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M tx W B jv- jv t 0 A vr N ii 11 w p J JY iw f- f fo s Si Siv 4 i I T S 10 o v li l' j f.-j ii t s. s If t r j f. f Y VU v i Ar rV j- j u OnI ii P 1 j I Paul Swans Swan's Drawing of His Ideal i I V t nten have to fa won worry af along without with out being accused eo of f personal beau beauty Iy Paul Swan maybe because he is i's an alz r f artist is is able to carry carry the accusation of o being the handsomest man man without showing any worry whatever B Because all men en think flunk in ill some terms lenns as to the bea beauty ty o of f women women and because a handsome hand hand- sonic some man nan might let have Ilave especially interesting interesting inter inter- esting ing views Paul Swan was ask asked d t to o eX express less his o opinion about it the the l American Ameri can cant can't ideal He lIe has Iza's drawn a picture a rc and here a is what h he Ize e says i. i i By Paul Swan Swa n 1 OW few people if if the they saw the Venus de HOW H Milo incarnated in flesh and blood and dressed a la In mode of today would turIn tvr- tvr In fn the streets and follow her with eyes yes of admira admira- Who if they saw Cleopatra th that t sor sorceress eres- eres of the Nile who subjugated emperors and en en- coiled princes of ancient an and powerful houses who with a glance of her eye could make mako or break a spell spen which left no man his freedom freedom who with her ber infinite variety where age could not wither and cust custom m could not stale stale has bas lived in legends this devious pathway to the modern modern mod mod- ern mind if she walked the streets toda today r or rode in her limousine or sat bathing by the Hudson would have seen more than the ordinary pl plain in woman in the eyes of today's male 1 i V j-V Beauties of the Past f. f And I wonder if time Mme whose charm is e enhanced han ed by the empire cut of dress the great French charmer channer who had ardent lovers up to her loth year or the tho ex Empress Eugenie whoso whose claim claim to was her ber piquant ant c charm harm and vivacity co coupled p ed with what in that day was regarded regarded re re- as the ideal type of woman would strike the he modern critic of femininity All these as asI I they pass from the tho ancient ancien to the ine mediaeval and down to the modern just past have held their sway and received their meed raced of homage because they were in some some curious way symbolic or representative representative rep rep- of the feminine loveliness of ot their their their-re re periods When we look over reproductions of old paint paint- lags ings where legends and history have reve revelled lied in adjectives pointing out the u unearthly earthly beauty of these pictured faces we we wonder at the point of view So it is impossible to take one type o of f woman be she of today or or of the ancient past as and imd say This is the ideal deal type There is n no no typo O which ever vi was s considered lov lovely ly for a all 1 times Each nation has had Imd its ideals a blonde blond A. A 0 1 d 5 rt t 1 c c f j i t r-j r i i j t r 7 A of American Beauty Ir 7 I yf ti rt A rf Three 4 S o sl t J 1 rl f r. r r. r nation has a blonde type of woman as its object of worship a brunette nation has the contrasting type as its ideal the Oriental can See sec nothing in ini f. f i t Occidental type of woman To the negro e e- e tT l M. M k an angels angel els in Heaven are black The white rl i ij a ghost a creature shorn of her si rC Yet the artist who studies form and color and type hope e impersonally is iB bound to to arrive at some conclusions regarding what is most uni universally ni uni regarded as the tho perfect woman Has Each Race Its Own Not long ago igo ago I r heard a famous and trul truly great sculptor Ge George rge Gray Barnard say that in Southern Africa in the heart of an forest where no white man has ever made mado a permanent permanent permanent per per- manent dwelling he found to his mind the most perfect expression of beauty This beauty wain was wa in the face of a negro I must admit that I am too too much of the general run to be able to be beso so impersonal in my preference My mind is too much biased by the love love of the tho classical Greek Greck with the architectural regularity of ot feature and the cold icy perfection ion of form to be able to appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- Mr Barnards Barnard's discovery a although though I can see where he might find beauty relative to the type from which it springs as beautiful for a negro or beautiful for a Japanese or beautiful for a Spanish girl or or beautiful for a Norwegian for or beautiful as some would say for but just hero here begins my argument In traveling up and down the world seeking types to paint and model I have been ever alert for what would respond to my mind as the ideal type of woman I among the peasants of Gree Greece e I have rambled along the banks of the Nile I walked through the tho streets of Rome and climbed climbed the rugged Alps I have seen the peasants peasants peasants peas peas- ants of Russia have tead with the nobility of England have haye chatted with the chic I 1 of the the boulevards and the theatre I have lived in G Greenwich Village soi disant h. h Latin quarter i 3 v i f r of New York have dined tined with the sumptuous at atthe atthe atthe the Ritz helped the Ute farm maid of Nebraska milk the cows and now now no in this melting pot called America find the ilie composite types which mako for real beauty that is un universal ersal beauty The American girl be bo she intelligent e experienced experienced peri- peri in the wa ways s 's of lifo be bo she original and not afraid of conventions be she conscious of the importance importance im im- im- im th that t beauty must play in her career stands a fair chance at making all these olden d dames mes seem what they really are merely legend legend- ary The mind of the man mm of today asks so much more than prettiness asks so much more than th the like doll quality or the clinging vine which seems to have been in certain bygone byone periods the 1 h J 7 A r S. S rK OJ J f fi l f r PI Sj 4 9 A 3 4 A ti i t i f r Cr y w r rS S 1 r. r tir r f r r h E t p Ia j ures of Paul Swan Frequently Accused of Being the t Handsomest Man lan Showing How j He Looks as Himself and in Classical Poses j primary requisite in the womanly outfit If she could have ha merited the epitaph found on an English English Eng Eng- lish girls girl's tombstone she was ideal The epitaph reads She was mild bland and passionless she also painted in water colors Of such as these is the Kingdom of Heaven If Jf she were mild pitiful flexible kind civil obliging tender timorous timorous timorous tim tim- orous and modest antI ant looked as unreal as an old plate fashion-plate she was as called beautiful but today a womans woman's beauty must have lave th the clement of strength and character What That Beauty Is Beauty is really the soul shining through 5 symmetry Intelligence and efficiency independence independence inde inde- and ancl the ability to accomplish is all aJI registered registered registered reg reg- in the face which is called beautiful tod today y So it is right here in this melting pot of America that we find the consummation of these characteristics char which make for beauty It is not nota a matter of color if her features are definitely marked It Is an atmosphere a certain aura of p power which emanates from her that makes her impression so distinct and unforgettable Man asks much today of feminine beauty but butman butman man finds find more that is representative e of his ideal toe today than ever before As As' AsK K Keats ats sa says saSi Si SiirA A irA thing thins of beauty is ajoy a joy forever so that the beautiful J woman of today is the light and md uplift of th the ra race raced She has been I am sure the tho and uplift t of f every race from the beginning of f time VT Y Both Bath Sexes More lore Cr Critical r rIt Gr GrIts It Its has been suggested that the war has made those who participated in it more critical as is to r women more exacting as to the qualities es to be b admired This sounds reasonable Mere prettiness prettiness ness would naturally make less lesa appeal to a man a-man man who had encountered great tr tragedies and who had seen feminine pluck in the tho same contact Yet I should doubt that the decline of interest in mere prettiness was a fresh happening Doubtless Doubtless Doubt less it is true that men have become more and more critical of women And it is true also that women have grown more and more critical of men This is ble The development of ideals naturally reflects i itself in the interplay of the critical faculties as asto asto asto to individuals It will always remain true truc however however how how- ever that individuals vary vastly in their This is what preserves the balance in choice Unless there was this diversity of preference diversity in type would be a great natural natural natural nat nat- ural misfortune After all nature knows some wonderful secrets and contrives to work strange wonders of adjustment |