Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-23
Will Power
Required
To Diet
Start Now to Slim
Figure for New
Fall Fashions
By PATRICIA LINDSAY.

There is tragedy in fat. The
overweight live only half Life, for
there is nothing in which they can
participate with a whole heart or
whole body. Excess flesh is the
arch enemy of beauty. 1t covers
the graceful lines of the body. 1t
puffs and twists lovely faces out
of focus" That, my dears, is the
opinion of an eminent physician
who wishes ardently to help stout
ladies reduce without running their
health He feels that if you can
shame" a woman into slimming,
you do her great favor.
Naturally, he knows that there are
cases of overweight which are due
to physical reimbursement and re-
quire the expert supervision of ply
sicians. But the majority of fat
women are fat solely because they
are sluggish and have little deter
mination. They say they want to
reduce. but they do nothing about
controlling their food intake or ex-
ercising stubborn excess flesh off
their Bones.
An overweight woman may joke
about her avoirdupois in company.
but I'll bet she is not so happy about
her figure when she looks into a
full-length mirror. There is no deny
ing that overweight is dangerous to
health, that it is a foe of complete
happiness and that it is definitely
unlovely. So why be fat If 1t is
within ones power to slim?
To slim requires intelligence, a
knowledge of food or a program for
eating, and a determination to be
slender, lovely looking and happy.
There are no short cuts to slimness,
once you have allowed your body
TO become heavily padded with
flesh. Massage is good, but 1t is
not sufficient. You must slim your
self. Roll and kick and twist your
body into proportion and cut down
on the foods which create fat. There
is no need to starve, in fact, you
must eat sufficient food to create
the energy you need each day. But
begin to re-educate your palate
make it desire the foods that are
good for you and slimming at the
same time.
Snap out of that sluggish state
you are in and make up your mind
TO slim to beauty. Then stick to
your decision-don't waver just be-
cause you are at the bridge club
or lunching downtown with friend.
When you open the icebox resist
taking a snack of this and that.
Settle your meal hours-8 in the
morning, 1890 promptly for lunch
con. and 7 for dinner. Between
meals. keep your body and mind
occupied so you won't think of eat
ing. Have you ever noticed how fire.
quently you take snacks between
meals when you are vacationing or
lolling about on Sunday? Why?
You haven't enough to do. Your
mind and body are bored so they
say to you. Lets eat something
That's something to do at least!"
SO you go to the icebox and eat!
If you had been playing a game,
hiking, sewing or. otherwise occu-
pied, you would never have thought
about food.
The "One-Two-Three Reducing
Diet" which is offered free through
this column, starts you off on the
right eating program. 1t is splen-
did to follow during the summer
when you are not inclined to eat
heavy meals, anyhow. Why not send
for it and get busy, so that come
the fall you will be in better form
and much happier?
Be certain to incloSe q self-ad.
dressed. stamped (3-cent) en-
velope with your request. II you
need reducing exercises ask for
them.