FOR THE STOUT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 3

FOR THE STOUT.

can always get thin if, she likes, to, take herself rigorously in hand; but. in-most pobple's livjcs of work and worry it • doesi not seen- worth . while to deny oneself little. iSpmforts, .and to spend hours (which cannot he spared) jn. exorcising the muscles. «. T^e , following hints are, easy >to follow by those stout women who.want'to get tiling but .P$ caro to , undergo hardships. The days happily gone '..by when: reducing the nguro ;.thought • to' be solely brought about by. a .systom of.starvation, Eating— L to satisfy—when hungry is not injurious to a stout pwson. if .large amounts of -'liquid .are not takon,at,tho somo tiiho. - .A kljiss of water taken half /an hour. beforo meals is - helps -to assimilate the food. At breakfast the cup. .of tea orcoffe© should.always lie taken the. last, thing. Tight-lacing increases , waist, measurement in the long run, and nover decreases it in any case. Ail clothing-should bo loose,- so that the' circulation js not interfered . with, especially when,exorcise is-being.taken. A long walk takch. by a tightly laced person is quite useJess.

Breathing exercises performed systematically oncp or twice a day are helpful, but : should .be cautiously begun, and in caser, of weak heart only under medical supervision. To lounge in ,iin armchair or rcclinc. on a , sofa is fatal to the.byes-stout- personafternoon siestas shonld be abandoned ,and early rising, is a necessity. Energetic habits help to,make one thin. ( Energy and laziness are largely a,matter .of habit, and a stout person should learn to depend on her own exertions, for. ovory" small want. . After a long and very hot bath the whole body should bo rubbed, vigorously with a coarso brown bath ,towel; (the rougher and newer the. better),, until the skin experiences v a sharp .afterglow. .... Loosely fitting clothes, plonty, of fresh air,, a nourishing diet, in which starchy , foods give place to a great extent to those of a strengthening-nature, mdat, .poultry, game, fish and eggs, thin toast, and an avoidanceVof fatty foods, such is fat bacon,' milk and cream, are the main elements of treatment for tho stout.: