Popular science monthly . fTercd by the family, thedifficulty in securing proper indi\idualdiet, the templalion pro\ided by thedaily sight of all kinds of food, and theurging of members of the family to beless strict than the physician directs. Reduction treatment is easiest andvastly more successful in an institutionor at a health resort, where definite dietcan be prescribed and furnished, andwhere, in an atmosphere of routine andobedience, there is less tem|ilation totransgress. There is cNeryencouragementto persevere through the comnumity ofinterest felt by every one and the forceof numerou
Popular science monthly . fTercd by the family, thedifficulty in securing proper indi\idualdiet, the templalion pro\ided by thedaily sight of all kinds of food, and theurging of members of the family to beless strict than the physician directs. Reduction treatment is easiest andvastly more successful in an institutionor at a health resort, where definite dietcan be prescribed and furnished, andwhere, in an atmosphere of routine andobedience, there is less tem|ilation totransgress. There is cNeryencouragementto persevere through the comnumity ofinterest felt by every one and the forceof numerous good examples of obediencedaily before ones eyes. Lnless a settled determination and aconscientious effort exist in the mind,there is no use of attemiiting reductionof corpulence. Indultjence in alcoholicbeverages, course dinners, extra suppersafter theater, etc., defeat all measuresthat may be taken. These difficultiesare oftenest encountered in iieople be-tween the ages of thirty and forty. Popular Science MonUihj 241. A grasshoppers leg, showingto climb and which prevent Why a Grasshopper Is Like aTelephone Lineman E\\ boy and girl lias souii a teU-phonc or telegraph lineman cliinlja pole by means of iron spurs strapped tohis shoes. The grasshoppers legs carr\spurs which act on a similar principle,although themethod isdifferent. Thegrasshopperhas neitherthe weightnor thestrength todrive itsspurs intothe s u b-stance of theobject orother surfaceon whicii itis climbing. But a twig or a grass bladeunder a microscope appears, as do thepoles to the unaided eye, to be studdedwith holes anil superficial rough grasshoppers sharp spurs catchinto some of I Iiese holes and unc\en spotsand thus enable it to climb. By the aid of a small reading glassone can carefully watch grasshoppers inthe act of climbing and discover thattheir method is much like that of thetelephone man, with the exception al-rcad} noted. Instead of making holes,they take advantage of holes alreadymad
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