The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-14

the masculine figure has kept nearer to the
ideal type of beauty. Probably the reason
is partly because men 1--we more healthful
and more athletic life than women, but
mainly because they have dressed more
BEAUTIFULLY. The influence OF the correct
upon feminine beauty has been ruinous 1t
is almost impossible to find female figure
that is net distorted. Even when women
themselves have not laced, their figures
show the hereditary distortion that has
come to them from the generations Of
women who did lace.
Il do not want to be capticus about the
modern style of dressing. / do not think
women have dressed as picturesquely and
as artistically in along time as they do now.
But Notwithstanding that fact this other
fact still remains that the corset has so
distorted lheEtine proportions OF the femi-
nine form that one Is seldom seen now a
days that approaches the possibilities OF
feminine beauty When you find beauti-
ful woman, one whose figure does not show
the interference Of clothing with her arts
tic proportions, her figure is more beauti-
ful than the best mans figure. But it is
FAR more difficult to find"
MR.. j. CARROLL BEcKwITH YIELDS THE PALM
TO MAN.
81 have often said to nay classes" Mr.. ].
Carroll Beckwth replied, 'that the pro-
portions OF mans figure approach the ideal
type OF beauty more nearly than do these
OF woman. If we carry the question back
TO the Greek sculptures we find that the
strongly masculine types, such as the
Farnese Hercules, are not pleasing. The
excessive muscular development interferes
with the harmony Of proportion. The
same thing is true OF the feminine types.
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entirely pleasing. The Venus de Medici,
for instance, is not as pleasing as the Venus
Of Milo. The former accents too much the
peculiar feminine characteristics.
THE most beautiful feminine types are
those that approach the masculine IN their
proportions. such as the figures Of the
Fates And in the masculine types those
that possess somewhat Of feminine charac-
teristics, ike the Hermes, approach the
nearest 10 ideal beauty. IN such types the
masculine borrows something OF the grace
and loneliness OF the feminine figure, while
IL loses none Of its strength and masculine
dignity, while the feminine clothes its own
peculiar soft graces with masculine nobil-
itg ana impressiveness.
"A1nonr moderns this ideal type Of
beauty is probably more frequently ap-
preached among women than among men.
During recent years women have been pay
ing more attention 10 physical develop
ment than men have. When men 60 in for
athletic at al they are very apt to overdo
the matter, and tie excessive muscular de-
velopment which is the result, lessons the
beauty OF their figures. Very often, too,
they take up only one form Of exercise and
develop one set OF muscles st the expense
Of the others. And the majority OF men
take almost no exercise at all Women, on
the other hand. have been paying SO much
attention to physical development recently
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developed and improved very rapidly.
THE nest beautiful male figures that
have ever seen. have been circus perform
ers on the trapeze. They are not oveg de-
veloped muscularly, while the muscnSar
development has been harmonious all over
the body. Their peculiar exercise has
given them exceeding grace and agility.
They approach the nearest to those Greek
ideals of beauty Of which l spoke just now,
Of ell the moderns l have seen. But the
female trapeze performers do not share that
beauty TO the same extent They are apt
70 become too muscular.
s'On the whole, ! would say that If you
take the best types Of the male and female
figures among The moderns you will find
the finest most artistic proportions in the
former. But you will find the feminine
approaches its best type more frequently
than the masculine"
Mr.. +. s. CHURCH THINKS woMES ARE SUPER
LATIyELy BEAUTIFUL.
81 can answer that question very quick.
W. said Mr.. Frederick S. Church. 'Ir
my opinion, woman is the most beautiful
creature that ever lived. Man does moi
begin TO compare with her in beauty, anC
no woman was ever entirely ugly. She
cannot be wholly destitute OF beauty
Given the woman's figure, there is sure K
be about it something TO delight the eye.
But then, it is possible that I am some
what preiudlced on this question because
draw only the female figures. AS am 1
member OF several athletic clubs, hoA ever
am familiar with the male figures IN VIVA
is probably The best development it reaches