A fat man is a joke, says Samuel Blythe, and a fat woman is two. The Washington journalist, five feet ten and forty pounds overweight, tells with self-mocking humour how he dieted and quit, exercised and quit, tried the so-called cures, and finally faced the facts about eating too much. Its specific advice reflects 1912, not modern medicine.
A short, funny period piece for anyone who has fought the battle of the waistline. Download the free EPUB.