Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-03
Irwin Cobb's Experience in the
Matter of Reducing My
Weight"

1V1dtlSk Va 1NC0SASAAS SASilt.s
Weight"
The Savannah Press prints a very
excellent condensation of the recent
article in the Saturday Evening Post
by Irwin Cobb on the result of the
efforts of that well-known writer TO
"scatter" his superfuous flesh. The
Press concludes that "the secret of
it all is that if one wants to reduce
ones bulk, it is necessary to reduce
ones provenders." But let Cobb teH 'ssI
the story as The Press presents hiss
story: Il;
CATER consulting various distil'
guished physicians, who gave him lsI1
conflicting advice, Cobb made out his 1ls
own schedule. He tried the experif-
ment on sleeping car and ordered
for breakfast prunes, coffee with hot
milk, dry toast and one egg. sS5ss
"At noon he took dried toast, SaS
small portion of boiled tongue, and
a raw apple. By afternoon he was was
suffering like a man on hungeI
strike. His palate had merely bseE bseE
teased. every salivary gland was e
standing on tiptoe screaming ioT T
help and every fibre Of his inner be-
ing cried out for greases and sugar
By four o'clock in the afternoon he la
could appreciate the sensation OF 2 2
conch shell on parlor whatnot Is
"His dinner was clear soup, a small
thin slice of roast beef, gluten bread,
another raw apple and a piece sof
cheese-nothing. rich, nothing exotic:
He took his coffee straight without
sugar or milk. Next day he kept this this
up. Before night of the second day
that all-gone sensation hadsvanishsed:
He found he could get along on half
the food that he had been deluded
to think was nourishing. Before the
end of the week he felt filter and
spryer than he had for years past,
more alive, more enterested in things
quicker on his feet and briskers IN
his mental process. "The foggg feelT
ing in his head was gone. Z" he still tilIll
had double chin in front, but the l'
third soine, which he / carried behind ll i!
as s a spare, the one which ram all the
way around his neck, had melted
away. His first and second mezza-
nine were visibly trimmed. He be-
came thinner and happier. He re-
duced himself from two hundred and
thirty pounds to one hundred and
ninety-fve. Several Of his notice
able convexes had become plain sur
faces and gave promise in due sea-
son of becoming almost concave. He
lost between two and three pounds
a week. He cut out all the cereals, all
white and hot breads, practically all
pastry; white potatoes, rice, pork
and ham. He didn't use cream in
his coffee nor in his fruit. He con-
sumes one-third of his usual amount
of butter day and one-half as much
meat. He managed to exist on flesh,
fowl, fish and berries, fruits and
vegetables, but not the starchy vege-
tables. His advice 20 his fellowmen
is to do likewise. He doesn't be-
lieve in artificial methods, electric
baths; but good, plain bathing. His
advice is to those who owe their
grossness to gluttony-about 80 per
cent of the American people. He
warns the artists who caricature his
articles by drawing fat men in The
Saturday Evening Post that he has
reduced his belt line and his collar
size. In the midst of his happiness
he utters three rousing cheers for
'lithe-some grace regained.' "-Au-
gusta Chronicle.