Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-11
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
A Figure without an Angular Line-Th
Test for Physical Symmetry.

Test for Physical Symmetry.
t'What is your test for symmetry"
''Simply turning a man with his
face to the wall. If he be perfectly
nodded and symmetrically made his
chest will just touch the wall, his nose
will be four inches away, his thighs
five inches and the end of his toes
three inches.
The average weight of boy at
birth is seven and that of girl little
more than six pounds. When they
have attained the full development of
man or womanhood they should weigh
twenty times as much as they did at
birth. This would make mans aver
age weight 14O and woman's about
125.
The height of male at birth is l
foot 8 inches and that of female l
foot 6 inches. Fully grown, a mans
height should be about three and
half times greater than at birth, or 5
feet inches, while woman should be
5 feet inches.
The weight of individuals who are
fully developed and well formed, how
ever. varies within extremes, which
are nearly as l to 2, while their height
varies within limits which at most are
as l to J.
Taking 200 pounds as the maximum
OF mans weight and So as the mini
mum, we would have the average of
1424 pounds. Placing tho maximum
weight of woman at 1S5 pounds and
the minimum at 20 pounds, and we get
an average of 1879 pounds"
you spoke of physical standard,
by this you mean"
'.In woman, a height in proportion
to weight; form that will stand the
test for symmetry; carriage that is
free. distinct and noticeable for that
which is not rather than that which is.
The greatest and first essential to
physical perfection in a woman is a
figure without an angular line. Nature
avoids angular lines everywhere, but
in the human figure especially"
''How tall should the perfect type of
woman be?"
Gas | have said, stature and weight
are comparative; still, a mean height
and weight has to be chosen. A per-
fectly-formed woman will stand at the
average height of feet 3 inches to
125 to 140 pounds
"a plumb line dropped from point
marked by the tip of her nose will
meet at point one inch in front of her
great toe. Her shoulders and her hips
will strike a straight line drawn up
and down.
Her waist will taper gradually to
size on line from the outer third of
the collar bones to the hips. Her bust
will measure from % to SO inches; her
hips will measure from to 10 inches
more than this, and her waist will call
for belt from % to % inches.
1.-The arms of the perfectly formed
woman will end at the waist line, so
that she can rest her elbow on a table
while standing erect, and her forearm
shall extend to point just below the
middle of the thigh.
Her neck and thigh should be of
about the same circumference. The
calf of her leg and arm should measure
about the same.
She should measure from her waist
to her feet about a foot more than
from her waist to the crown of her
head. Her neck should be from II to
IA inches around, her head erect and |
on a line with the central plane of her
body, and her feet should be of a size |
and shape to conform with her hands. |
'.Although sizes in footwear and |
gloves vary somewhat. l have noticed |
that a well-proportioned woman wears
a shoe one-half the size of the glove |
that her hand calls for; thus a lady |
who wears a 6 glove should wear 3 |
shoe. IN. Y. Morning Journal.