The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-11
ADA REHAN IN SILVER.
The Proportions of Perfect Woman at the
Worlds Fair.

Considerable interest has been shown
in some quarters as to The measur emen;s
taken Of Miss AdaS Rehan, the actress
after whom the So. 900 statue Of Justice
for the Worlds Fair is % be modelled ana
cast I'm Montana silver. Sculptor X. H.
PARK declares Miss Rehan 10 be the per
Cact woman" The statue will be six feet
ran and will be ready to be cast In Janu-
arv. A Chicago special says:
After the close of the Fair 1t VIII De eN-
htbited throughout the world. II Will DC
the largest silver statue cast in modern
times. a,
some time after Mr.. Park had received
tbo commission 10 model the Montana
statue he saw Miss Rehan in Phlladel-
rhia and arranged for sittings III New
York There never has been a semDlance
If sruth in the stories from Montana that
q Miss Houser, or any other woman l"u
been selected as q model WINE IL Il
tr1e that there is probably n perieclly-
formed woman in every cominuhlt9' 'He
artist desired one who was not ohly per
fectlv formed. but perfectly Wen k"o"u
The figure OF Miss Rehan In SILVER "Vu'u
ottract ten times more attention thah
a.. 81 a cornnaratiyely unknown woman.
As Sculptor Park said on Saturday;
"Tbera Pre- many handsOmer women IMAM
Miss Rehan. but she has a strong race
Her face is not quite Grecian III eoH'O"''
but IL is the face Of an artist.
81 returned from New York about four
weeks ago" continued the sculptor ana
while there completed my measurements
and studies OF Miss Rehan. / spent nearly
tv,aIva weeks In New York. Miss Rehan
posed for me in her own room. tound
her an almost perfectly prOportloned wo-
man. or the sixty-eight measurements OF
,he nerfect physical woman CT feet IL
inches Miss Rehan was perfect IN sixty
t,co THAT is the most nearly perfect Wo-
mans figure that l have had the pleasure
Of STUDYING in many a year. Miss kehan,
Won must understand, is woman OF
Generous proportions. She is feet
- Inches tail and she weighs l6i
pounds" -.,...o,,
Artists do not measure by vulgar
inches" said Mr. Park. "but by heads
and other occult measurements. Now.
Miss Rehan is just seven and one-half
times the length OF her head. which Is the
nerfect height Her shoulders are just
twice the length OF her head across.
which is the perfect width. Now. here are
some of my studies Of Miss Rehan," and
Mr.. Park selected half dozen pen-and-
ink sketches Of his model There were
life-SiZed PRONE, nan PRONE anu luiI-
faced views The average measurement
IL seven heads. The Venus de Medici's
Is eight. but the head is very small.
About seven and one-half is considered
the ideal measure nent. The width Of the
shoulders in an ideal figure is twice the
head. The extended arms measure the
same as the height Of the figure. In Miss
Rehan these proportions are exact. Her
head is "a inches"
Sculptor Park would give no further
measurements, but an artist took the
figures OF the head, and evolved Miss
Rshans measurements thus: Head. 8 "a
inches; face. 9-16 inches; width OF
shoulders. II IL inches; nose, 3-l6
inches; hand. 6 9-16 inches; foot, about
length OF head. The figure. as has been
said. represents Justice" The left hand
holds aioft pair OF scales. on the one
side is silver. and the other gold. They
are equally balanced. In the right hand
is sword. on which will be a motto that
has not been selected. The neck and up
per bust are bare. The arms are bare
TO the shoulder. The costume IL a Gre
clan tunic, which fails In graceful folds
below the knees. IL is caught at the
waist by a girdle. The feet are encased
ia sandals.