Show I Is French Fashion Design Design- errs Recent Duch Declaration a 3 w I 5 Raises 1 i 4 K Kv v q s an Interesting Ques a t td iA 0 ire It d 4 a i ir ra Aso e h hg g a x I d n r s r y iy a r I Flesh or How Little a aM Y M I V r 4 t i I P- P PI PI I 1 R I Y g fda i Y Should Wear 4 R f a Lf Mat n Her Bones To Be tI fr c Most Attractive t J g M r- r ri rM i i r rM ra a N tl t t k Mme M me Luisa L T Tee Tee- e Sv W f Ky e eh eti h ti tiel el 3 w P q who bo has a k given up rip the thc cf erT Y n pt t f d fort to reduce r uce but still refuses I S to think it hope r k n I r 1 f tiCy y i r A At less leu for her ber to t rt s y r ly e A 3 x tiC j AL ALn n st tr try to wear lash Earl j a y r n r f Jl gi 1 V y r rb b tj j a Monsieur Paul i M a u k a aa q 1 k v 1 g TE rE do not Dot pay much attention at- at WE at- at tendon to fat women They are the infirm among the fashionable We Wo cannot do anything special for them They have merely to trail trall along the path of La LaMode LaMode Mode Their case Is not for the dress designer it it is for the physician Thus spoke Paul the h hIgh priest of feminine fashion in France sone and andone andone one of the worlds world's foremost dress de- de del designers de signers the other day in an interview l concerning women's figures How many women who ho up until now have ha been consoling themselves that If dressI they were ere not slender Blender r they could dr dress I to tu appear so BO will be rendered Tendered disown late by this cruel statement of In their confidences with other women they have explained how a line Une here ta and anda a color there have havo made all the tho dIffer dIffer- dIfference enco ence of thirty pounds on their figure I I But has bas upset all that fine scathingly declaring that if you weigh pounds you will look and inot not To be sure the fat woman can I Ineat look neat and pleasing But Cut stylish st and beautiful Never Nevor 1 declares the French fashion designer It is estimated estimate that at least 40 per percent percent cent of the women in tha the United States WIll be bo dismayed and reduced to wailings and perhaps to skin sian and bones by this statement statement Nobody knows Just how many ninny women there are who could be classed as fat fat but it is declared that almost half of the women in m the world accumulate some time timo during th their lr lives hues limore more flesh than they ought to have From now on the be- be between be tween women of all aU types and castes wIll flow faster than ever for weight is always a topic for discussion over 0 01 er the teacups or between the matinee acts and now that has declared th that a fat afat woman cannot ba be beautiful the dIS- dIS dIScussions discussions will be eloquent and long For what woman oman does not think she IS fat and what woman does not want to bo beautiful Books on how to eat end and grow thin dance and stay thin dress and be thin will mil be more in demand than during the recent period when the scrawny flapper was as declared to Jove ave the most beautiful figure in modern times Scales will mil be overworked and some manufacturers have declared that they have recently cd orders to install IDS tall scales in vate homes so that the feminine mem- mem members members bers of the family can weigh themselves before and after eating with and with with- without without out clothes Husbands in order to escape the harass haing Ing questions of weight that their w wes wises es ply them with before they leave for forness bUSI- bUSI bUSIness business ness in the mornings and after they return home retreat on the neutral groWell ground Yell Well my dear you are not exactly fat You carry your our weight well ell any a ay But not even the additional remark that thata a stout figure lends dignity to a n woman can console tho the weeping would would-be s lph She compares her weight with the womans woman's next door dor do r and derives denves some measure of comfort from the fact that there is a n difference of seven pounds p between them But Buthen when hen her hu husband hesitates to give an answer to her ques- ques questIon tIon Am I as fat as that Jones oman oman eho is driven to despair There is 15 no misery miery like that of a fat woman or ofa of a woman who thinks she is fat Up until now she thought though that 1 I b bi yc i t x z zNo No woman is 13 ever too fat for some one to think herthe her s A Ar the most moat charming of ofA of creatures creature and in this thia case it happens tobe to be the living r skeleton 1 y- y i t s 4 1 7 x i t i with proper clothes she could appear beautiful for was wag not Cleopatra re- re reputed reputed to be one of the most moat beautiful women in history fat tat fat how how- however low low- ever argues this point declaring that if tho the fat woman wants to be bo beau beau- beautiful she had better get a reducing dIet from n a doctor and go to a masseur The Tho question as to just how much flesh a woman needs to look her best has alv nys been a n puzzling one Anna F thought she must take off ninety pounds and she did But Dut doubtless many of her admirers thought there was waa no necessity for any such shrinkage of her charms charm Some critics say that it all depends on depend he the personality of a woman A motherly tempered tempered even type of woman would look rIdIculous If she were nothing more than the rag bone and hank of hair On theother theother the other hand nothing can be more disagreeable disagreeable dis- dis agreeable than a highly strung nervous woman fidgety under pounds and poof pounds of fat Every time she makes a quick gesture she sets into vibration a quing qUIver qUIver- quivering mg ing mass of flesh that ought to be cover cover- coverIng covering ver- ver Ing a calm passive woman Criticisms are often directed against opera singers who send forth from pounds of sturdIness sweet lovely tones that plaintIve are intended to express the tho plain plain- tIve yearning sighs of romantic hero hero- heroines ines mes Many men will not go to the opera because ai as they express it dont They dont don't like to see a heavy meal sack of a woman tiptoeing onto the stage ar ae though she were n a dainty coquette For some come reason reeson or other opera sing ers are invariably fat No doubt in 1 de- de eloping their voice they have developed deve loped all al parts of their bodies which v bemore become more plump as the voice becomes fuller and richer There are not a few people who think that the fatter falter a woman Is the more beautiful Among the Turks fatness is prized as of one womans woman's greatest gri J 1 r p f ft- ft 1 w r nw f r l y yI y t s ka s it I t f j T h b a i if ir ij w y 1 if g ara arat arai i t t kf is l ReV a W v 1 t iP I vt sat s q f A Ay y err I A I 1 r tA t P 6 s s P i r r a f fI d it r r q s i ir r I r tg i r t c t p t p rr dh F FN N f dry A Y C ft F Yx i T r a b 9 a s x p Fp AtY ra f F S f k r rey ls f ry ey Y i F tv nb ln b I P j A aV t v r r a h hn n t rK ri I r r 1 ar a Y M I m ry rk s Me aMe a a ha s 's b rf sN a 1 C h ry i s c cI cr I r charms The Turkish women can eat and indeed are encouraged to eat al all 1 of the tho bonbons and sweetmeats they want i They know no dietary laws la except to eat only fattening foods They sleep about fifteen hours a day in order tb preserve their soft flesh fleshiness mess and loll about on cushions and rugs the rest of tho the time Were Wore an American woman i to todo do this she he would be considered a moun tarn tam of ugliness and be compared to the fat lady of the circus Mrs who recently engaged seven of the Sultans Sultan's harem says that the women are all very beautiful when viewed with the eyes of a Turk but they will have to go on a strenuous diet before he allow will allow them to appear in m his Follies Among the Zulus too young girls gills are fatted for marriage Just as we do pigs for market A prospective Zulu husband has no eyes for a girl who is not excessively plump F r rOne FOne One authority attempts to explain the great admiration for fat women among primitive He people says that cave cavemen cavemen i ave men admired very fat women because inthe in the the first place when famine came cannibalism was practiced Perhaps the theman man of ancient days said laid to himself I might as well love a fat woman then n if the worst comes to the worst I can eat eather her and pull through the winter It is to be remembered also that primitive peoples living in the caves were probably most of them thin thill from hunting wild animals and each other o Fat rat in their eyes was a sign of leisure and safety They admired it t the men couldn't have it so they wanted wo women to have it Also the modern infant of day to r who is in fn in many ways like ho the grown full savage prefers a stout nurse He wIll get along witha vitha with a thin nurse If she sl ie is fa l u kind and attentive But let them chi choose and the choice is a fat nurse one upon i whose hose soft shoulder the head can rest without feeling any bumps Many people think that the the me men of the cave period went too far In the thi fat direction Some of the ladies ladles were ere saId said to have weighed four hundred po pounds and everything was aas done to keep them at this ideal Ideel weight Its It's all nIl in m the point of view Even the monstrous fat lady of the circus and dime museum has her admirers Some Some- Sometimes Sometimes times l its it's S 'S a man of almost it jf not quite her own bulk and sometimes a living I skeleton who thinks her the most charmIng of creatures looks at the matter from the French point of view and throws up his hands at the tho fat woman You rarely rely see a fat woman in France for the French of all women are aro desirous of being beautiful and to them that means n leans being slim The typical French be beauty auty is slender and willowy almost to i the point of scrawniness In this country where fat women are more common than In France dress dres de designers de- de signers have not abandoned the lem em of making the fat woman beau beautifuL They find ways of accentuating theIr good points and softening their bad ones onesby onesby by the application of scientific prinCIples princ of color and line Professor Parsons president of the New York School of Fl Fine e Arts for instance in- in stance shows how art can redress the errors of nature A woman with Ith around around a round face he says by wearing a V V shaped neck might balance the circularity larity lanty and bring things into harmony harn harnOn On the other hand a fat woman who wears red commits a crime against her- her herself herself self for red expands the figure 31 per percent percent cent Another authority who has made na ai a i t tI tI tr I l I r I f t tI s g I 1 l i M L LM I N H Y v YI I I Miss MiS Anna who who recently took off ninety pounds pound of flesh fluh in order I I f to get her weight down to what ahe be thinks think a beautiful prima f donna donnas donna's should bould be primat t 1 study of slenderizing slenderizing fashions for stout t women advises stout women to stick to simplicity in dress with long graceful lines lilies that will WIIl create te a decidedly slender effect A low waistline ho he claims works w wonders in concealing the true proportions of a stout figure Dr Lulu Hunt Peters a distinguished physician evidently takes sides WIth She says It is a crime to ti be fat fat-a fat a crime against love I Fat people pe are not lovable To reduce in weight light means to promote conjugal felicity it Is natural but not necessary for women to add weight as they grow older People should realize that after reaching maturity which Is about thirty years for both men and women the body 1 does docs not need food any longer for growth It needs food only for upkeep and repair and energy She agrees with that the only remedy for fat people it general is to study their diets or to consult with their t physician regarding their diet and to ex- ex exercise ox daily dally I Miss Nellie Leonard the prize mem- mem ir ber her member of Dr John Dill Robertson's Health Commissioner of Chicago class in fat reduction cheerfully gives her point of view on being fat Nellie NeW weighs l l pounds and so is well weIl qualified to speak spek 1 for Americas America's fat women f Abou About Abou everybody In the world has hall a aF f F notion of how it feels to be fat But they're all wrong Tong she sha says all wrong f I onto oneo read an article In a magazine where a lady said s ld that the comedy of f 7 fI I fat is in the eye of the beholder and the tragedy is in the heart of the POssessor I But being fat Is not tragedY its tragedy its it's an ex The only place where being fat hurts is your conscience conscience and and that hurts be be- be because cause youve you've got everybody in the world worrying about you People try to scrape an acquaintance with the fat tat person so they can quote Shakespeare or that one from Balzac about Monsieur Adi- Adi Ad pose lies hen In wait walt to suffocate symmetry I 1 even knew some one ono who sent me a medical Journal with the article by Dr Dearborn called Get fat and die I could fill A a whole wall waIl with gift books I have on the subject of thin I got a little quotation growing from Shakespeare myself that I think of when I see somebody getting ready to over my fate It goes weep something like this J r My conscience has a thousand ton tongues es and t every overy ton o me for a villain y J J I |