Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09

II eat fairly substantial luncheon. az
meat, vegetable and dessert. I dine on gra-
ham crackers and fruit. or l vary it by
meal OF nuts and an apple
Moderation in eating is the key to
health. II one be healthy she will never
be fat. If you know the dominant disease
OF n country you will learn that it Is pro.
duced by the dominant food. Too much
FISH produces scuryy, as, for instance, in
Portugal. Too much rice causes early
senilty, as in Japan. Too much maca.
roni produces early obesity. as in Italy,
where the women grow old early and lose
their beauty. An excess OF raw meats
produces n brutal nature.
have not varied five pounds In weight
in twenty years. because have practised
what am preaching to YOU
Clothing has much to do with keepine
the lines of the figure gently undulant.
The fat woman is the one addicted TO tina
kimona habit. believe in the corset
Know that to keep the long lines OF he,
youth n woman should wear stays every
moment except while she is asleep.
wear them even while going through tho
rev setting-up exercises in the morning.
which everybody knows, and which ii
would bore everybody to repeat
shaye no set rules for exercise save tha
keep moving" which I have quoted
Whiie was reducing my weight ]
learned fencing. And even now I occa,
s!onally go through the fencing exercises
win cane. AS soon as I have taken my
bath put on my corsets. and keen them
on all day
do not favor nor practise extreme
baths. That Is, do not recommend nor
practise the very hot nor the very cold
kh1t
10 flesh forming. and stopped them.
began course OF tepid baths | bathe In
water that is lukewarm. try to match
me temperature of the body. AS soon M
nave gotten into the tub turn on cooler
water, so mat when leave the bath NV
body Is we'll cooled. never remain in tho
bath moro than ten minutes. IF stay
longer than that a feeling OF lassitude fol-
lows. hest follows lassitude and fat fol.
lows unnecessary rest
Next 10 walking. swimming Is the best
sHetclse ior beauty of figure. Nobody ever
pictured mermaid as fat Even tho
medieval painters, who were ignorant ~
lot OF things, knew that. always con.
triVe. no matter how busy am IN do
some SURF swimming in the Summer The
cool salt water makes the muscles firm.
NO matter how little one swims. swim
rast. gust as no matter how little Won
walk you should walk quickly
me best part OF the bath-that IS. the
most reducing part OF it's the driving A
turkish towel vigorously used is the third
aid III reduction. You must have gathered
from what said that regard cutting the
quantity OF food to one.third as the first.
ana walking wherever YOU 90 as the
second. ] rub my shoulders and my hips
more vigorously than any other part OF
my body. That is because those are the
heshforming centres
Mark well that do not advise the rieor-
Gus diet. which Is only another word for
starvation. One should eat three meals
day. But divide these into major and
or minor meals. An admirable menu for
biggest meal and the two which are lesser
or minor meals. An admirable menu for
the lesser meal. especially il 1t be an eve.
ming one. is my favorite supper. That Ia
bran bread with apple butter. Three slices
o. the pran bread. toasted or not, as YOU
wish, With MS much apple butter as Won
wish, nourish the body and are an excel
lent preventive OF intestinal disorders
NO need 10 let the skin of your face and
neck become fabby while reducing. An.
ply cold cream plentifully and harden the
muscles and make the skin firm by apnlI.
cations of cold cloths.