movie theaters of your city any evening and keep a record of the
types that enter you will find the plump are as numerous as all the
others combined.

Easy Entertainment

The reason for this is plain to all who are acquainted with Human
Analysis: the fat man wants everything the easiest possible way and the
movie fulfils this requirement more fully than any other theatrical
entertainment. He can drop in when he feels like it and there is no
waiting for the show to start, for one thing.

This is a decided advantage to him, for fat people do not like to depend
upon themselves for entertainment.

The Babies of the Race

The first stage in biological evolution was the stage in which the
alimentary apparatus was developed. To assimilate nutriment was the
first function of all life and is so still, since it is the principal
requirement for self-preservation.

Being the first and most elemental of our five physiological systems the
Alimentive--when it overtops the others--produces a more elemental,
infantile nature. The pure Alimentive has rightly been called "the baby
of the race." This accounts for many of the characteristics of the
extremely fat person, including the fact that it is difficult for him to
amuse himself.

He of all types likes most to be amused and very simple toys and
activities are sufficient to do it.

Loves the Circus

A serious drama or "problem play" usually bores him but he seldom
misses a circus.

The fat person expresses his immaturity also in that he likes to be
petted, made over and looked after.

Like the infant he demands food first. Almost the only time a fat man
loses his temper is when he has been deprived of his food. The next
demand on his list is sleep, another characteristic of the immature.

Give a fat man "three squares" a day and plenty of sleep in a
comfortable bed, and he will walk off with the prize for good humor
three hundred and sixty-five days in the year. Next to sleep he demands
warm clothing in winter and steam heat when the wintry winds blow.

Fat People at the Beach

If it were not for the exertion required in getting to and from the
beaches, dressing and undressing, and the momentary coldness of the
water, many more Alimentives would go to the beaches in Summer than do.

Not Strenuous

Anything, to be popular with the Alimentive, must be easy to get, easy
to do, easy to get away from, easy to drop if he feels like it. Anything
requiring the ex