she would take them as
warm as she can comfortably
stand. l do not mean hot baths,
because they are too enervating,
but a moderately warm bath that
will be soothing to her tired nerves
and thus coax her to those easeful
habits which the thin woman needs
to acquire.
The fat woman should rise i'm
mediately from her bath. dress and
go about her affairs. But it is ad-
missible, even desirable, for the
tn inwoman to lie down for a rest
of twenty minutes or longer after
her bath. Because the repose that
follows after a warm bath is one