Show W Woman Physician Has Has' Conquered Overweight Demon for fOi Thousands Personal Defect Led to to Creation of Famous Books on Reducing I By BETTY BLAIR Fate knew what knew what she she- was doing when she picked on a little New England girl about thirty years ago and said You shall be fat You shall suffer the slings of that outrageous fortune for It Is only by having ha y yOu U suffer yourself yourself yourself your your- self that I can an prep prepare re you for your life work worl This Is the answer that X Dr r Lulu I Hunt Peter Peteri Undoubtedly n-undoubtedly the best known and best loved woman physician physician physician cian In America and one of the most popular Writers In The Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram gave when asked how she happened to have the uncanny knowledge of the cause and remedy of fat arid and the psychology of or fat persons which has placed her In the foremost ranks as an n authority on I the subject today Because she Is giving this knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge to the world In her popular writings and ha has i freed many thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of overburdened persons from their excess weight and the many disorders accompanying it mth the world is metaphorically at her her feet and loves her as s no woman oman physician physician physician cian has been loved before I was privileged to see p parts of some of the thousands of letters Dr Peters receives every da day from th the followers of her book magazine articles ar- ar articles articles ar ar- and newspaper work of writIng writing writing writ writ- ing on health subjects All An of the writers tell of their gratefulness and devotion to Dr Peters for what her teachings have meant In their lives Dr Peters' Peters training and experiences experiences experiences have been teen varied She was graduated from the Eastern Maine State Normal school as a teacher from the University of Southern C California as Bachelor of Arts from the University of California as Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor of Medicine and she has also taken graduate work In the New NewYork NewYork York and Chicago Post-Graduate Post colleges and Harvard She was In Instructor instructor instructor in- in In her medical college In pathology and instructor on infant f feeding In several hos hospitals In Los Lo Angeles including Angeles Including th the large County I hos hospital sup superintendent of a ho hospital hos hoa- I pita pital head of f child clinics and re reconstructIon reconstruction reconstruction re- re I construction worker Wor-ker in the Balkans ns I with the Red Cross She won on the the much coveted decoration of St St. SaVa Sa from the Serbian government go and the d decoration of Albania Albania Albania Alba Alba- nia for her public health work while In the Balkans Tell me Doctor how did you come to leave your private practice and take up writing And did you have the usual hard fortune of most writers before you jou OU arrived I shall answer your jour second question question queston ques ques- tion ton first responded the doctor No the first thing I ever wrote aside from medical papers wa waft waa my book Diet and Health with Key to it the Calories and that was an n immediate immediate immediate im im- im- im mediate success ss ThC book was written as a contribution to the food conservation movement during the war At that time when it was so necessary necessary necessary essary to h have ve food that Food Will Vm Win the War Val became an accepted slogan I was chairman of public health of the Federation of Women's omens Clubs Los Angeles district I realized realized realized rea rea- that many adults and many children In their desire to serve would undermine their health by And I knew there were literally many thousands of overweight overweight over over- weight persons who could cut their rations still sun further than they were doing without Injury but rather with marked benefit to their health And I knew they were willing to do that if they ther knew how I I added to my lectures which I Iwas Iwas Iwas was giving at that time a lecture on how to reduce weight and prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared a resume of th that t lecture In pamphlet form which was sold at atthe atthe atthe I the end erid of the lectures an and 1 the proceeds proceeds proceeds pro pro- given n to the Red Cross l From rom then on that lecture was most In demand I was asked to give It be before before before be- be fore a convention of women women's s clubs at Santa Barbara and the pamphlet pamphlet pamphlet pam pam- at this time having ben sold old out jut out r I decided to write another and larger one Having been overweight most of 1 r. r 4 s 4 r Y ES unu LU Mo I I I I I my life and finally having conquered con- con the b beast I knew w my subject sub sub- I wrote spontaneously and freely treely and found I had a good sized booklet when I finished d. d I got my my little nephew who at U that at time Was was' 10 years old to do Illustrations tons In toothpick fIgures figureS' for the exercises es The letters I 1 receive from my fOllowers followers followers fol fOl- fol- fol lowers are a great inspiration I Ilove Ilove Ilove love them I can s see e now as I told you vou In the first place that fate was wise in handing me my affliction of fat so that I could prevent others from a a. like suffering The plaint Oh that this too too solid flesh would melt is chan changed ed to This too tootoo tootoo tootoo too solid flesh lesh Is melting glory be I hI I have demonstrated that the laymen really do enjoy scientific facts if they are given In understandable understandable understandable under under- terms Dr Peters might have added th that t not only do the laymen enjoy her writings because they are written in language so that th they y are re understandable but they enjoy them mam because she has a remarkable vein of humor As one reviewer of her work expressed it There is a scientific sea ea of test with whitecaps of wit nit breaking where you least leat ex expect expect expect ex- ex them It is easil easily seen th that t Dr Peters loves her work and there is no doubt that her teachings will sooner sooner sooner soon soon- er or later rid our our country of the stigma of being a nation of ot overeaters overeaters overeaters over- over eaters because so large a proportion of ot our population is overweight And it is certain that Salt Lake City readers will be better parents parents' as aswell aswell aswell well as healthier humans because the they read Diet and Health every everyday everyday everyday day in The Telegram |