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Show Reduction by Addition. A certain stout lady resolved to consult con-sult a physician about her corpulence. I She had no previous experience with "banting" of n.nv sort Tho - drew up a careful dietary for her. She must eat dry toast, plain boiled beef and a few other things of the same lean sort and in a month return and report the result. At the end of the time the lady came, and was so stout she could harly get through the door. The doctor was aghast. "Did you eat what I told you?" he asked. "Religiously," she answered. His brow wrinkled in perplexity. Snd-denly Snd-denly he had a flash of inspiration. "Did you eat anything else?" he asked. "Why, my ordinary meals!" said the lady. Pearson's Weekly. |