Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-11-26
JOINT SESS|0N0F
:. CITY COUNCIL HELD.
Discuss Taking Over Streets
in East Rose
mont.
MATTER RECOMMITTED
Firemen Ask for S125 Month
$4,000 Appropriated for Repairs
to Streets and Roads.

Many people spend more nervous
energy in worrying about being too
fat or too thin, than would be re-
uuired to run good sized engine.
!; But why worry? When is per-
son too fat or too thin? Is it a nor
/ NAL condition or is it a disease?
+ Let us stop for a moment and
look into this interesting subject a
little. Taken by and large fat is a
sign of general good health, far
more than it is of disease. Then on
the Other hand it d3ts rot signify
that thin person is unhealthy, by
any means. So there you are, SIX
of one and half dozen of the
-otherl
Then again person who night
seen, fat to A. mi%hs .oci; nice and
plump to B. And> &. might point
. thin pc. vho a. would
stamp as being perfect So there
YOU are again. 1t is more or less
| matter of opinion who is fat
and who is thin. Some peo-
PIE are normally fat or slim
from childhood. This is just as
natural as the color of the hair or
other family traits. Again, mature
men and women at a certain period
of middle life. begin to take on
little extra flesh, or as we say, grow
stputer. This is also normal
thing and should be expected. As
general rule, it is far better sign
as regards general health to begin
to take on a. little fat. than It IS
to start getting thinner. OF course
some people grow stout because
! they have plenty to eat and nothing
to do. That also is naturl. as it
is simply cause and effect. Take
such person, give him plain food
and regular work and the surplus
fat will coon begin to fade away.
Nature is always ready to store
up reserve in the form of fat,
yhenever she gets chance. but N
these days Of high priced foods. !
fear she wont dc much storing Of
fat in our systems.
Ary man who starts "ett1,@ fat
now. wo2ld he open to a very rea-
sonabe suspicion of having buried
treasure or a rich mothe.in-law. So
don't start anything.
never knew a sirl man or wo-
man who did not want 10 he fatter,
nor a stout one wh, DID "ot wish to
be thinner. so as you 'te, it i ="
state Of mind. One wants what
the other can't give, and the other
is mad clean through because he
| can't.
But why not be satisfied with
what nature has given you? A
stout person looks sort of prosper
Gus anyhow, so why not let it go 1T
that. But it is not fashionable.
some stout ladies may say. But
suppose it is not. Don't you think
it is better to be questionable and
healthy. than fashionable and un-
| healthy?
| have never seen strict fashion
and good health shake hands and
smile on each other VIXEN they met
on the street,
Normal stoutness cannot be re-
duced by drugs without real dam
Iage to the system. Many people
have ruined their health by trying
to roLuce their weight with vari-
Gus so called fat reducing "dopes !"
Some will reduce weight, but it IS
at the expense Of your health.
Better let we'll enough alone.
Good health is better than style,
every time. And rensehber that
you can't fool with nature and get
away with it. No wthiS is just the
fat side of the question. but will
take up the thin aspect in a later
article, so don't worry.
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