Show very pew few fat l nt villains its 4 a peculiar thin thing that thero there are so few fit fat villains in history or romance now I 1 can t remember ono one except rosco fosco in tile woman in white people take their ideas of character from the physiognomy and physique of cel certain lain characters historical or imaginary and as shakespeare pictures jovial jack Ial staff as fat so 60 every fat man inan is prejudged as a good natured cd rollicking blade with no guile in him all villains ive seen on the stage have been thin but I 1 aver that th at a man may bo be fat and be a villain all stage lawyers are generally represented as lean clammy mid and cadaverous yet only the poor lawyers are thus any man who walks with an erect carriage and expanded chest is put down at sight by |