having it out with him
as some of the other types would, he finds he has important business
somewhere else. Thus he preserves his temperature, something that in the
average fat man seldom goes far above normal.

No Theorist

Theories are the bane of this type. He just naturally doesn't believe
in them. Scientific discoveries, unless they have to do with some new
means of adding to his personal comforts, are taboo. The next time this
one about "fat men dying young" is mentioned in his presence listen to
his jolly roar. The speed with which he disposes of it will be beautiful
to see!

"Say, I feel like a million dollars!" he will assure you if you read
this chapter to him. "And I'll bet the folks who wrote that book are a
pair of grouches who have forgotten what a square meal tastes like!"

Where the T-Bones Go

When you catch a three-inch steak homeward bound you will usually find
it tucked under the arm of a well-rounded householder. When his salary
positively prohibits the comforts of parlor, bedroom and other parts of
the house the fat man will still see to it that the kitchen does not
lack for provender.

Describes His Food

The fat person likes to regale you with alluring descriptions of what
he had for breakfast, what he has ordered for lunch and what he is
planning for dinner--and the rarebit he has on the program for after the
theater.

Eats His Way to the Grave

Most of us are committing suicide by inches in one form or
another--and always in that form which is inherent in our type.

The Alimentive eats his way to the grave and has at least this much to
say for it: it is more delightful than the pet weaknesses by which the
other types hasten the final curtain.

Diseases He Is Most Susceptible To

Diabetes is more common among this type than any other. Apoplexy comes
next, especially if the fat man is also a florid man with a fast heart
or an inclination to high blood pressure. A sudden breaking down of any
or several of the vital organs is also likely to occur to fat people
earlier than to others. It is the price they pay for their years of
over-eating.

Overtaxed heart, kidneys and liver are inevitable results of too much
food.

So the man you call "fat and husky" is fat but _not_ husky, according to
the statistics.

Fat Men and Influenza

During the historic Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 more fat people
succumbed than all other types combined. This fact was a source of