It’s Hard to be Fat in Hot Weather

Ladies' Mirror, Volume V, Issue 6, 1 December 1926, Unnumbered Page

It’s Hard to be Fat in Hot Weather

r F'o my mind it's hard to be a great A many things in hot weather, says a correspondent in an English exchange, and her advice seems practical. Hard to be curled; hard to be courteous; and terribly hard to be fat in hot weather. It would lie insurmountably harder to make the effort to be anything else. But maybe you are wondering why this article. Then listen. I have a mes-s-age—to fat women : “Rise above the heat and you’ve done enough. You’ve no moral obligation to reduce. All you need to do is to stand firmand stand the weather.” In other words, I’m telling you how to lose pounds when it’s hot. I'm telling you how best to endure what you’ve got. It's enough. If you are fat you have plenty of troubles. But do you know of any that come as close to you, or can so undermine your happiness, as foot troubles ? Poor, swollen, tired feet, on which every extra pound bears down so heavily. How they implore sympathy after a day on unyielding pavements ! If you're overweight be careful about your shoes. Buy sensible, well-cut ones that do not cramp and jam, and avoid non-porous ones that do not permit ventilation. If you’re troubled with perspiration, change your stockings frequently, so that the perspiration will not be reabsorbed by the feet. Stockings should be rinsed out each night, and the feet should be bathed carefully and aired. I was talking the other day about summer and shiny noses and such to a young woman 1 knew in the beauty business. And she was saying how, as we all know there are lots of times in the hot weather when we get sick of the oiliness of cold creams, and long for the cool alternative of a cleansing lotion. She said: “Oils are most necessary, of course, and astringements may be overdone. But I have a cleansing lotion that is all right for even inclined-to-be-dry-and-sceptical skins. It is: W itch hazel one ounce, camphor water one ounce, glycerine and rose water to four ounces. And it’s cooling and cleansing. My mother used to make it.” She also said, this young woman, “Tell your readers to be sure that they don’t mistake perspiration for oil.” Perspiration on the face is annoying, but it’s not a bad idea for the skin to shed its impurities that way. You’ll be sorry in the autumn if you dry out your skin with an overdose of astringents. In case you’re not sure whether your face is really oily or just perspiring, ’ bathe it with cool water. If it’s 1 perspiration it will wash off easily and leave the skin looking fresh. Erratum. The article “Hospital Board Matters,” on page 27, is concluded on page —not 3-1.