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Show PHYSICAL DEFECTS OF MAN. Uneven Shoulders, Arms, Legs and Hips Are Numerous. A man can be measured to the best advantage, tailors say, away from the glass. Standing before a mirror he is almost certain to throw out his chest, if he docs not habitually carry it so, and take an attitude that he would like to have, rather than the one he commonly com-monly holds; whereas the tailor wants him, as the portrait painter wants his subject, in his natural pose and manner. man-ner. With the man in that attitude, the tailor can bring his art to bear if that is required in the overcoming of any physical defect, and produce ciotnes mat. win give tne itesx attainable attain-able effect upon the figure as they will be actualli' worn. The physical defect most common in man is unevenness of the shoulders. One shoulder is higher than the other, and this is a defect often encountered, though the difference in the height may not be so great as to be noticeable, except ex-cept by one accustomed to taking note of such things. This is a defect that is easily overcome by the tailor, when it exists in a comparatively moderate degree. It is done sometimes simply by cutting the coat to fit on each shoulder, the perfect fitting coat carrying with it the idea and the appearance of symmetry. Sometimes, and this is commonly com-monly done in cases of more pronounced pro-nounced difference, symmetry is attained at-tained by the familiar method of building build-ing up or padding the lower shoulder, j The influence of the lower shouled ex- tends down on that side of the body, so that sometimes it is necessary below the arm to cut that side of the coat shorter. Next to unevenness of the shoulders, round shoulders are perhaps, the commonest defect. A very common thing is unevenneps of the hips. A difference of half an inch here would not be at all remarkable: it is sometimes much more. If a man finds one leg of his trousers the legs, he knows, being alike in length touching touch-ing the ground while the other clears it, he may reasonably consider that there is a difference somewhere in his legs. It may be that one leg is longer than the other, but it is more probable tnac one nip is uigucr Liiaji me other, or one leg fuller, so that it takes up the trousers more and thus gradually raises the bottom more. It would be a common thing if men were seen with their waistcoats off, to find suspenders at uneven heights. The variation in the suspenders suspend-ers might be required, to be sure, by a difference in the shoulders, and not in the legs. It is common to find men's arms o different lengths. The difference may be so slight as to require no special attention at-tention in the making of their clothes, but it is frequently necessary to make the coat sleeves of different lengths. . The fact appears to be that there are not many perfect men, that is, men of perfect harmony of development and perfect symmetry of proportions, in which respect man is like all things else in nature, like horses, for instance, in-stance, and trees; but in the greater number of men these defects are within such limits that they might be described de-scribed as variations rather than as substantial defects. |