The Washington times., 1920-03-21

II eat fairly substantial luncheon, a.
meat, vegetable and dessert, dine on gra-
ham crackers and fruit, or vary it by a
meal Of nuts ard an apple.
Moderation in eating is the key to
health. If one be healthy she will never
be fat. II you know the dominant disease
of a country you will learn that it is pro-
duced by the dominant food. Too much
fish produces scurvy. as, for INSTANCE, in
Portugal. Too much rice causes early
senility, 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 a 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 keeping
the lines Of the figure gently undulant
The fat woman is the one addicted to the
kimona habit. / believe in the corset. I
know that to keep the long lines of her
youth woman should wear stays every
moment except while she is as1eep ]
wear them even while going through the
which everybody knows. and which II
would bore everybody to repeat
l have no set rules for exercise save the
keep moving" which I have quoted
While / was reducing my weight ]
learned fencing. And even now occa.
sionany go through the fencing erercises
with cane. AS soon as have tsxen my
bath put on my corsets, and keep them
on all day.
| do not favor nor practise extreme
baths. That is. do not recommend nor
'rfctise the very hot nor the very cold
bath. / discovered that hot baths tended
to flesh forming, and | stopped them.
began a course of tepid baths battle in
water that is lukewarm. try to match
the temperature Of the body. AS soon as
/ have gotten into the tub turn on cooler
water. so that when / leave the bath nv
body is well cooled. | never remain I'm the
batn more than ten minutes. If I STAY
longer than that'a feeling Of lassitude fol.
lows. Rest follows lassitude and fat fol.
lows unnecessary rest.
Next to walking swimming is the best
exercise for beauty of figure. Nobody ever
pictured a mermaid as fat. Even the
meolevai painters, who were Ignorant Of
lot OF things knew that | always con.
trive, no matter how busy am to do
some surf swimming in the Summer. The
cool salt water makes the muscles firm.
NO matter how little one swims, swim
fast, just as no matter how little you
walk you should walk quickly.
The best part OF the bath-that is, the
most reducing part Of it's the drying A
Turkish towel vigorously used is the third
aid in reduction. You must have gathered
from what | said that | regard cutting the
quantity Of food to one-third as the first,
and walking wherever you go IS the
second. | rub my shoulders and my hips
more vigorously than any other part OF
my body. That is because those are the
fiesh-forming centres.
Mark well that ] do not advise the rigor-
Gus diet, which is only another word for
starvation. One should eat three meals
a day. But divide these into ma ;or 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 II be an eve
ming one, Is my favorite supper. That Is
bran bread with apple butter. Three slices
Of the bran bread, toasted or not, as you
wish, with as much apple butter as you
wish, nourish the body and are, an excel.
lent preventive of intestinal disorders.
No need to let the skin OF your face and
neck become fabby while reducing. Ap-
ply cold cream plentifully and harden the
muscles and make the skin firm by appli-
cations of cold cloths.