Of course he might bant in
the same way that a woman bants. You know how a woman bants. She
begins the day very resolutely, and if you are her husband you want
to avoid irritating her or upsetting her, because hell hath no fury
like a woman banting. For breakfast she takes a swallow of lukewarm
water and half of a soda cracker. For luncheon she takes the other
half of the cracker and leaves off the water. For dinner she orders
everything on the menu except the date and the name of the
proprietor. She does this in order to give her strength to go on
with the treatment.
No fat man would diet that way; but no matter which way he does
diet it doesn't do him any good. Health exercises only make him
muscle-sore and bring on what the Harvard ball team call the Charles
W. Horse; while banting results in attacks of those kindred
complaints--the Mollie K. Grubbs and the Fan J. Todds.
Walking is sometimes recommended and the example of the camel is
pointed out, the camel being a creature that can walk for days and
days. But, as has been said by some thinking person, who in
thunder wants to be a camel? The subject of horseback riding is
also brought up frequently in this connection.
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