The Washington times., 1920-05-02
FAT LADY SQUAD
I LOSES SOPOUNDS
Illinois Heayiss Becoming Dis
oouraged With Dieting With
out Results.

CHICAGO, May 2-hesith 80
missioner John Dill Robertson anu
Ills elass OF twenty-four overupno
tered women are today hhlns pnv..,
Tn. health commissioner took charge
Of these volunteers for reduction 70
Impress upon the great neshy sehoo'
that will power applied 10 eNei0ise
ana food would bring them BACK 10
normal in weight and health.
THE women range from twenty
rour IN ATTY years OF age ana from
Js7 TO 323 pounds. There are tout
.tenographers. thirteen house"Nes'
three nurses. two clerks ana Wo
buyers. They had all heard more OF
less how Lillian Russell ana A
summeryille had kicked OF surplus
TAT hut without direction and regular
exercises they admitted failure
Now after Ave days or trembling
ana dieting they have lost total OF
eighty pounds. No reward onereo'
IRE total weight when the class pc
ian "fryinG the fat" was 4.S3l. To-
Sav a. is 4,751 pounds. Mrs. Nellie
Leonard carried on the honors OF the
class by bringing her weight GOWN
from 323 pounds to 3lo. the least
progress was made by Miss MARY
Bexglund. who dropped only sihs'e
mound curing lho "oS"
Some OF the women are getting us
co,,ra red and are sending excuses Tor
absence.
RsS~rtsss Gives Rules.
..rh.re viii be outdoor work. plenty
., g." mr. Robertson said. "As bend
Ing ana stopping are necessary. there
win he work over the wash tub ana
other sirniiar household devices. All
manner Of exercise will be oroereo
,rhe exercise will be adapted TO the
uarticular case. Many OF these women
hava done and are doing vigorous
work now. others are employed 10
offices. Where outdoor exercise woulo
benefit the latter class. 1t would not
help the others"
The dieting will be severe. at least
10 those who like sweets and rich
foods. Here again the individual case
will be treated. Some people get thin
ON candy, others get fat" the doctor
said. POTATOES, rich GRAVES ana
fatty meats work the same way.
Stsrchy foods, breads, cereals, but
Ter. cream, potatoes and SO forth are
ON tn, ~yerboten" list. Salads, SPIN
ach. cabbage. brussels sprouts, hsh
and lean meats a-e the type OF tooas
the doctor has recommended.
DR.. Robertson, W.T. Is rat man.
had this further to aod:
"As a people. we are too obese" he
declared. ave are stabilized. If we
had lived like the Indians. had each
day taken all manner OF violent eS-
ercise. we would have no stout per-
sons except, perhaps. those whom
sickness or old age prevented from
active life.'
Here's How They Do 1t.
Here is a part OF the diary of Flor
cnce Peters:
"Breakfast: One baked apple (no
cream). one boiled egg. one snc.
gluten bread toast without butter),
one cup of coffee with saccharine and
skim milk. Not so bad, That Will
last me till 1890, when take my haH
3, cup of boullion and one cracker.
This is the life.
"I worked up quite an appetite for
luncheon. which consisted of cold
roast beef, rye bread for change.
lettuce and two teaspoonfuls of co.,
taee cheese.
az have lost six pounds somehow.
weighed myself on the butchers
scales and everybody gathered around
10 watch me. Only 206 now. and stu
,:oing down. Time for tea with
lemon and one cracker. Not VerY
nourishing, but it helps fill the
vacuum.
For dinner, boiled Goldfish with
lemon, caulifower, lettuce salad anC
IN orange. No chance of gaining
weight on that. I'm not so hungry
low as / was the first day out.
suppose one could get used even TO
starvation. Half cup of hot skim
milk and to bed"
Not Hungry After Four-Dny Fast.
In his talk today DR.. Robertson
Eaid:
Remember that you can get fat
On anything-even cranberries and
pickles, if you eat enough of them.
1t isn't what you eat so much as the
quantity that counts. If your menu
calls for bran buns, that doesn't
l.lean fifty Of them.
III you're hungry, you can fill mp
Gu soup. Another way of fooling
your stomach is chew a mouthful OF
whole wheat. Don't swallow it: just
chew it as If ii were gum. That sat
isfies the craving. If you fast prop
Crly for four days. you won't be hum
cry on the fifth"
mo, we'll be dead" interrupted one
young woman.
One plump little woman said that
instead OF rolling on the floor she
had been turning somersaults-she
5ust rolled that way naturally. "Oh,
its awful to see steaks and cakes on
the table and every one eating but
YOU. That's hadcs punishment"
laoaned tho steak struck woman.
The fad has been taken up by 9th.
or reducers. Now a class of male
monsters is trying to reduce under
tho tutorship of a lady fat fighter.
One thing in her favor is that she
is thin.