Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-11-24
APerfect Female Figure.

Define a good figure" said Mrs. kel-
| logg, the well-known Detroit soul ptor.
"Well, good figure is a rarity. There
are so many girls who come to me to pose
as models, and so very few who are of the
| least use Their knees are crooked and
| their arms bent and their waists pinched
| in-there is always something wrong. See
that head and trunk That is ProSerpine
She is shrinking away from Pluto, who is
about to carry her away to the internal
regions to be his wife. Now, do you know
| that it took sittings of five different models
to make that one piece? Now you can
imagine how hard it is to find a really
good figure. l did see good figure once.
She was almost perfect. You know
the Venus de Medici is supposed to
be the perfection of form. Well, this
girls figure was almost identical with hers.
Had | wished to make a full-sized statue
would not have changed her one iota. She
was very wealthy girl and very indolent.
Sitting always in her room in negligee cos
tune and taking so little exercise, she
grew to be the very perfection Of grace.
Every pose was a study, and every move
beautiful. And do you know that girl
laced-terribly so. She compressed her
waist, should think, seven inches smaller
than it naturally was But then she wore
corsets for only about three hours each
week, she went out so little. She was very
attractive girl, but not very pretty-very
good figures seldom are. | will give you
her dimensions She was ) feet a
inches high Then she measured 81 inches
about the bust, 264 inches about the
waist, 80 inches over the hips, 9 inches
from the armpit to the waist, IL inches
around the ball of the arm, 81 inches
around the elbow, and g. inches around
the wrist You see she tapered A inches
from the bust to the waist that's right
Small waists and large hips look horrible
to an artist. Then her hands and feet
were coed and large. An artist always
looks for large extremities. The feet of
this girl were 81 inches long. What an
immense hoof,' do you say? Well, not so
very large. | think it was No. 4 shoe
she took Now, here is cut of a
foot not so large, you will say Well it
measures 81 inches. The fingers of the
hand, too, must be long and taper
with curve backward at the
tips Women have come to me
so proud of their hands, such tiny hands,
and vet perfect deformities, with every
finger warped and crooked. should have
said, of course, that no figure can be good
unless well rounded and free from angles
must confess, though, that a fine statuesque
| figure would not look well draped in the
present fashion. Yes, will give my idea
of fine figure in the present fashion
Bust measure, 80 inches; waist, "a; 9
inches from armpit to waist; long arms
and long neck. BY neck | mean from the
collar bone to the chin; and recollect this,
| | would far rather see the waist % inches
than %. This figure shall be 5 feet AZ
| in hight. | once saw figure | admired a
| good deal that was "a about the bust and
| 20 about the waist. u Detroit Free Press.
SECRETARY OF STATE ENJoINED.-The
following appeared in the Bulletin Saturday
| evening g In the case of the people of the
State er rel Montague r. Leverson, Archi-
bald F. McGrew, George Bellebrian and
James Patterson VS.. Thomas l.. Thompson,
Secretary of the State of California. w. w.
Morrow, Charles y. FELTON,, Barclay Hen
lev and H. III. Markham, on application of
| George W. Chamberlain, counsel for relat-
ors, Superior Judge Sullivan has granted
an order restraining Secretary Thompson
| from estimating any votes given for any
person as Representatives in Congress ex-
cept such as were given for Congressman.
Also, from certifying to the election of any
person as Representative other than the
person who has received the highest num-
Der of votes in each Congressional dis
trict. as provided by the Legislative Act of
March 80, 1872 The order is returnable on
the 2Sth instant, when the defendants are
required to show cause why the order
should not be made perpetual. This order
is based upon complaint which sets forth
that the Act of March b. 1888, dividing the
State into Congressional districts, is void,
as having been passed in violation of Sec
Is of Article " of the Constitution of this
State The REALTORS claim their seats under
the State law as it existed before the Act OF
March. 1888, having received certain num-
Der OF votes at the last general election