The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 1, 1928, Page 18

a R00 gam tcc SL UT allie Wliibeccmie ena ncle Sam Steps [n to Stop ‘The Craze to Be Slender | Fake Reducing Remedies Have Robbed Fat Ladies Polis seamen cnn ot UAUTAN ASIN ALO ANNEAL A A Pd 5 Of So Many Millions I hat Gover nment Forces Have Been Set To Work x To ~_ Up the Biggest : This generously proportioned woman is an exception. . . . Most such ample ladies seeking sveltness are notorious for their loathing of physical exertion. A By ALMA CHESNUT AME FASHION is a ruthless god- i dess. When she turned thumbs on down on stylish stouts, she was aware that her edict would cause mental anguish in the ranks of her fol- lowers, but, in fairness to her, it is unlikely that = she had any idea of working off a grudge on the — candy maker, increasing the/cares of the federal — government, or creating new and fertile oppor- = Lente for the get-rich-quick men. . | She has done all three. The confectioner = Hig bet that women are smoking instead of = eating candy, and find consolation only in the J fact that the American man, more = pit scree on asl has de- . == velo a sweet toot 4 = f ind the get-rich-quick _men : ‘ j ’ (: : That school SS = have made millions since the craze fied seriall ': / : girl was = = for sylph-! like figures started, liter- f a = = ally flooding the mails with obesity army of a == remedies guaranteed to soak off, plump women = = tub oe or otherwite dispose of ex- etaad oS cess adi tissue. " Postal authorities, exercising and bottled = their right to prevent use of the hooey yearly 4 md to defraud and, incidentally, elnbiogs seeking to protect from her own quest for its ae the woman who wishes ly and to pete peter ie = lala comfort. is doing battle with the get-rich- Tt is too much to expect the overweight to sedan quick boys. After a struggle that . Lee is baa Fe ed Higa ba i canna ot seekine to learn how she may revert from the second to the ac mit that, at any rate where stout The “ad” says: “Chew |-So’s and love 8 d siden. age Raa ody, No di, Nena 7°01" * 7 ad ad rece while ou ehh em le od, a tj i fee 3 the exercise a without the a nts are con . bread retails at a dollar a é Beis eadiies:) under aad sich foo foods ant ced te ey al rede gum and chew See with de- —_ loaf aed ibs stout ad to eat a slice or two at each { cion A te lenc} ap, tae termination and remains the same. meal. The “well-known” fat-reducing qualities of the ingredients a od the posto! ee aut Ae Another ad ip “ote Pine Breeze bath salts. Take hot are senate = oa lela} dine better and look better, in addi- t fo he ene of Oeleiie baths and the fat will melt." Which sounds fine. The stout fel to | voirdupois. ‘ Kalin eres sola Ld ah be lady sees the oa aay floating down the drain on top of the wien se sylph | roe a the brea, reads all of the literature ‘ ans I ee it, might water. She buys the bath salts, sosks for an hour or so and Bi. ae with it and indulges in her quota regularly. Nothing a iiaig alt ot i, remedies 10 mounts ones inced that she has lost at least 10 pounds. —_ interesting happens. In due time the’bread, too, arrives al the 5 a a suet: eek ae She finds that she has lost three. But alas, a few hours later, laboratory to be tested. Its one virtue over ordinary pened ieee ie te foe after eating her dinner, she finds that all she lost has come back. the verdict, is that it contains a small quantity of hich att One ie vedi { Hot cause a temporary loss of weight, any physician which furnishes roughage. To get a medicinal ” f orp rie he virtues 0! can tell alt you, bath salts or no bath salts, and the preparation agar, however, an entire loaf would have to be fe ain gece i instance had for its basic ingredient Epsom salts, one meal. harmless But inefectua, while i coil i "Sivereemees which assures the soot thet TQTEVERTHELESS, sciito and dec tha re is x advertisement which assures stout scient an tors it per- ie hes a ie TOUS om peal they can love a pound a by taking a certain tablet after sons who are genuinely t should pod chon F rederick Kebler, chief eo the di meals. The virtues of weet nope during the day, with a to jeter Pints that a. for them ee a toina é vision of drugs. Many _ contain To Uncte Sam all anti-fat remedies are under suspicion. and none ent he money-1 poy = pen oh se ant : apf ashes. conkcrenca the hey are ae io ie. aS ¥ thyroids, he explains, which wipe work to advantage + In this laboratory more than 40 brands of reducing of reducing. monials. A booklet and other ising data cotse with the condemned as a “‘mass phenomenon, me rom pei cone , on certain Apes. 0 of obesity, but should be taken concoctions have been analyzed, found lacking effectivee The fat wo- ly Included are the now-familias “before” and “after” tagion and capable of leading to a nervous m,” but only rt supervision of a competent physi- ness and safely. man, having the Jisein were not putting the seal of their approval upen % ace AN coma, Laralives ond. iyscaans. agiee spent five or "What do fat regucing pills such a» these contin? Nux the eacemively fat person : = tat lattes peniteny aken cn aye a _ ten dollars vomica and a laxative, says the analyst, just enough to stir up Fat persuns are usually fat because they overeat and do not = aging effect. for one remedy, only to find it ineffectual, lly tries the digestive apparatus, and, often, thyroid. After taking the exercise, is the cold-blooded verdict of another branch of the re | E labe! big another, often running the gauntlet of five or six before she be- tablets regularly for a while, the sylph loses her appe- Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Home Economics, Ss = jabels contain little or no information about the in- comes discouraged. ORS tite, becomes nervous and begins to have taint spells, indicating where studies of nutrition and diet are carried on. =e gredients used and, behind the catchy name, the glowing Her desire to escape the stigma of bejng called ‘fat, that her heart is misbehaving. Boke the finds it necessary where aces day when the Bureau of Home Economics does = advertisement and elaborate pilot lie a few cents parently bas rendered ber deat to tbe wareiogs of physclams; to comault a doctoe, whe tells her thet thyreids ave just the thing not receive & query or two about diets for reducing, and thi = = worth of inexpensive home remedies and household products, for dumb where su: ative advertosmeats are comcemneel 066 ae for her not to take. Even with all these troubles, she has not in substance, is the advice that is given along with @ copy o! == which the unsuspecting and optimistic willingly pay from $1 to the example furnished by friends who have suffered break- Jost weight. "their bulletin, "Good Proportions in. the Diet’: = to $10. downs during the course of too strenuous efforts to reduce. nei or keeping weight down is largely a matter = a Manufacturers of such remedies reap profits ranging from Even a cursory examination of the newspapers and magazines E, lure of a foreign label is just as attractive on a medi- of a gets real dict and he et exercise, The watery and = ° 00 to 300 or 400 per cent, the department states, many quick- sereale thal Oe tie wel acne Ane American women are facing to- cine bottle as on a coat or frock, the scientist has found. bulky fruits and vegetables, which are low in calories, ot fuel = honeys attaining the milli class. A net profit, per year, of from day is, apparently, that of attaining or “keeping, sehoolgi iptions of obésity remedies often hint mysteriously value, should pedsnate it there a tendency forthe id a 50,000 to as much as $500,000 is oot at all uncommon. figure, ‘siden’ elec, crime wave Prohibition not- at a great di of some distinguished foreign scientist, whoie vidual to store up fat. Foods rich in starch, fat content and == y While the Scene | has been successful in driving a great iia ing. name, for some cannot be divulged. pee more concentrated foods—should be used spare ' = = many “reducers” from the market through the issuance of fraud Venus de Milo, after a reign of centuries, is no a One care thet 4 tassios tee, corevered: on, the’ Inland ol so ance most of oir fal added te the dict, it, ia faily = = orders, them is very much like trying to kill a hydra. belly ction. Modern woman sniffs at the beautiful k — Berneo, will turn the trick... . send for booklet ining, ore ee ee x =s = ‘Two new remedies, it is stated, bob up for each one that is says, “Why, she’s hefty!” And even her admir a etc, Inve few days aloog combs the booklet. It is tiled, “How cutting down or limiting butter, cream, and . = downed. 2 z forced ts edeaa tial: beyond peradventure, of a doubt, I lost 34 pounds in 30 days,” and proves to be the story of a prepared from cream, salad oils of all kinds, fat meat, = Fines are ordered when the manufacturer is proved guilty, were she to return, would find fashion’s ersliat crantiees 6 beauty who, tired of exercising and dieting, went to and fied Pood Fruit and vegetables all have a very small pro- = but the business is so while it lasts that even heavy fines, —_very, very snug fit. the of Borneo, where an ‘savant gav ber 2 mus. portion of fat and are most useful additions to such diets. agureeating o of dollars, have not proved a deterrent to rious liquid, strange yet pleasant to tase, which her “Where fat is restricted it is wise to. use some in the form | Sometimes the culprit even nets a jail sentence. BESITY scapes, lich execu hie Nave ‘all> (> lass weight sapudly: waned incoarenaenes se. secrihe of butter since butter ci carrie a vitantin which is very emential. So serious has the situation become that, recently, the Federal se steed ‘ate Aaa i a well-known laxatives is of rémov- rear ba a fod food to reduce the body = Ti Commission announced its intentign to join forces with administered in intriguing ways. An advertisement ing Rosh, 00d so Menmeeaate 7am a beauty who —weightsthat all ralph lle pF Ao be met. Unwite == ha 3 Depasteeat ia Code ange i porta Rapes Uvias, arrayed rayon Raw gps Mg fel in the Imagining 4 tee te i promoter. deine, many canes Nee Cr, be sl io oe al = 4 situation in attitude of wa: peril ck oP just when anew state of healt or this re we c — hase eet Ak eae heed se east ct Nentby sis the dial sad’ undetrable fat ad wee cat hence He tae ee ou eat the mons faik Yo Sci os oe pe =z : a (Copyright, 1928, NBA Magasine) : a 4 { \ stun eg! 1