The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-08-21
PERFECT WOMEN.
Test for Physical Symmetry-A Failure
Without an Angular Line.

Here is an extract from on interest
ing interview in the Philadelphia
Record: The average weight of boy
at birth is seven and that of girl
little more than six pounds. When
they have attained the full develop
ment of man or womanhood they
should weigh twenty times as much as
they did at birth. This would make
mans average weight 40 and wo-
mans about one hundred and twenty
five. The height of a male at birth is
l foot inches and that of female
foot 6 inches. Fully grown. mans
height should be about three and
half time greater than at birth, or
feet inches, while u woman should be
feet inches. The weight of indi-
viduals who are fully developed and
formed, however. varies within ex-
tremes, which are nearly as l to 2.
while their height varies within limits
which at most are as l TO 1-3. Taking
200 pounds as the maximum of mans
weight and 50 as the minimum, we
would have the average of 1422 pounds.
Placing the maximum weight of wo-
man at 1876 pounds and the minimum
at 20 pounds, and we get an average
of 1873 pounds.
''You spoke of physical standard;
by this you mean"
SIN woman, a height in proportion
to weight; form that will stand the
test for symmetry; a 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 q
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avoids angular lines everywhere, but
in the human figure especially"
elbow tall should the perfect type of
woman be?"
t'As have said, stature and weight
are comparativei still, mean height
and weight has to be chosen. A per-
fectly formed woman will stand at the
average height of 5 feet inches to S
feet inches. She will weigh from
125 to 140 pounds. A plumb line
dropped from point marked by the
tip of her nose will meet at q point
one inch in front of her great toe. Her
shoulders and her hips will stride
straight line drawn up and down. Her
waist will taper gradually to size on
line drawn from the outer third of
the collar bones to the hips. Her
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her hips will measure from 6 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 elbows on a table
while standing erect. and her forearm
shall extend to point permitting the
fingers to mark point just below the
middle of the thigh. Her neck and
thigh should be of about the same cir
cumference. The calf of her leg and
arm should measure about the same.
Her legs should be about as long as
line drawn from her chin to her finger
tips, or about one-half her height, say
from feet y inches to feet 81 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 Il
| 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, have noticed
that we'll proportioned woman wears
a shoe one-half the size of the glove
that her hand calls for; thus if lady
wears six glove she should wear a
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