The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-30

than she should
Cosluetoluglsts' association. with FIVE
thousand members, has come out
Tor the plump girls as against the
thin ones. They place more weight
on graceful curves than on sharp
angles The we'll uourished damsel
Of today should be proud OF her
health. For radiant, glowing skin
goes with a plump. rounded body.
Painters. sculptors. courtiers and
great lovers have always given the
plump girl the best OF it.
The esteem for slenderness has
been only faddIsm. just an eyanes-
cent idea. Long ears. protruding
lips and other fetish customs are
confined only 10 local areas Plump
girls are more normal than slender.
skinny ones. They can think better
because they are healthier. Cleo
patra. Venus OF Milo. Fatima were
all plump ladies. even bordering on
overweight The charmers OF the
Sultan were buxom women: the
Renaissance portrayed convex and
not concaye figures as their ideal or
feminine beauty. In the early 9Os
In this country the plump Lillian
Russell type was In great demand.
And Mae West-she may be the
style OF tomorrow.
The anemic. slender, underweight
girl will develop into a plump young
woman II she eats the proper food.
Directly after birth the first major
battle every little girl baby has to
solve Is 10 keep her internal heat
regulated and constant. She con
quers this within "a hours. then she
has another critical problem name
~. to keep her blood pressure nor.
NAL and constant. little gland on
top OF each kidney takes care OF
this-the adrenal or superadrenal
glands. Then she has seven or eight
years OF smooth sailing. Contagious
diseases are all that bother her at
this time.
But when she reaches nine years
OF age she begins TO change. She
grows faster: she becomes more
active In her movements. She Is
preparing herself for wOmanhOod.
when she Is eleven or twelve years
old. she Is taller than her brother at
the same age She now develops
rapidly She puts on weight. angles
become curves. fat is deposited
around breast and hips; she blooms
out Ike morning flower In spring
time. She becomes a woman almost
overnight II she stays slender and
boyish with concave angles. she Is
not developing along normal lines
II Is just as natural for a girl to be
come plump when she grows into
young wOmanhOod as II is for
flower TO bloom when II is mature
Authorities on public health have
always been apprehenslye about the
slender faddlsm among young wom
en-. Young women can keep slender
only by modified starvation meth.
DDS. They eat little other than
dried bran-llke breakfast foods,
moistened with skinned milk and
swallowed with the aid of coffee or
tea; they religious1y cut out fats
and sweets and subsist for the rest
OF the day mainly on salads. Their
idea is 10 keep the neutral imma.
ture. puberty figure of childhood.
And nature never meant girlish
figure 10 be a childish form. Head
colds. heavy feelings In head and
back, and mental sluggishness with
constipation Of ideas and thoughts
are common among undernourished
young people. An angular, cOncave,
linear-fgured, underfed young WON
an may well be an incubator culti-
waiting and propagating various
kinds OF germs.
Young mothers with plump fig
ures have plenty of vitality giving
vitamins and other necessary sub
stances stored In their bodies for
the growth and aOurishment Of
their babies. Undernourished, skinny
young mothers are at disadvan-
tage; they have less reserve stored
up for their infants. There will be
fewer disabilities among young
mothers If they eat what they
should and eat until hunger Is salts
fed. Eating will make them plump,
but that is normal. and they will be
much healthier and much happier
The style-makers talk Of fuller
skirts for the 1856 winter season.
That is good news from the health
standpoint. Tight skirts make wo-
men think too much of reducing.
When they see bread or potatoes on
the table, butter, ice cream, whipped
cream, all foods they should have,
they shake their heads. More ample
clothes will make them less con-
scious of curves when they look
into their mirrors.
And. If you notice, the girls pic
tured on the magazine covers and In
billboard advertisements now def
nitely have curves. So do the girls
chosen to advertise swim suits. The
attainment of curves means the
buying of more food, which will
make the farmers happier.
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