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Show JLJL&IL JLPCClLjIL Y JlO of Intelligence Few Perfect Torsos Among OyrWomen, and Pcrfec . et Even More Scarce : : : : : : H , I , 1 -Copyright, 1910, by John Elfroth Watkins '. . I IH 10. C, Jan. 20. Bcau-'orm Bcau-'orm divine has been or Robert vWShu-s, vWShu-s, U.. S. Army, blolo-10 blolo-10 needs no Introduc-,who Introduc-,who Is an artist or would turn no other d after I had taken a i now -work. "Studies a," bearing hfs name ianil (tsomo 505 won-roducts won-roducts of Ills camera covers. Having dis-rom dis-rom tho labyrinthine zasant T found him a i host with his head z and his mouth by a JIarry Lauder's cane p. And what beauty' upon u hero, there (uuty. created not hill hi-ll of manbut-by the reflected by the crys-test crys-test American beauty ' ilrst sliot. But the not play the . rolo of d. "I might award J then wish I had It irac now beauty mot ir story pot Into type. Venus would. I am unheard of no great dame of society or s parried a dozen or tcrrogatlons 1 tlnnlly 10 nearer the mark, ine Propc.tions. erfect proportions of two women In. the in features or propor-no propor-no natural standard, opuvc please to 'fix must, be Ertlsts and anatomists vary WU'fi of proportion tlicy havo "iVisIs for the norma! female 6But hero are a fow laws fBbf. them agree; Btly proportioned woman , ' Ssn and a half times the 'raSfccad. ten times tho height , ,7jy. times tho length of her IMia six to sevon times tho ?'BiL The distance between BuMUd be equal to the length ''jiper arms should be three uldfecs four times the length JSfHer shoulders should be i itaTand the .upper and lower IjEKn and of her leg should Msth." I tthe Most Boautiful. J3 tho perfect face, doctor r iae." ,11 f56ay that mankind weare N oday that It wore years J t in the far future wear Hint now characterizes the rf ole. The fonn of tho faco U o Intellectual ability and a-actcr. Those with clrcu- t lowest In the scalo in these respects, while oval or suboval-faced suboval-faced women are. everything else being oriual, tho higher typos Intellectually. Thus the circular x race predominates anions? the black and red races, and is met with in aonio of tho oriental stocks., while the oval faco prevails among tho higher Iudo-Europcans. . Eyes Most Impirtant. "Now, let' us take up tho feature! In their order. In indicating tho emotion? agitating tho mind, the eyes play a more Important part than I lie other features. The expression of the eyes depends largely upon thoic external appendages. Thus during extreme ringer or severity tho eyebrows contract, while the eyelids .stiffen and are somewhat drawn to. But to give boautv to the yes tho eye sockets sock-ets should be largo and deep rather than small, and the beautiful eyebrow Is ono not too prominent, in which tho hair makes a perfect and graceful arch, growing thicker toward tlio nose and tapering to a point as it passes outward, Heavy eyebrows arc sometimes consistent consist-ent with brunette but never with blonde types oi' beauty, while those which merge ovljr the nose give a masculine effect. A means of Imparling expression, tho eyebrows eye-brows may bo completely under control of tho will, and thoso skilled In their control may employ tlieni to simulate various passions "and emotions. Hait' Hanks Seconal. "Next to the charm, tho loveliness tho fascination of woman's eyes la the gloiV, the aplcndor that every lover of tho sex sees in a full suit of. lustrous hair. A luxuriance of jot-black hair devoid of all unnatural adornment is certainly one of tho glories of nature. But when it Is of a deep Titian red. t with warm reflections of golden hue. and is abundant, long, soft, wavy and fine. then. Indeed, havo wo something worthy of tho gaze of tho gods. Poets and lovers? may bo forgiven for anything they may say( In praise of it. "The noso enters into1 many of tho more powerful expressions of tho fuco when agitated by a number of mental emptions. Moreover, its form expresses strength or weakness of will, good or bad temper. Beauty demands that this feature should bo slender and straight, Among tho dark-skinned barbaric racc3 well-molded noses are rare. Moutli More Interesting. "And the moutli, doctor, do not overlook over-look that." "By-no means, for It offers a far wider field of study than does the nose. Indeed, tho lips easily take rank among tho most charming features of a beautiful face, when they arc prettily proportioned; while, on tho other hand, when thin, pallid, straight and considerablyj-rotrudcd' from sldo to side, thoy aro not glorious to look upon. Tho contour lines of the Hps not only suggest character, but arc constantly changing with age. Full lips are more to. be admired in dark-skinned beauties than in tho blonde types. But beauty of tho mouth depends to a large degree upon the teeth also, especially tho regularity and whiteness of the four incisors in-cisors In either jaw, which are tho teeth most frequently seen, and then tho four canines, the two above and two below, which nre next most conspicuous. But i in ordinary open smiles It is tho upper teeth alono which aro visible. Yet those teeth which aro not ordinarily seen alter the expression of the faco. Thus, when back teeth urc missing, the cheelts collapse, col-lapse, and as tho teeth wear off, with ago, tho lips become compressed, while the nose approaches tho chin, tho mouth widens and tho skin forms larger folds round the corners of tho mouth. I can frequently tell from a woman's face be- foro I havo scon her teeth whether they are sound or not. "Ears, although Incapable of entering Into Impression of emotion,' are yet quite as Indicatlvo of character" as Is the eye, mouth or nose. If. a woman has a long narrow and thin ear, so suggestive of tho satanic auricle, there Is tho devil lurking somewhere No organ Is superior supe-rior to tho ear to establish tho Identity of an individual, for Its form Is practically prac-tically unchanging' throughout life, and the ears ot two individuals aro never alike. But, however perfect all of these features may be there can be no real beauty without Intelligence. There are 'thousands of barbaric and seml-barbarlc ' beauties such as tho l-'amoail, Maori, Burmese. Parson, Turkish, IVrslan. Hindu and Arabian wlrls wltli figures qnlto as perfect nnd "features quite as classlely rfgubir as those of the most beautiful women among our own people, yet they eannqt hold the men of our Indo-European race, who fooh abandon iliom and ydarn for women of greater Intelligence-. "So much for the face. Now, one of tho requisites of a finely formed woirlnn Is an even surface between the cheek and neck. Yet wo "but rarely meet with this good point, for in a vast ihajorlty of cases the lower margin of thr jaw Is too well, defined. . But a' beautiful' neck and shoulders depend largely upon physical training In girlhood, aimed at development develop-ment of the muscles of the back, breast and shoulders. Pew With a. Good Torso. "Few women of our race are .now found Willi a torso (trunk) which would meet tin requirements of any art standard. stand-ard. One of Die few that I havo found is a young Swede, and this endowment has made her a favorite model among New York painters and sculptors. It Is her boast that she never In 'her life wore a corset." "You aro then for drens reform?"' "Yes, but I am satisfied tfhat the harm done by the corset to the feminine torso depends upon the kind of corset worn and whether her bones are strong or frail and a few minor points. "The torso can" be 'wonderfully beautiful beauti-ful In a great variety of types of women, and Insofar a3 any established-standards aro conccmcd. we are Just as likely to iflnd them In old as In young women. In-small In-small as in largo women, or Ir; one race as In another. The parts most effective In lending tho torso beauty aro the shoulders and hips, while Its beauty Is marred by curvature of the spine, prominent prom-inent muscles. collarbones'. shoulder blades, or too high and protuberant hips. Tills photograph here' shows a mark of great beauty, which Is very rare among both men and women a pair of "sacral dimples.' ono on cither side of tho spine. Just below tho waist. .Dr. C. II. Strata, the noted Dutch authority on the human form, makes much of thesn and photographs photo-graphs all that he can find." Muscularity as a Defect. "Do not athletics sometimes mar the beauty of women?" 'They do where they produce undue prominence of tho muscles. . But sometimes some-times this Is not due to exerciso, but to heredity, aiid there arc many women' who can engage In gymtfastlcs for an hour daily and produce a fine general muscular muscu-lar development with Increased rotundity of form and elasticity of movement instead in-stead of hard and prominent muscles. . "However well developed, a woman's forearm should never have Its muscles thrown Into prominence, while a man's may become, and with advantage, as big as Sandow's. One of the most beautiful comparisons known to me of the male .nnd female arm is to bo seen in David's painting of Paris and Helen, In the Louvr.-. f I meet with a woman In whom Uxe muscles become more or less evident when the arm Is powerfully flexed,. I frequently know It to bo an In-dicatlop In-dicatlop of the vindictive virago and tho same woman is apt to have, a round, hard, "bossy chin and a stolid stare. Educated Hand. jH "The arm nnd hand rank next to tho IH head as instrument!! of emotional cxpros- ll slon. Their every trifling gesture has Hi ' meaning and Is an Index to tho mind to which they are servant. And as age nd-vancis nd-vancis they seem to tr.xo on a very part of the character of the possessor. Fn-refinement, Fn-refinement, culturo, meanness, music. power, vaselllation. charity, dexterity. crime and worthlr-ssneKs arc each and all distinctly expressed in tlio hands, and wjien tho entlre'arm Is .seen to the ?houI-rler ?houI-rler the record is soc-n all the plainer. Did you ever note the expression of pow-er pow-er accumulated In the arm and hand ot Sarah Bernhardt? It has been moulded by myriads of keen and refined emotions passing through It for the best part of fl a life. And here are photograph:- of fl Home other perfect hands: Tins' one' shows the difference in the list as mndn fl naturally by man and woman. The man docs' not draw tho end of his thumb fo far into the- palm, but more decidedly overlaps the points of the indl-x and middle lingers.' . One of the great beautlca of the hand In this other picture is the prominence on oaeh of the little einl-nonce.? einl-nonce.? inside the finger lips. The perfect hand is one-ninth the length of the body and tapers gradually to well-curved nails, which should be longer than they are broad. A lln.e drawn from the top of thn bono of the. upper arm should reach the end of the llrst finger when the arm la turned with the .palm backward, and Iho same length of line should extend to th". end of the third finger when the arm is turned with the palm outward. "The perfect foot Is more rare arnonfc civilized women than the perfect hand. And how shall we know it when, by chance,' we see It? Tho second toe ex-tends ex-tends beyond the great toe and Is th? largest, while the third toe is about as long as the big one. And when set upon the ground the Instep nhbuld be so high that a little bird could sit under it." Disagreo Most as to Perfect Leg. "And lino the perfect leg." "That is diftlcult for artists' standards IH of proportion differ most with, respect to the lower extremities. Some say that fcmlnhic legs should touch in four places when brought normally together without great muscular exertion, wl'nle others re-quire re-quire that they touch at but two points. "And now just a word as to femlnina IH beauty In general. In the case of tho fl best women of our Indo-European stock, in whom obtains marked beauty of face ' and form associated with intelligence, their beauty will endure from earliest childhood, until the advance of senility, provided there intervenes no destructlvs force as disease, injury. Insanity or pov- "And you Include poverty?" "Ye.s. Indeed. Poverty Is beauty's, greatest material enemy." IH JOHN" F.LFRETH X7A.TKISS. . . -i ! |