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Show FAT M TO COME ' 10 THEIR RIGHTS If Connection Between Books and Obesity Is Explained by Publishers. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Feb. 7. The day of the fat man has arrived. Today the following advertisement appeared In a morning newspaper: Wanted Dig, fat men as travelers, travel-ers, tall preferred, to call on professional profes-sional men In connection with good lines. Thin people need not apply. Reply, giving full particulars. Tlds announcement took on the shape of a Sherlock Holmes tale when the advertisers ad-vertisers disclosed thomselves to be a great llrm of publishers in central London. Lon-don. What possible connection was there between hoods and obcBlty? A member of the advertising llrm was willing to explain: We employ n great many travelers In the United Kingdom and all over the English-speaking globe. They all return to headquarters at Intervals to discuss business and give an account ac-count of their work. A certain group of men, nfter some time, began to present themselves as obviously tho best canvassers In our employ. Tho funny thing was that we fult vaguc-l'v vaguc-l'v that all theso men had some common com-mon characteristic which wo never could qui to place. By chance, a short time nK". several sev-eral of thorn appeared together In the manager's room and the truth leaped at us. They were all strong, stocky, atout men! The conviction has been forced on us that their comfortable com-fortable build has had a good deal to do with their success. Buyers suspect thin men with a pushing and overclever look; they think the masterpieces of literature I hey offer will be thin, too: whereas, where-as, a stout man gives an honest, sturdy appearance, and thoy feel that this genial man carried good, sound books In keeping with his natural frame. |