Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-26
BY ANNA FtTZtN
Famous Oueratfe Star


To all women who are at present VIC
tins of their too abundant fiesh l
would advise as the first essential step
in their cure the elimination OF their
family.
No matter how drastic the means
one NAV be forced to adopt, l cannot
too strongly emphasize the necessity
of this point. If you cannot make the
members of your family leave you run
away from them. Insult them; silence
| them in one u or another; IL
necessary, kill them, but at all cost ger
| rid of them, for just as surely as you
breathe they will be the greatest oo-
| stacle you will encounter IN trying 10
reduce.
/ know!
For months I INDUCED my vanity to
| a sickening degree upon the assurances
from NV mother and sisters that
never have you looked SO well and
healthy. Your figure is beautiful.
Your cheeks so nice and round!' ETC.,
and it was not until this selt-same van
ity had been given q cruel thrust tnat
| managed to release myself from the
| siIken coils of home flattery and face
facts as they were.
Too Heavy for Role
I was cast for the part of the con-
| ]surnptiye in LA Boheme" and sang
| one particular evening as / had never
sung before. My family and friends
overwhelmed me with congratulations.
I was given a large supper party AFTER
| the performance and toasted as q reai
songbird by all present. ! went home
feeling very happy and tasting the fruit
Of success with keen relish. The next
morning my maid brought to me the
daily papers-each n containing an
eagerly read criticism of my perform
ance.
The first words that met my eyes
were from the pen of a leading musical
critic. He said: anna Fitziu sang her
role with much better voice than usual,
but-being cast for the part of a con-
sumptiye, it was strangely lncongruous
to see her appear looking like nothing
so much as an oyergrown, healthy Boy
Scout"
In six of the other criticisms Anna
Fitzui received the same "but'-and,
one or two of them kindly drew atten-
ton TO my weight as being the most
noticeable feature of the evenings per-
Torrance.
A Rigid Regime
Then and there I determined that
nothing physically possible would keep
me from getting back to my normal
weight.
However, I hardly knew what l had
undertaken. / had only two months
in which to prepare myself for my next
engagement, including among its re
quirements several roles which / had
never before portrayed, and 1t was III
addition to my strenuous Work OF
studying for these parts that I took
the treatment for reducing.
Jv:ueS ~ ,rIoe Nc nopt ~ rvy rupa
was q careful regime Of dieting. ]
followed the rules religiously and
never exceeded the number of calories
in my meals allotted for a day. If ]
yearned desperately for an article OF
food which contained a large number
of c~aIories / would eliminate other ar
ticles of food to satisfy my craving.
Mathematics of Galleries
In the beginning, the most obnoxious
thing I had to take was the cup of hot
water. containing lemon Juice which
served for nv morning meal. l grew
to relish it after a few weeks. Their
| for luncheon, another trial and test o4
endurance was my W slices OF zWle,
back, n hard, tasteless crust, served
ANONYMOUSLY as a substitute for bread
At S / had a cup of tea or my partlcu'
lar vice which / have never given up
an ice cream soda. L ADORE ice cream
sodas, And by giving up nearly every
thing else in the way of food during
the day I could safely indulge in tht
object of my relish. .
ANYONE who undertakes a diet vii
soon find that the stomach contracts
and voluntarily refuses TO take in more
than is good for one. and Of course on'
begins almost Immediately then TO LOST
weight,
In addition to a strict diet | have