The Fun of Getting Thin - How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Fun of Getting Thin, by Samuel G. BlytheThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Fun of Getting ThinAuthor: Samuel G. BlytheRelease Date: January 20, 2005 [eBook #14743]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FUN OF GETTING THIN***E-text prepared by Al HainesTHE FUN OF GETTING THINHow To Be Happy and Reduce the Waist LinebySAMUEL G. BLYTHEAuthor of "Cutting It Out"ChicagoForbes & Company1912CONTENTSCHAPTERI. FatII. The So-Called CuresIII. Facing the TissueTHE FUN OF GETTING THINCHAPTER IFATA fat man is a joke; and a fat woman is two jokes—one on herself and the other on her husband. Half the comedy inthe world is predicated on the paunch. At that, the human race is divided into but two classes—fat people who aretrying to get thin and thin people who are trying to get fat.Fat, the doctors say, is fatal. I move to amend by striking out the last two letters of the indictment. Fat is fat. It isn't anymore fatal to be reasonably fat than to be reasonably thin, but it's a darned sight more uncomfortable. So far as beingunreasonably thin or unreasonably fat is concerned, I suppose the thin person has the long end of it. I never was thin ...