The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-12-08

csptlnR IN the thigh and upper right arm
we are told that when actual measure
menus OF skeletons are made il is excep
tlon1l 20 ma that in the same subject the
Temnr and tibia are identical in length
". carson writes that ..in 35.S per cent
INC mo tlens imb was longer than the left..'
ing writes "that it looked as il the LEFT
leg generally is longer than the right one. ,
| Inere ls, he states, unequal DEVELOPMENT
so II 100 pairs OF mems shoes were carefully
measured, IS per cent. of these shoes would
SHOW that the foot was about the same size,
but IN A per cent. the left foot would 81
longer, and in 81 per cent. it would be The
right one." With women's shoes there is a
difference Of relative size of feet, the left
FOOT being frequently the smaller. This
would arise from the fact that women are
not SO active as men,
N. Lagrange. capital authority on this
subject, explains the reasons for the differ
ence in this manner: We are taught to be
right handed and SO work more with the
right hand side of our body than with our
left. 1t not for wise provision of nature
did we continue doing all our work in a
one sided way, we would become lopsided.
We unconsciously, automatically use other
muscles. He calls them .'the antagonistic
ones" II this did not happen, many OF
our efforts would lose directness, or we
might be carried off our feet by an intense
one-sided movement. It is the left side OF
the man which steadies him, and he is I'M
consciously working that all the time.
In boxing" writes Mr.. Thornton, 1--WE
reverse matters and lead off with the left
which is the true weapon Of offense. The
right leg steadies u.s. The blacksmith
Yields his hammer with his right hand and
steadies himself with his left leg.'' Il is
not exactly the reverse with the woman;
but because she exerts rarely the force of
the right side of her body, by means of her
arm or leg, the left side of her has less call
for greater growth of the right arm or foot
or thigh or calf than Of the left, and SO she
dances equally we'll with both feet, whereas
man cannot, and she is. too, with her
many admirable traits, more ambidexter
than is the clumsier man.
Such tables as these two ladies' present
can only have been carried ont at vast
measures are very slow of production and
a single average presents many months of
hard work.
What is the use of these anthropometrical
tables2 BY their study we will learn what
arc the physical CONGREGATIONS of health or
disease, and what are the advantages to be
derived from physical culture. By COM
parsons when millions of such measure
ments have been made an average will be
struck. Then the absolute normal proper
ton will be found, fol it is obvious that
nature constructs exactly that config-
uration best adapted for human existence.
At some future date the true canon of fe
male beauty may be formulated in MILL
meters, inches, kilos or pounds. Poetical
conceptions will not be blunted, and so for
ever the artist will idealize form and color.
What will be the standard of a perfectly
beautiful womanly shape? Shall we take
the tape-line of the man mantuamaker,
whose product is the tailor-made girl, or
those glories of perfect womanhood, the
Demeter of the Parthenon frieze and the
Venus of Milo?