THE SLIM SILHOUETTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 4029, 2 June 1931, Page 59

THE SLIM SILHOUETTE.

Fashion’s pendulum has so swung that it is as incorrect to-day to be too thin as it is to be too plump. For months past silhouettes have been becoming more generous.’ One feels that an elbow dimble simply must be shown when evening clothes are worn, and that to show a “salt-cellar” above a cowl collar would spoil the whole effect. There is, of course, just the danger that in The attempt to banish our past emaciations we shall go to the other extreme and allow too much plumpness to creep in. Here are a few hints on how to keep the figure trim if you are too plump:— Do not eat between meals. Limit your meals to three daily, and take them at the same hour each day. Avoid sweets, pastries, puddings, oatmeal, rice, potatoes, and white bread. You may eat underdone meat, eggs, green vegetables, salads, and fruit. Never take a rest or “ forty winks ” during the day. Let your most substantial meat be the mid-day one. Take nothing solid after six in the evening. Let every meal consist of fruit and dry biscuits. Drink plenty of cold tap water between meals, at least a quart every day, more if possible. Take a hot bath every night. Have a cold sponge after the warm morning bath. It will prevent a flabby skin as the fat disappears beneath it. Stand for ten or twelve minutes after each meal. Take a glass of hot water with the juice of two lemons in place of early tea. A well-known actress maintains that this is her sole recipe for maintaining a slim figure. ’ ’ ’ Take a brisk walk, not a saunter, every day for at least an hour. A double chin can be effectively reduced by massaging with a lump of ice. Be sure that you sleep with the bedroom window open. Let the mattress be a hard one. Never sleep more than seven hours out of twenty-four.