My great-aunt has an amazing collection of old newspapers and magazines, I was sat looking through them a couple of days ago when I came across this edition of Woman's Illustrated from 1937. My new find came at the perfect moment as I was considering a new healthy regime for 2018. I was confident that I would discover some great advice within the pages of this magazine.
Looking for a golden nugget of wisdom I came across the following advertisement for salts that 'will dissolve pounds of loose, flabby flesh -and more, it will tone up your whole system and give life a new sparkle.'
The advert asked me which I considered the healthiest way to slim -pulling myself in with a corset, starving myself or taking special drugs. I would have to say none of these, but I might be wrong. I must say, I also hadn't noticed that doctors send rich women to the spas to 'reduce', I will have to pay more attention from now on.
All images taken from Woman's Illustrated -May 8th 1937 edition
