The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-27
Modern Stays
Responsible for Fat?
Because of Their Com
fort 1t Is Claimed
Women Are Inclined
to Overindulgence in
Eating.
1.-THE Modern Corset" said the
corsetierre, SIS responsible for
the fa ct that we have at pres

corsetierre, 'is responsible for
the fact that we have at pres
ent more fat women than at any time
in history. Do you doubt it? Watch
the women any day on the avenue and
be convinced. There are three fat women
to one slender woman. Do you know
why? 1 will ltelI you.
when / was young, and that was In
the days of the tight corset, when we haa
the egg boiler waists, women were
obliged to curb their appetites. They
simply could not overfeed the way they
do nowadays. If we did we were I'M
comfortable Our waist measure was
determined by the tight corset we wore,
and would not permit it. 1t was said
of us that we affected delicate appe-
tite because 1t was the fashion to be
delicate But that was merely propa-
ganda to meet the oncoming wave of
feminism. The fact was that our
corsets were so tightly laced that we
could not expand to a full meal. When
man took you out to dinner he knew
that he had to order trifle-tr1fllng
compared with the menu a woman can
stow away nowadays. With the COM
Portable corset we now wear the appetite
is catered to until the women Of to-day
are a sight. Look at the fashionable
dress with the wide belt that drops four
or six inches below the waist line. That
design is a necessity to supply the trade
with a gown that fat women can wear.
''rhen there are the candy shops and
the ice cream places. There was never
O time when so much candy was con-
sumed as now. In the day of the tight
corset there was no demand for candy.
We ate hard candies. Now a woman
thinks nothing of putting half pound
OF soft, rich candies into her system in
an afternoon. 1t is the fashion to have
a box of sweets around all the time
fo- some one to pick at. The result is
that fat women prevail Don't let any
one make you believe that it is Vol
stead who has created the demand for
cardy. 1t is the effect of the loose cor
set, although I do not say that the fat
woman is particularly comfortable
strapped into the crate she must wear
to have any shape at all. Food intern
perance prevails nowadays.
81 notice that all the psychological
lectures we hear and read never say a
word about reducing the flesh through
abstinence. They say it is a state Of
mind. So 1t is. A state Of indulgence
that should be curbed They say that
being happy and harmonious is what
makes you fat Well so it does, but the
measure of the food we eat has still
something to do with it.
'It is not an easy matter to control
the appetite once it gets ahead or you.
But it can be done. The stomach is like
n spoiled child You refuse it twice
as much food as it needs, and it cries
70: it, The stomach is a cry baby.
Now. the secret of reducing the flesh
Hes in stomach control. Is your stomach
a child or is it a grown-up stomach?
IL it is a grown-up stomach, prove 1t by
letting it cry. BY and by 1t will see
that you mean what you say and stop
crying. If it keeps on crying give 1t
drink of water, and tell it to go to
sleep. Treat it like child.
Stomach control is not specially easy.
Everywhere you go you will meet with
forcible feeding. Itis the same as bring
ing I'D a child on certified diet. Every
where you go some one offers it
cooky You hate to be disagreeable and
refuse the child the coolSy. It's the same
with your stomach.
Scientists have taken up the case
of the food we eat. They measure 1t by
calories, the standard of heat. to help
us along in our idea to eat normally.
It would help us lot more if they gave
us a pair of scales or half pint cup
along with the idea to treat ourselves
sanely For that is what the normal
stomach is designed to hold, a teacup-
full of food ] should hate to tell the
amount some people l know put into
their stornachs.
THE first thing we should do is to
shrink our stomachs. Put cupful at a
time into 1t. And no more. When it
screams and cries at the denial let 1t
scream. If the head aches, let it ache
The stomach will soon learn to behave
itself, even if it has been in the habit
of being distended for fifty years.
"The modern corset" concluded the
New York corsetierre, has brought
health to women. for it crowds no organs
out of their places But it has landed
on us a generation of fat women, the
like of which the world has never
known. What is the answer? The an
swer is, that women must learn to con-
troll their appetites. In Japan no fat
woman is received at court. 1t is dis
grace in Japan for woman to get fat
as she grows old. If that idea could be
absorbed by the New York woman the
business / am in would soon show salts
factory results. At present the cor
setierre is a very discouraged person.
1T is continuous overlooking that
makes women fat