Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-11
HUMAN FORMS DIVINE.
CORRECT HIGHT AND WEIGHT OF THE
PERFECT MAN OR WOMAN.
Not One in a Hundred Fulfus the Re-
quirements of the standard
Proportions.

A note IN answer to this advertisement
from New York Nat and Express re.
porter led 10 his introduction to the man.
ager of dress reform establishment who
was in need of models to show of the COM
pany's wares. 81 have more than hun
dred answers TO my advertisement" said
the gentleman, "but as yet have found
none to fill the bill, but it is laughable to
note the chagrin of the men and women
who were satisfied that they were perfectly
formed. Men who were of the proper
hight were too heavy or too thin; those of
the correct weight were either too.t tall or
too short, and those again who were Of the
standard hight and weight did not stand
the test for symmetry"
What is your test for symmetry ?"
simply turning man with his face to
the wall. If he be perfectly moulded and
symmetrically made his chest will lust
touch the wall, and his nose will be four
inches away, his thighs five inches, and
the end OF his toes three inches. The de-
velopment Of a mans physical qualities is
a most important matter and is one that is
overlooked the world over, and seldom it
is that you will find man who can stand
the test. The majority of children are
perfectly formed at birth, bat the develop
ment of their physical qualities is quite
another thing, Stature and weight. as
you can understand, are comparative, but
development of muscle, carriage and SYM
metry is based on a standard You NAV
find six-footer who tips the scales at the
proper figure, but he may be a perfect
scarecrow as far as symmetrical proper
tions go.
''The average weight of boy at birth
is seven pounds and that of a 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
and q woman's 125. The hight of male
at birth is l foot s inches and that of a
female l foot 6 inches. Fully grown, a
mans hight should be 81 times greater
than at birth, or 3 feet s inches, while
a woman should be . feet inches
The weight of individuals who are fully
developed and we'll formed, however,
varies within extremes, which are nearly
as l to ,, while the hight varies within
limits which are at most as ] to /. Tax
ing 200 pounds as the maximum of mans
weight, and So as the minimum, we would
have the average of I42! pounds. Placing
the maximum weight of woman at IS5
pounds and the minimum at 20 pounds.
and we get an average of I27! pounds.
"You spoke of a physical standard. BY
this you mean
'In woman, hight 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 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-"
"As have said, stature and weight are
still, mean hight and
formed woman will stand at the average
hight of five feet three inches to five feet
seven inches. She will weigh from 125 to
lao pounds. 4 plumb-line dropped from
a point marked by the tip of her nose will
meet at Il 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
a size on a line drawn from the outer third
of the collar bones to+he hips Her bust
will measure from % to SO inches; her
hips will measure from six to ten inches
more than this, and her waist will call for
a belt from % to 2S inches.
"The arms of a perfectly formed woman
will end at the waist line, so that she can
rest her elbow on table while standing
erect, and her forearm will extend to a
point permitting the fingers to mark
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 the arm should measure about the
same. Her legs should be about as long
as the line drawn from her chin to her
finger tips, or about one half her hight,
feet y inches to 2 feet 95 inches. She
should measure from her waist to her feet
about foot more than from her waist to
the crown of her head. Her neck should
be from II to II inches around, her head
erect and on line with the central plane
of her body, and her feet should be of
size and shape to conform with her hands.
Although sizes in footwear and gloves
vary somewhat, l have noticed that the
well -proportioned woman wears a shoe one
half the size of the glove that her hands
calls for; thus. if lady wears 6 glove,
she would wear 3 SHOE"
And now as to the perfect man ~
The same general rules apply to man.
His hight will be from feet inches to 6
feet, his weight from $50 to 100 pounds.
His muscular development will vary ac.
cording to his occupation, and it is for this
reason We find so few perfectly developed
men. In the mechanic who rides to and
from his place of toll you will find the
muscles of the back, the chest and arms
developed out of all proportion to those of
the loins, abdomen and leg, while in the
men who have to walk a great deal you
will find the muscles of the lower extremi-
ties fully developed and those of the
trunks and upper extremities sadly def
cient. Take the police force, for instance
To be appointed they have to stand GER
tain examination as to their physical de-
yelopment, and not one in hundred
reaches the standard. Even if they do.
the chances are that in less than years
time they can show muscles of steel in
their lower extremeties, while the muscles
of the chest and arms are flabby and soft"
How do you account for the small
number of people who come up to perfec-
tons standardT T
"Very easily. Fashion and custom reg
ulate it almost entirely Take woman,
for instance. How can she be physically
perfect so long as she follows the present
plan of dressing herself? When, instead
of the corsets and bustles, the loops and
aggregation of skirts now worn, woman's
dress is fixed beyond the control of fashion,
then we may in measure return to the
exquisite beauty and harmony of move.
ment embodied in the perfect woman.
The dictates of fashion are death TO health
and happiness. The world is cursed with
sick people. 1t is almost impossible to
find a well woman, and not little difficult
to find perfectly well man. Humanity
inherits its physical imperfections from
vicious fathers and injudicious and ignor
ant mothers. Habit is another factor in
race deterioration. What with the irreg
ularity of hours, the lack of attention as
to what they eat and the excesses of the