The Penn's Grove record., 1891-04-10
NUMBER 81.
A PERFECT WOMAN.
the Test for Physical Symmetry-A
Figure without an Angular Line.

Figure without an Angular Line.
What is your test for symmetry 2"
Simply turning a man with his face
TO the wall. IL he be perfectly nodded
and symmetrically formed 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 development of a mans phys.
zeal qualities is Il most important mat
ter, and is one that is overlooked the
world over, aud seldom is it that you
will find a man who can stand the test"
said a prominent physician. "The
majority of children are perfectly form
ed at birth, but the development Of
their physical qualities is quite another
thing.
"Stature and weight, as you can
understand, are comparative, but de-
velOpmcnt of muscle, carriage and SYM
metry is based on a standard. You
may find a six-footer who tips the scale
at the proper figure, but he may be a
perfect scarecrOw as far as symmetri.
cal proportions go.
''The average weight of a boy at
Dirm is sever, and that of a girl a 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 a mans aver
age weight 140 pounds and a woman'f
about 1875.
"The height of male at birth is l
FOOT 8 inches and that ola female l
foot 6 inches. Fully grown, a mans
height should be about three and q
half times greater than at birth, OF s
feet 9 inches, while a woman should be
8 feet 3 inches.
"The weight of individuals who are
fully developed and well formed, how
ever, varies within extremes, which are
nearly as Ito 2, while their height va
les within limits which at most are as
! to Is.
"Taking 200 pounds as the maximum
Of mans weight and So as the mini
mum, we would have the average of
l42 l-2 pounds. Placing the maximum
weight of woman at 1855 pounds and
tiic Hllliiiiihiti at ~ lDuiluS, anu VIC Sct
al average of 127 - pounds"
"Iou spoke of a physical standard;
by this you mean
In woman, Il height in proportion
20 weight; a 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.
Tho IrrnafOcf nrl ErGf pgEaYttal RI phuo-
ical perfection in a oma 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 7"
CAS- | have said, stature and weigh,
are comparative; still, a mean height
and weight has to be chosen. A per-
fectly formed woman will stand at the
average height of 5 feet three inches to
5 feet Z inches. She will weigh from
1875 to 140 pounds.
ga plumb line dropped from a point
marked by the tip of her nose will meet
at a point l inch in front of her great
toe. Her shoulders and her hips will
strike a straight line drawn up and
down.
"IIer waist will taper gradually to
20 a size on u line from the outer third
of the collar bones to the hips. Her
bust will measure from 90 to Sc inches;
her hips will measure from 6 to 10
inches more than this, and her waist
will call for a belt from % to 20
inches.
"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 a point permitting the
fingers to mark a 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 meas
ure about the same. Her legs should
be about as long as a line drawn from
her chin to her finger tips, or about
one-half her hcight-say from 2 feet
z 1-2 to Q feet 6 1-2 inches.
"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 IL 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 10 confirm with her hands.
Although sizes in footwear and
gloves vary somewhat, l have noticed
that a well-proportioned woman wear
a shoe one-half the size of the glove
that her hand calls for; thus a lady
who wears a 6 glove should wear as
shoe"