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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3538, 28 July 1920, Page 3

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''S addling u,;<- ihe ofl.Te of D • ,)o:i:i Id , K bertson, Health Commissioner Chicago. 20 fat women, whose weight averaged a trifle over 2201 b, presented themselves in response to his invitation issued through the newspapers, to come and be relieved of their purplns avoirdupois; umller his direction, free, gratis. Dr Robertson had called for 50 heavyweight volunteers, half of them to be men. Only one fat man appeared, and he was on hand early, but when, he found himself surrounded by 44001 b of femininity ho t .ok alarm and fled. , The reducing course wijl comprise prescribed dieting, gardening —especially gardening—walking, and other exercise. The member of the class donned j overalls and started out to till a large field, which (Dr Robertson observed genially) "needs it, goodness knows,” Later, as they straightened up to rest their aching backs, mop their brows and compare notes, it became bruited about that the field belonged to the Health Commissioner, and this engendered the suspicion that his scheme might not have been prompted by ■ unadvf.terated altruism. How’ever, the doubters, encouraged by visions of a petnrn to sylph-like pulchritude, decided to go on with the experiment.