uch as some other types to
hearken to the woes of the world at large. The fat man is essentially a
family man, a home man, a respectable, cottage-owning, tax-paying,
peaceable citizen.

Not a Reformer

He inclines to the belief that other families, other communities,
other classes and other countries should work out their own salvation
and he leaves them to do it. In all charitable, philanthropic and
community "drives" he gives freely but is not lavish nor sentimental
about it. It is often a "business proposition" with him.

When the Fat Man is Poor

Love of ease is the fat man's worst enemy. His inherent contentment,
accentuated by the inconvenience of moving about easily or quickly,
constantly tempts him to let things slide. When he lacks the brain
capacity for figuring out ways and means for getting things easily he is
never a great success at anything.

When the extremely fat man's mentality is below the average he often
refuses to work--in which case he becomes a familiar figure around
public rest rooms, parks and the cheaper hotel lobbies. Such a man
finally graduates into the class of professional chair-warmers.

Fat People Love Leisure

A chance to do as we please, especially to do as little hard work as
possible, is a secret desire of almost everybody. But the fat man takes
the prize for wanting it most.

Not a Strenuous Worker

He is not constructed to work hard like some of the other types, as we
shall see in subsequent chapters. His overweight is not only a handicap
in that it slows down his movements, but it tends to slow down all his
vital processes as well and to overload his heart. This gives him a
chronic feeling of heaviness and inertia.

Everybody Likes Him

But Nature must have intended fat people to manage the rest of us
instead of taking a hand at the "heavy work." She made them averse to
toil and then made them so likable that they can usually get the rest of
us to do their hardest work for them.

The World Managed by Fat People

When he is brainy the fat man never stays in the lower ranks of
subordinates. He may get a late start in an establishment but he will
soon make those _over_ him like him so well they will promote him to a
chief-clerkship, a foremanship or a managership. Once there he will make
those _under_ him so fond of him that they will work long and hard for
him.

Fat Men to the Top

In this way the fat man of real brains goes straight to the top wh