Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-25
ALL THE WORLD NAY LOVE
LOVER, But NOT A FAT NAN

~Nobody. loves a fat man." is .
well-known saying. We might also
that fat woman Is even less popular.
Obesity is generally due to three
factors-(l) 0ver-eafine; (2) insult
fcient exercise; (3) deficient secre-
ton Of the ductless glands. There il
also those who inherit the tendency
TO be stout from q long line Of an
cestors. The latter have our undying
sympathy.
Everyone either PHYS or ridicules
the person Of large proportions eltho
as matter of fact. in these H. c. L.
days, the person who can sport we'll
rounded shape and . well-fed express
sion. should be envied-not laughed ut,
but, alas! such is the contrariness Of
the human race, particularly the fe-
male Of the species. A fat man can
usually "get away with t." not 20 a
fat woman. Apparently Dame Fashion
is leagued with everyone else TO ''put
one over on her" However, almost
any woman with little taste and in
genuity can design and arrange her
wardrobe so rs to be in style, yet
comfortable and attractively gowned.
Every magazine. daily paper and
woman's journals publishes dozens and
dozens Of anti-fat medicine advertise
ments. One dose Of the dope 30 the
ads state, will put twenty or more
doses, and 10, and behold! you are in
the feather-weight class. There are
plenty Of misguided fat people who
have tried some Of these patent flesh
reducers. We have never heard of
any Of them being successful as far
as reducing avoirdupois Is concerned,
the slimness seemingly having taken
effect in the region Of the pocketbook.
Anti-fat medicines are dangerous,
as they either contain thyroid extract
or laxative salts. The first may
work wonders in a person lacking this
secretion. but in nine cases out Of ten,
irreparable harm may result. The
second ingredient is also dangerous
and futile, besides being unscientfic.
Nothing in the world is q better
anti-fat medicine than exercise-not
working ones self to death, but the
kind that brings out the use Of the
fat-ridden muscles. Work is all
right in its way, but not oil kinds of
work. be II ever so hard, will serve to
reduce flesh.
There are innumerable books and
pamphlets published on exercises for
reducing excess flesh and for building
up the body. Any one may secure
them and il they will get right down
to business, they will soon notice o
very decided change in their appear.
ance. Don't overd0 it, though, Rome
wasn't built in n day, and you can't
knock off a few pounds ut one try
by breaking your back and firing your
flabby muscles going thru the ex-
ercises. Go at it right, follow the
directions carefully Before long you
will be enjoying it. Five minutes in
the morning before breakfast, before
an open window or out on the back
porch, spent in few good exercises,
and the same thing at night before
retiring, will beat all the anti-fat
dope ever invented. Careful attention
to the diet is also necessary if one de-
sires to lose weight. Fat is pretty
much the result of lazincss and too
much pampered appetite.
There, now, we knew you would say
it. Yep, we are kind % fat. ourselves,
butts inherited from long line
fence, or should we say branch of the
limbs on dads family tree bore fruit
that tipped the scales at nothing less
200 pounds. Some "swell" relations
we have all right.
Huh? What's that? Sure we take
exercise and diet, how did you 'spose
we learned all the above? Imagine
it? Nope! we don't weigh 200--yet.