Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1918 — Mecca for the Fat. [ARTICLE]

Mecca for the Fat.

“Go to Mesopotamia and perspire” is the reply of a writer in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to a person who is searching for a reliable cure for fat. In that climate a fat person simply melts and runs down. As early in the morning as daybreak one awakes to find himself bathed in perspiration. The “cool” of the night means a temperature of 90 degrees; by eleven o’clock the temperature rises toi 120 degrees, and at midday the air simply burns the lungs. Nobody remains fat in Mesopotamia, and nobody works if it can be avoided, and Sulim tells me that it generally is avoided under the pretext of turning feverything over to Allah. All this fat pilgrim needs in Mesopotamia is somebody to support him. If this can be arranged, the fat takes care of itself. However, one might reduce, even in this climate, quite handily while looking for somebody to support one.