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Misn Amelia Summerville rs "The.
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More Laughter Than
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MISS AMELIA SUMMETtVILLEha,,
tone tarther than the average
opinion about the fat man. There
la en udage: "Nobody loves a fat man."
Miss Sunrnierrille asserts: "Nofco!y re
spect's a fat man. For every one knows
-that if he were living in the right way
he wouldn't be tat. Obesity is disgust
ing." 1
If Miss Summerville seems severe she
must still be regarded as an authority.
She had the heroism to lose one hun
dred pounds in one year. She possessed
the determination to grow thin- She had
the greater resolution to remain thin.
She ha written a book on the reduo.
tion of weight and the preservation of
health and beauty. It la entitled. "Why
Be Fat?" .and la published by the F. A.
Stokes Company.
"It is hard ' to tolerate an over-fat
woman." says the author in her usual
vigorous style. "It Is absolutely Impos
sible to look at an obese roan without a
feeling of disgust, because if he were
living the life of a normal, healthy man
he would not be fat. Hence the lack of
love and, I may add, respect for the fat
man.".
Miss Summerville says she has studied
the pfychology of the reduction of
weight. It can be reduced, she says, to
a sentence. "Eating and drinking are
habits; one may easily adjust oneself to
a non fattening diet and at the same
time acquire a desire or liking for the
things that are healthful and beneficial."
She says: "To be able to control one's
appetite for food ia self-mastery In its
highest form.
"To diet properly and healthfully it is
advisable to take three moderate meals
a day. These must all be of non-fattening
foods. I approve of a mixed diet.
The best results at the commencement
of dieting are gained by decreasing the
quantity, not suddenly changing the
quality. For Instance, Instead of eating
two ess at breakfast eat one. instead
of two cups of coffee take one. Use one
lump of sugar Instead of the two or
three to which you have been accus
tomed. You will be surprised how
quickly you will become accustomed to
eating less. The first feeling of hunger
will soon pass away!
"Many persons In these daya of dining
out like the French or Italian table
d'hote. I rather like them, for I can
alwaya choose a fairly good, non-fattening
meal. 1 use a little white wine.
Never red! The French and Italians
have a better system of eating than any
other nation. They have a knowledge
of food valuea!
"Tho only advice concerning weight
reduction I ever received, and which I
have successfully followed, was given
to me by an old Scotch-Canadian doctor
He advised a mixed diet and told me to
eat plentifully of lettuce and pineapple.
I probably eat more lettuce and pine
apple, both fresh and canned, than any
woman on earth. Every morning I have
a plate of fresh, crisp lettuce on the
table, and eat it with salt. At four o'clock
tea I always eat lettuce. I sit as little
as possible at table, especially after eat
ing, l always stand or take a walk after
The Famously
Fat Amelia
Summerville
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FRENCH 8ALAD DRESSING.
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IX together a deml tasse Spoonful of
oil, one tablespoonful and one de
sert-spoonful of vinegar, one pinch of
dry mustard, one pinch of salt, and one
pinch of pepper. If garlic Is desired,
take the very hard end of a French loaf,
or a small piece of stale crust of roll,
and rub thoroughly with garlic, then put
Into salad bowl and mix with contents
of salad- A little paprika may be added,
if desired.
AMBROSIA FOOD FOR THE GODS.
AMBROSIA ia a fresh fruit dish that for
lusiiousness cannot be equaled.
First, take an attractive-looking large
glass salad bowl; have ready twelve
oranges, one box of strawberries, one
pineapple fresh, or large can of sliced
Hawaiian pineapple, and one box of
vtoned black cherries. Slice six of the
oranges, removing seeds and rind. Place
a layer in the bowl, then a layer of straw
berries, then a layer of pineapple (cut in
small pieces), then a layer of cherries l
keep alternating layers of fruit until
bowl la filled. Take remaining six
oranges and squeeze Juice ovef contents
of bowl; a few maraschino cherries may
be scattered over top of fruit. Place away
in ice-box for three hours before using.
This Is the most delicious dessert
imaginable. It is rightly named, "Food
for the gods."
Serve in large glass berry dishes.
A little light cake (no icing). suCh as
angel or plain pound or small sweet
biscuits, may be eaten.
FRUIT OMELETTES.
f AKE an ordinary plain omelette, and
add any kind of fruit, fresh or
stewed. Stewed prunes (with stones re
moved) make a delicious omelette; as do
also dried peaches, apples, strawberries
and raspberries. When using berries,
tew only slightly.
Tbeue omelettes are most palatable and
nourishing and are a splendid substitute
for meat In Summer.
BAKED APPLE WITH PRUNES AND
CINNAMON.
TAKE good-sized apples; . core and fill
with cooked prunes which have been
toned and chopped fine; dust with cinna
mon; pour over it a little of the prune
Juice, and bake. Add a little water to
pan to prevent burning.
The Juice of the apple and prune to
gether makes a most appetizing fruit
dish for breakfast.
STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS WITH
MEAT AND CELERY.
TAKE creen peppers; cut off top and
coop out. Have ready cold meat
eating. If only for twenty minutes. If
one's work compels much sitting a regu
lar walk before and after work ia need
ful." fihe says habitual drowsiness is a sign
of obesity, and that reduction will bring
about "mental exhilaration."
Miss Summerville now has a trim
waist. She gives advice as to how a
mall waiet can be acquired. .
"Nearly all women inclined to stout
ness want to have a small waist; and
there ia nothing easier to obtain.
"After tathlng. indulge In a vigorous,
not hard, rubbing with a Turkish bath
toweL Put on your corset, having it
loose; then go through the exercises of
fencing, using an ordinary walking stick.
Nothln; reduces the waist so quickly aa
fencing The best thing for the man or
womas who wishes to reduce the waist
Miss Summerville As She Saw Herself When She Looked
Into the Mirror One Day, and Said: 4Tm So Fat I'm Rl- .
diculous," and Determined She Would Make Her
self Over on a Better Plan.
Recipes for Fleshy People
lamb, beef or lean corned beef one small
head of celery, the Inside of the green
pepper, pinch of pepper, bait and paprika.
Chop fine; place inside green pepr; put
small piece of pepper back on top; bake
In slow oven until done. The pan should
have enough water In It to keep it from
burning.
BAKED 6PANI8H ONION WITH LAMB
' KIDNEY.
TAKE fairly good-sized 8panisU onion;
do not remove the skin. Cut off top
of onion and scoop out a place large
enough to hold the small lamb Mdney.
After cleaning kidney properly without
cutting It, wlpo thoroughly dry, dust with
salt and pepper, and place Inside onion,
with a very small piece of butter. Re
place the piece of onion you had cut from
the top; then put In a baking pan, with
enough water to keep pan from burning,
and bake four hours In slow oven.
The onion takes a long time to cook,
but you will find this a most delicate
morsel.
MEAT SALAD WITH VEGETABLES.
TAKE cold roast beef and lamb and cold
corned beef, if desired. Add cold
boiled string beans, asparagus tips, cauli-'
flower cut into small pieces, one small
beet, one small carrot cut into small
pieces, and one raw onion sliced; a few
capers may be added, also a little garlic.
The meat should be cut into small pieces,
and all placed In a large bowl. Pour over
it French salad dressing. The dish may
be garnished with small hearts of lettuce
leaves.
This makes a most appetizing Sunday
upper dish. It is non-fattening and very
nutritious.
MEAT. CAKES WITH PARSLEY.
TAKE cold meat both beef and lamb
a small bowl of stale bread crumbs,
the yolk of one egg, pinch of salt, pinch
of pepper, a fair-sized branch of parsley,
and a small piece of garlic; an onion may
be used If desired. Chop these together
In chopping bowl, then mix into cakes
and bake in an oven, using very little
bntter to keep the pan from burning.
Bake about twenty minutes, until brown.
Theae are nice cold as well as not and
are very tasty.
CORNED BEEF HASH WITH POACHED
EGG.
TAKE lean corned beef, one raw onion,
one bead of celery, pinch of pepper,
and a little parsley. Place in chopping
bowl and chop very fine. Add a little
water to moisten and stew until tender.
Place on a very hot platter and drop one
egg, well poached, on top; dust egg with
line Is to go to a good fencing master
and take a few lessons; after that, they
can easily keep the practise up at home,
using a walking stick.
"I did that, and in three months In
stead of wearing a twenty-nlne-lnch cor
set. I was wearing a twenty -two.
"Fencing also is a good exercise for
expanding the chest and for decreasing
the size of the hips."
Here is Miss Summerrille's secret of
how she reduced her hips six Inches:
"The very best exercUe to reduce the
hlpe is walking up and down stairs, par
ticularly up stairs.
"After the morning bath which should
not be too hot rub the hips vigorously
with a Turkish bath towel. Do not re
main in the bath longer than five min
utes. Put your corset (the right corset)
on Immediately after tbt bath and be-
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a little paprika. A little
Worchestershlre sauce
may be used as a relish.
This is the most appetis
ing breakfast dish and is
non- fattening.
MINCED CHICKEN WITH
GLUTTEN MUFFIN3.
rTAKE cold chicken and a
few very small onions,
a small head of celery, a
pinch of salt, pinch of pep
per, pinch of paprika. Chop
all together, fine. In a
chopping bowl, with a
very little water. Have
ready some hot gluten
muffins and pour the
minced chicken over them.
Serve hot A very little
butter may be spread on
the muffins.
HASHED LAMB ON
. TOAST.
TTAKE cold lamb, on
onion, a little garlio,
plnoh of salt, pinch of pep
per, and a little parsley.
Chop all together; add a
little water and stew until
done. Have ready some
stale bread toasted and
slightly buttered; pour the
hashed lamb over toast
when done. This should
be served very hot.
BROILED LAMB CHOPS WITH
STEWED CELERY.
REMOVE excess of fat from lamb
chops, dust with pepper and salt,
and broil slowly, turning frequently.
Have ready celery, which has been
chopped fine In chopping howl, then
stewed in very llttla water, until cooked.
Season with salt, pepper, and little pap
rika. Serve on very hot platter.
BROILED STEAK WITH MUSHROOMS.
THE steak should be dusted with pep
per and salt and broiled quickly. The
mushrooms should be treated the same
way. After being cooked, pour mush
rooms over steak. hot platter should
be used. ,
HAMBURQ MEAT CAKES.
LEAN raw beef, chopped fine, seasoned
with salt, pepper, a little paprika, and
garlio. If desired; add the yolk of one
egg, mix all together, then form into
small round cakes ;dust with a little flour
and cook quickly In pan. A very little
butter may be used to keep pan from
burning.
fore eating. Lace the corset comfort
ably tight; and, at aU times of day, walk
up and down stairs as much, as often,
and whenever you can."
Tersely, Miss Summerville registers
her objection to rolling as a means of
growing less in toulk. She says:
"Rolling exercises break down the tis
sues and cause much Illness, ofttlmes
death. A womaa died suddenly recently.
When the autopsy was made it was dis
covered that her death has been caused
by rolling to reduce her weight.
"One 4-an tell by the symptoms It
causes (dreadful nausea and dizziness)
that it Is not healthful
"If you follow the rules laid down in
this little book you can reduce your
weight without needing to resort to roll
ing and similar injurious exercises-"
These dishes she cites as leaders
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As She Looked a Year Later When, She Says, by Normal Living She
Had Lost One Hundred Pounds.
among the non-fsttenlng foods:
French salad dressing.
Ambrosia.
Fruit omelettes.
Baked apples with prunes and clnna-
mon.
Oreen peppers stuffed with meat and
celery, .
Baked Spanish onion with lamb kidney.
Meat salad with vegetables.
Meat cakes with parsley.
Corned bnaf hash with poached egg.
Minced chicken with gluten muffins.
Hashed lamb on toast
Broiled lamb chops with stewed celery.
Broiled steak with mushrooms.
Hamburg ateak with onions. .
Hamburg meat cakes.
The recipes for them are given blse
where. '
The book contains a dozen breakfast
menus for the would-be-thin. These are
examples:
"The day ahould be started with the.
stomach fortified.
"A litUe butter may be used, bat that
moderately.
"Eat plenty of bran bread, especially
with apple butter; eaten together they
are a wonderful cure for Intestinal
troublea. Bran bread need not be toasted.
(1) 1 cup of coffee or tea; do sugar.
1 orange or sliced pineapple.
1 poached egg.
Gluten bread, toasted.
(2) 1 cup of coffee or tea; no sugar.
Stewed pears; do sugar.
Whole wheat bread, toasted.
Two slices of bacon, broiled. .
(S) I cup of coffee or tea; no sugar.
Stewed or baked apple; do sugar.
One broiled lamb chop.
Gluten muffins.
"Luncheon should not be eaten when
one has partaken of a late breakfast, or
when an early dinner is Intended; In any
case the luncheon should be most mod
erately Indulged in- '
"Never eat unless you are hungry.
Food taken into the system when, you da
, not need it is Just so much excess bag
gage; some physicians call it poison. .
"If you eat sparingly of -any of the
menus In this book, they will nourish
and not fatten.
"A glass of wlhte wine, which should
be very dry, may be taken. . ,.
"Model menus for luncheons, are:
, (1) grape fruit; no sugar. - . , ,.'
Cup of chicken bouillon, clear. , -Lamb
chop with stewed eelery. .
Dahl's brittle blsculU. -, , '
Lettuce, salad, French dressing, '
. very little oil.
Cup of black coffee; no sugar.
(I) Cup of tomato bouillon, clear.
Fruit omelette any fresh fruit; no
sugar. . 1
Whole wheat bread or gluten' his-'
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Cup of black coffee.' ' '.' ".
(S) Cup ok clam broth. '
Piece of broiled weakflsh. '
Toasted gluten bread. , '
Fruit salad made of oranges, pine
apples, and apples.
Cup of black coffee. '
She makes these suggestions about
dinner. ."''.'
(1) Any thin soup no thick soups,'
Very little broiled whltefish. ' '
Roast beef, lean.
Stewed brussels sprouts.'
Sliced tomatoes, French dressing.
Fruit oranges, plums or apples.
Whole wheat or gluten biscuits.
Cup of black coffee.
(2) Any thin soup.
dozen Little Neck dams.
Boiled onions (no cream sauce).
Whole or gluten wheat biscuits.
Endive salad. French dressing. ,
Fruit oranges, plums, or apples.
Cup of black coffee.
As substitutes for the beloved of the
fat. pastry, she prescribe" fruit salad or