The St. Louis Republic. [volume], April 10, 1904, WOMAN'S MAGAZINE, Image 57

About The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919

Image provided by: State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO

                
9f.
THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. 'APRIL 10. 1904.
as Set Forth by Marion Martineau.
r&r
Vienna Method of Reducing Weight and What It Has Done for Its Fol
Exercise and Diet for the Double-Chinned Woman Whose Arms Are
Heavy and Whose Wide Hips Mar the Contour of Her Figure.
lowers During the Six Months It Has Been Tried Experimentally,
JiofQetti
I"
lVl
.
tvr.nrcN- Fon the si-nh t repcbuc.
!: you want to lose flesh
Have ou ben losing It and do you
ar.t to continue"
l" vj know anvbrdv e'se, besides you"--se''.
who would like to loe a few pound?
An! wou'd cu oursc!f like to loe
c ;!i to t'hanse J "ur elephantine pro
p r nns Into a Svlph?
v.t 1 ou ard all uur friend" and rvcrj
1. i who ivanl to get thin can brjrg
el- ut thic retell.
1' .n't done entirely !n a day. but yoa
ca i mike some Improvement In a dsy.
A-! if jou -nil! keen at it joy can make
a creat improvement in a week and still
greater In a month
The none?: method is the Vlcnneso
irrtr-d.
it I a Fjstrm which was trie! in Eu
rrp. tc months ago. the august person
tpe being, it Is whispered, no other than
Kn Edward.
And. when the experiment succedrd.
the Ylennefe health doctors toe!: up the
F-i-ra!led Virrna, method and hive been
reducing th'r patierts by it ever siiKe.
Its first principle is fiat of freh air
An! this absolute!-.- Mrs f-on If treM-r-'nt
all those w':- mo", remain Indonrs
dl day. cr the greater pa't of the day.
Business v.omen and ivo-SIa; women,
eencgrapbrrs. bockkerpr. clerks aid
even housewives ar Aut ojt from its
l-eccflts unless they can so arrange mat
!"." as to be out for several hours each
day.
The Vl?nrvs method calls for thr
hrur in the open air. not necessarily
v.-a'.kmg. liut breathing the gocd, clear,
fresh osone.
These hours cannot b taken at night,
but nnrt b snatched right out of th
middle of the. day, when the tun is hic
inc and the air is at iw beu
Tfiose who devote the evening hour to
exrci"? do not receive the sam btneftt.
Nor is there quite as much good to be
found in the exercise- that is taken in the
very early morales.
An English society girl who had grown
too stout tried to exercise three hour
early la the morning.
Sb rose at 4 and was out In the air
front S onto S. It reduced her nicely, but
I y it was xery tangoing.
Sf She was sleepy after crcckfas arl aftr
T she had taken a nap she had the languid
feeling of those who have broken up the
day.
The teat boors fcr getting the air ere
the tent three hours of the afternoon.
And ta exercise which one takes should
b steady, though not necessarily violent.
SOCTETT WOMEN OO TRAMPING.
There are three society women of New
Tork CHy -who make, it a practice every
rammer to -walk to their country homes,
which are aSwnt fifty miles away.
They tabs several days for it. and make
It a Jolltflcatioa, stopping here and there,
for meals and for the night.
As their war lies through thickly popu
lated villages there Js no damper attendant
upon their self-Imposed tramping tour.
King- Edward, when taking the Viennese
core." was oat In the air tall the da-.
He sat Is too parks for hours and
talked all powdbla.
He took no violent axtrdstv nls
pSyriiinu said It was enopjrh fur him
to breatbs tha frs air end trass? as he
ie It JacBnea.
The ;-ir X9QO wtaA tUB Ylenssss
reduction works Is that fat Is a dlsaas
exd asy conditions wiich prodnos the
dlsezse are harm fin.
Oneo tb caaiees of fat is poor ate.
The tags, are anppUed wltn Tery bad ma
terial "fl the result is staenstirm.
They do not irark freely and the system
Is low and aoor and dnll instead of
luoyaat
The idea that poor ah- creates fat Is
one upon which macy redaction doctors
work. Ther claim that, with poor air,
eep breathlns; la tmposslhle.
And as deep breathing is lmpossIMe. the
lungs A abdomta cannot be properly
exerded. Henoe. the accnrnrlatioa of
fat. especially fat arousd the waist and
the hips.
This theory rsally seems to bo boras
Cut by actual hit estlgit'iiWT.
a Among the Tery poor, the poor of the
A tenements, the women grow very stout,
'jtrtr and. In many cases, they are immense.
Tt-r bave little food and they are com
pelled to wra-k hard, yet tbey grow gross.
The cause of this grossnese' amocK the
BOTH HAD GOOD REASONS
JIVhen Jlr. Wn and Doctor Walk
er Explained tie Unconvn
tionalities ' of Their Cos
tumes to Each Other.
V.'u Tir.T-far". until recntlv the
Chln- Ambassador to the United States,
had that same characteristic which mad
Ills famous countryman. I.t Hung Chang,
the subject of t-o much newspaper com
ment when be visited tb's country
He had "a penchant for asking q-.cstlons
of .vcrv on- he irci. on ill "rts of sub
jects and under all sorts f condiiijT.
At mv "f the White House rcccp'iors.
Mr Wu w..s the-cntcr cf interest in the
great Eit J:n.-ie. Every person prcsnt
wa- l.u! to lie presented to him. and
from h' jcMion box I.e brought a
o'jcrv for caclu
Among the S'--t-s was Doctor Mary
Walter, not u'lkrown becauso of her ad
fctrtMice to rna!" ottlrc.
Mr Wu Is. aril of her. but seemed sur
piWd nhcn -1 v.us Introduced.
lacking keenly at - attire, lie alia.-.'
casyd- "Yf? .'-re a L dy'"
-V.C-" rc:p.'f.dt-d Doctor Walkr.
Then wlr. "to oj v..ir ir.-n's cloll.es""
Ij irtn- V.ali.ir noted -ii" skirts of Air.
if- loiturae aid i-.q-.-cd, "Ycu aro a
r: i-'
1 ( ,t- tin-" cd Uc- d'ploiirt.
Tinn vliy Uo joa v.cr wcrnen'3
cl i ic""
jv , -- tic custom of my country r-qmtt-s
m U." he ancT.erd. triamphaut-
1
lit t V.V.'Ker rrtorted with a tossf"
Ac. Inl ' Well, the- freilOTi of my coun-
,ri pel in ts mo to wear these clothes.
c.e-
N TELLECTUAL OYSTERS.
' JJtiinin!; of a Unique Sipn Over
an Old Tavern in London.
WltlTTKN Kf)R THE SCXDAT REPUBLIC.
There still eslsis an old tavern in Lon
don with a. swinging. sign above the en
trance upon whose surface is painted an
oyster and the legend. "The WhMIlni
.' Oyster." One cf our inquisitive. s.harp
"Yankees scrolled in that direction one day
and stopped to laurJi at the novel ,ign,
then entered and asked for ail explanation.
"Certainly." replied tho host. "HI tell
hit hovery hour of the .lay and slight. I
once 'ad a hovster given xnc as was the
ery poor !s the ror air which they
breathe.
The murt sleep in an atmosphere which
is far fron tanitary .ind they cannot al
ways pt enouch brenthins sp-vee durinc
tlie da Comrlied to v.o-k h 1 . nd il
scantily, they tiill srow fat
v. o f . '-::k out op doohs.
Women "ho work in the fields arc. on
the otI.r hind, zcnemll slander and
shapely. They may be horribly m-bnrne-1
and they may hae no complexion
worthj the name
Their hands v. Ill be coarse and their
noes tanned and brownM past all blcach
ir.p: nlds. but In ilfniro they are slender
and in sretur and pose they arc graceful
and almost lithe.
Italian women, the womor of tho
French vinurds, German girls vho
work to the ?eld. end v.omen who murt
fellow outdoor occupations arc all well
built, slender women, far from coarse 1-:
fisure.
Slany of them rtiln their jirllth flares
to the very la.t and d:o lean old women,
b-nt with work, but not fat.
So, in the battle against fat. the Vien
nese doctors who reduced King Edward
and are reducing their othr aristocratic
patients are puttias them upon tho fresh
air diet.
Tiiey are slilnf; them large doses of the
English treatment which makes thorn
breathe cool, fresh air nearly every hour
of the day.
They must sit oa the park benches, they
must walk, thejr must sun themsehes,
they must exercise, they must loiter
alone the thoroughfares and they must
drive, anything to keep tLexa out la the
open air.
The women who take up this treatment
are advised to look In the chop windows,
to patroaiie the little patches of city
parks, to tats a swift walk down the
nicest avenue, to go sightseeing for three
or four hours a day.
Don't try to make calls, for this fa
tigues without giving one the benefits of
the air. but, oa tho contrary, ksep la the
open. It Is the best reduction agency
known.
The seiond treatment by the Viennese
method is that of playful exercise. Those
patients that can mi the. time arc givca
one hour a day of good, pleasant, vigor
ous exercise.
They are put Into a gymnasium suit and
are made to exsrclso for one full hour.
Tho room, which Is a cold one, has open
windows, and tho air circulates freely
throuch the room.
The best Implement for these playful
gymnastics Is a sofa, cushion, net an old
one full of dust, bet a nice fresh new
Swart
cwsftxa DjTvi&.soNor
ts-tuiusL t.yvj:&7:,CFS!Z,catS:
curiouseet hoyster a-golc. and hit's truth.
Mr. that hoy3ter used to whistle as good
ao hever ycu "eard."
The Yankee looked at the publican with
a queer smile In his eye anil said:
"I don't roe anything remarkable In that
oyster. We have one kind of oyster, and
there's r.ot one of that family that don't
whistle. Born so, jou know. Touvmust
have imported ycur fellow from tho
States. I know a tavernkpeper In Main?,
luwn of S ico jou mav havn heard of it
no? Well, that mall had an oyster, n reg
ular hJddlerocki-r. den't ou understand
ajd there wasn't a fly nnj where ibout
BP. T jj?-. ifM. ' j? l-v'55ml5MNHL 44J'''C-V''tP if IllUrt, bbB&issssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssbI .
ViSr--C5Btf- kT5? . ImKaA v-?''jV ; .'"'; - II Vl- BsasKssBsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssi .'
'U Is ,5fcAL- i'm JVWJv'V-r"0"si?V-J-'-.5r--v W ,um 1 ESbsPbbIssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssssbiS
?t J&jmPZS yrjZFrBzd t!JGi,fJr lW &-- - :- isssPHHBssssssssH
5. TyJ 'WSO" m t' S IsssssssAvH "t .ssssssssssV BsssBHllllllllllllllH
if-.' - xfcnf , ,, tu&? ill -if T l I i v '
9 IrHIKsssssssssssssssssssssm ' jMHsssssssssssK ?' ill I ' I
I C EftslSsssssKv ' " "? 't . I II
''9HbsbssssssssssssssssbV sssssssr I M
I -sssssssssssssssssssssssssmi: - - -assssW sasJf
I --iJisssssssslssssssssssssissssr' '--rssssl ? JBB
i '4JB'"'5iP5' -vLsHas -J
JS -'?- v ' " ?gmHHM8 " 'X'LsBssssill
sssf sbb V ,fc.J ssbsssssssssssILsbssssssssssssssssssssssssss Pl a Ttsssssssssssssssssl
B ssl "sT1- ltn jJSbssssssSsMsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss , ssssssssssssssssl !
KB .V (.tc. si? XJftsssssssglsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssrg . .KfMB ft
i -JMKsssssssssWcLA
PZlsrPBSssBsssssssssssssssssW
CisMsy iesssaeBaeassasssaBBsaassassssM"S"asassssay
izrztJztp2ii&JZTjE Eg25&''r:
etishton, fflled faS of cotton or lively
feathers, and ready for pummelln?.
THE CUSHION' UXilllCTSS.
The actions aro not violent ones, but ire
selected for the best development of ev
ery muscle of the body. Tho muscles
that are called most particularly into
play are thoe around which tho fat
Missouri Youngsters Before the
,9PMLsbssssssbbbssbbsW -""k S"-,1?",t, ."'"'''W sLsBBSsssssssssssssssBBBBSBeflBLsBsssiwssk.
&OBZRT fEWEJZ,
Tow e YimtSOjOP S&Z.OCJS.,
that tavern. He used to put the oyster on
a table by tho window and flics went fcr
him, 'causo ho smelt salt, and he gobbled
them. Ho used to get down from the ta
ble" .
"Get down?" questioned the publican
with a smile.
"Yes." continued the Yankee, "got down
l)y a strirg and followed his master all
around the house, and tr- tavenikeeper
wouldn't give that cyster his dinnr till
re. whistled 'Hall Columbia' an throne!1
He often "liu at public, concertp. AH th"v
had to do rr..i to tickle his jrck with j
teathtr and he'd sing anj thln."
gathers Quickest. The thin muscles are
given a rest while those that are burled
In fat are made to do a great deal of
hard work.
One of the best motions Is that of kick
ing the pillow. This is held out in tho
hand at arm' length and I then kicked
with the toe of the shoe. A stout woman
VRlltiD. Soft
rM?-TTT
Pompadour Patterns
Again in Vogue.
WRITTEN TOR THE BUNDAT REPUBLIC.
Pompadour designs in chintzes, brocades,
velvets and othr drapery fabrics are be
ing manufactured, and are already shown
In many of the exclusive shops for por
tieres. v-Indow draperies, and upholsteries.
I'rmpadour cushions aro for the mo
ment supplanting the longtime popular
Oriental ones.
win nfl difficulty In doing; this without
losing her balance. She will topple over
h-clfmrl. But she must nersevere.
It Is a very good thing If two persons
win practice the pillow exercise together,
for one can kick th pillow to the other
and when it comes back acatn can send
It fling again. And so on with the game
until the hour Is up.
Doing gymnastics alon. even with o
pleasant an Implement as a. sofa cushion.
is no fun. It needs company, and it Is a
gjme at which a dozen can play. One
can kltk it to the next one. It I easy,
pretty work and plenty of fun. To see
a party of fair gmnasts kicking the pil
low around the gymnasium Is a pretty
thlng.
Btercistn? with the foils and the dumb
bells is mu:h harder; and the punching
bg and the boxing gloves are both dif
ficult and tir'ng to all but the trained
amateur. Hut the pillow exercisrs are
, these which even a beginner can practice
and the Implement is always at hand.
In a certain physical-culture class they
intlt.lge In a pillow fight every day. The
purils tos pillows at each other and duck
to receive them as they fly. There are
rules In the game and the winner scores.
On woman acts as target and stands at
lh end of the room. One by one the
pillowB are let fly at her. Sne ducks this
way and that way. letting them go over
her head.
The aim must always be at her face.
And if she receives a pillow full In the
face it scores against her.
If all fir harmlessly over her hold and
! TT &&WrZTZmT&
iSSaeojwMRS.lpTafT tt?&JZZ&S'
,. , . . .. ma.
Ther are very charming In pale blue,
embroidered with pink and yellow roses;
tied with pole bin ribbons.
Persona who are adept in embroidery
will find that they cannot do better. If
they would be in the fashion, than to de
vote themselves for some time at least to
carrying out pompadour designs.
One of the most charming examples of
the revived fashion Is the small gilt
screen, which Is hung with pompadour
fhint or silk.
are piled up In the corner behind her she
receives the physical-culture prize of the
day. whatever that may happen to be.
T1IH VIENNESE! DIET.
But the Viennese method 3 not all fun
and exercise. There is a great deal of
riietlnz to it. and riaid dieting of the most
exacting nature Fat peoi'l" are fat be
cause of i tendency to accumulate flesh.
What tl.cy cat goes to adipose tissue.
Their food is absorbed by the tissues and
feeds them rapidly.
When people tiavi this natural tendency
to put on Ceh they must diet. This does
not mean going without food, but eating
the right kind of food. Stout people are
not. as i rule, very strong, and when they
go without food they become very weak.
Tiiey lose their muscular strength: they
Ioe the power to digest their food; they
do not react after a shock of any kind,
and they sink rapidly in case of illness.
A thin person can go without a meal
without feeling It. but a stout person feels
faint. A thin person will pull through a
fit of Illness, will stand fatteue. will bear
all sorts of eiposuro and come through It
all right, whereas a stout person will go
.down very early In the game. So, all la
all. evrr thing is on the fide of the person
who is thin.
But stout people can diet without losing
strength. And the way to do this Is by
discovering a kind of food which will
satisfj th stomach without fattening the
body. Celery is very satisfying to many
persons, n Is also the bakd apple. Cele
ry, baked apples, stewed prunes and pre
serves are liked by nearly all stout per
sons, and they certainly do not make
flesh.
In the heavier foods can be mentioned
the cereals which can be eaten without
Bugar or cream. Cream and sugar and
sirups, taken with cereals, are only a
Camera.
In the former fabric they are well suited
for bedrooms, and a room for a young
girl cannot be more prettily furnished
than with light and not expensive fabrics
of these designs. For drawing-rooms the
screens are frequently hung with elab
orate silk In the same designs.
Wall papers have long been tending
toward the flowery pompadour styles, and
this season shows them fairly launched,
on a sea of blossoms, in stiff bouquets and
wreaths and the soft tints of the new-old
style.
" - -- BBS
matter of habit, and one soon learr.s tr
go without tlicm- Begin by omitting the
I cream. Thn. after a tfw days, omit the
tugar. In its place use sliced canned
peaches, or sliced frsh oranges. It Is
wondc-ful how KfMjd the cereal will tafte
wilheut lthcr m;ar or iram, when one
becomes sccustom'ti tn it.
TOODS TO BE EATEN FB.EEI.Y.
Foods that cart b taken freely ?re
v hite meats, chicken, nil kinds of cim"
'cooked without fat. all Uan chops a'nl
' all white fMi. Toastcit bread. mu!lin.
taken with salt Instead of butter, ard ths
heart of 11 baked potato can also be catn.
So. the one win Is reducing will find that
a very llbcrM diet is a!lov.cd.
In the mat'er of drink tlvre are nvne
restrictions, for the une who reduces must
not take milk, must not drink cofc,
mutt not takf cream ia tea and mut nf;
indulge In drinks of any Kind during tho
meals, or If drink he n.ust, let on cup
suffice.
The tlm when the reduction r-iticnt is
allowed to drink is between meals. lint
even during this time he mut drink
sparinglv. At thf tible he can hav- a.
cup of very weak tea. but only on". Aid
in the middle of th afternoon a glass vZ
water. But nothing else.
Water is very necessary to the welfare
of the sjstem. But th woman wl.o H
ansio-uS to become a light -weight mU'l
depen.i upon the acids of fruit, upon
grape Juice, upon celery, and upon other
watery foods for the moisture which her
system craves, she will never becoma
thin if she drinks all she wants.
Fat people are alwajs great drinker1-.
They need a glass of water every few
mlnutcs. and they aro pretty apt to taKn
It. At the table they drink a full glass of
water and before retiring at night they
also take plenty of water. It is a h.iMt
and for them a very harmful one. Fat is
peculiar. It comes without the asking und
It goes without reluctance.
Fight fat conscientiously and constantly
if ovi would be thin. Keep on fighting
it and, in the end, ou will win.
LETTERS AND THEIR ANSWER?.
3tra. J. Kindly give me a skin fwl
for fattening the face and neck.
A skin food fcr this purpose is madq
of some sort of animal fat, mutton tal
low is best.
Take the pure tallow and thin it to
the consistence of cream by stirring the
oil of sweet almonds into it. Scent with
some agreeable perfume.
Mrs. T. In my girlhood my grand
mother had a very excellent preparation
which she called camphor ice. It was
good for chapped lips. She made it her
self. Can you give me the recipe for it?
Old fashioned camphor Ice Is made b
taking the pure oil of mutton and heat
ing it in a basin over hot water.
When liquid It was scented with a few
drops of camphor. It was then poured
Into a wide mouthed Jar and allowed to
harden.
Ellen II. My old southern servant for
many years made a rweet clover cold
cream. When she died the secret died with
her. tho.ch I bave often wanted to make
the cream again.
Sweet clover cream was made from
either pure lard oil or pure mutton oil,
the latter being; the pleasantest to
handle. It was heated over hot water and
a sprig of sweet clover was allowed to
lie In It.
It was finally scented with a few drops
of clover perfume and was poured Into
empty egg shells which were tied with
ribbons and hunt; from the dresser.
Debutante My hands are very rough
and hard, though I take the best of care of
them. I never go out without gloves, yet i
If you were to see my hands, you would i
say that I did bard work all the time with, !
them. They are eo dry they almost crack.
At night rub your hands over a' fire,
massaging red vaseline into them. When
washing your hands be sure to rinse off
all the scap and, after each washing;, rub
in a littlo vaseline no bigger than a pea.
Miss T. Thank you for recommending a
paste for my hands. They were In a
horrible state, all colors. I spent with
my hands In gloves BHed with this past
three nights and they are now smooth
and well again.
Western Woman Is- there any way to
keep the face nice In cold weather?
Tes. Put on plenty of cold cream and
over this apply all the powder possible.
Brush off the superfluous powder. This
will protect your face in the biting blasts.
NEW SERPENT RING.
"Wide Band Allows Perfect Free
dom as It Is Formed of
Invisible Joints.
Dainty fingers crowded m to the
knuckles with beleweled rings are to be
een everywhere, says a London corre
spondent, but it la only on the smartest
society folks' fingers that are yet to be
noticed the single serpent ring, that trails
round and round the soft white, tapering
fingers.
Perfectly free Is the Anger to move n
It will, for hero and there about the
length of the snake are quite Invisible
Joints, that allow the ring to be drawn
out much or little or pushed down com
pletely to form a cluster of rings below
the knuckle.
iy to a Man's Heart. j
She didn't rfdi.
.She didn't drive. j
She didn't w!m. J '
She didn't strive .'
To bo an athlete;
Nor was she
A figure 5
In society.
Fhe didn't dance,
Sbe didn't flirt, ,
5Tie didn't try
To b expert
In art and books;
She didn't train
A bulldog
On a silver chain. i
She didn't golf. 1
Fhe didn't row. -
She didn't take in ,
Every show; j
She didn't give '
Her purse distress J
By straining It I
On too much dress; J
She didn't play.
She didn't sing.
She wasn't up j
On everything, 4
But. men and women, J
Understand. J . .
That she could cook ' I :
To beat the band. -
WIX.LIA3I J. LAMPTOJf. j
riS
'. .-.at,.. -. ,.
-- ...-.s' ?,,