The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 10, 1901, Page 3

v A T Yy — e T T Easy WHAT TO DO. 1—Take plenty of outdoor exercise, 2—Use a bath cabinet. 3—Drink hot water, 4—Eat oranges. 5—Diet. . AN FRANCISCO is the paradise of the thin woman, but for her who has, a tendency the other way-— ulas! Ior there is probably not a more fattening climate on the face of the globe. Nine out of ten of the people one meets every day on the street at- test that fact. Indirectly, the cause lles in the general healthfulness of the brac- ing ailr. Directly, the cause lies in the low temperature that lasts all the year round. We don't perspire here and so there is no chance to lose winter-galned flesh in the summer as there Is almost everywhere else in the world, There I8 1 system by which you can re- duce your flesh, and it is a sure system, too. It 18 set forth here your while to read it if you are not will- ing to take a little trouble, indeed, a good denl of trouble, for it s not u system that does all the work itself I'or the first two or three weeks diet yourself, T'ry fasting for a day or two, f your desire for food gets too strong, tanke a bit of stale toasted bread soaked in hot water, Keep away from good things to eat and so keep from tempta- tion, Keep this little fast up to-day, and to morrow and the next day you may have for breakfast one <ll‘u|)|h-<] or poached egg on stale bread toasted. No lunch, 1or dinner a dish of bolled caulitlower, one ot siewed tomatoes, a very little plece of meat and berries without sugar or cream, e very careful to avold any starchy bstance, Drink hot water whenever you wve water, It 1s very good to drink two glasses of hot water early in the morn- ing before you have eaten anything, et a bath eabinet, which can be order- ed at any drug store. The aleohol lamp which generally comes with the bath cab- fnet I8 not large enough, it does not throw out enough heat If you cannot find a much larger alcohol lamp than this, get & small uh stove, Pure alecohol s better to use than wood aleohol, The fumes of wood alcohol are very polsonous L Lesson It is not worth | Take a steam bath in pour cabinet every night. The Instructions are given with it. After your steam have some one ruh you down hard, afterward slapping and patting the whole bodv for ten minutes, Get into bed while you are glowing and drink a glass of very hot water with a half lemon squeezed into it, Have a good sleep and be refreshed in the morning, for you must be ready then to take your exercise, THE SUNDAY 500y OVER. ARMS BACK. Begin by standing with your weight on the balls of the feet, bend body forward and see how nearly you can come Lo touching the floor with the tips of the fingers. Be careful not to bend the knees, Next stand with the weight on the ba of the feet, feet close together, and twist the body around backward as far as pos sible, Twist to each side until you are tived, The arm whirl is good. ) Ratse the arms s in Physical Culture. ~ £3 WHAT NOT TO DO. 1—Don’t eat any starchy substances. 2—Don’t eat grapes. 3—Don’t drink stimulants. 4—Don’t neglect walking. 5—Don’t overeat. e — apples and as high as possible and make big rings with them. t them fall to the waist. Another: Lie flat on your back, raise the feet as high as you can, lower them and repeat. Do not move the arms. Keep up the above exercises and the diet for several weeks. By that time you should be able to try the more severe ex- ercises which follow, In taking them, re- member that they must be kept up regu- fdarly to prove of any noticeable benefit. First lie flat on your back on the floor and rise to a sitting position without help- ing yourself with your hands. This will be very hard at first, but with practice you can soon rise with ease. You should do this at least ten or twenty times night ind morning. Men can do this exercise e hundred times. Some time you will {earn to rise with an extra weight on your chest The next exercise is performed in this way. Stand straight, feet close together, weight on balls of feet, then twist body around to the right as far back as pos- sible, then to the left. Do not move the feet. Twist ten times to each side. Next, bend bedy forward and touch the floor with, tips of fingers, Do not bend knees. Do this ten times. The fourth exefeise is to stand with feet together, body forward as much as pos- sible. Let body fall over to the right side, then to the left, five times to each side. Do the same exercise with right arm raised over head when falling to the right,. left arm when falling to the left, Let body fall forward and throw arm’ back. Do this ten or twenty times. Swing right arm back over right hip as far as possible, then left arm over left" hip. Keep the trunk perfectly quiet alw wiays If you are faithful to these exercises« yvou will find them enough, Don't forget that a flesh-reducing diet must be kept up. along with the work., Do not drink beer or any kind of stimulants. Eat all the oranges you want, but don't touch grapes and apples,