Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-06

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 Tho weights of tho first and the last are between ls0 and l35 pounds, Yhile the New York gill weighs about lz6.
 Polycletos, an old Greek sculptor from Licyon, left rules governing the relative proportions of the female frame He said that twice the thumb was once round the wrist, which ii is not, unless tho thumb IS unusually large and the wri5t unusually slender; that twice the wriat is the size Of the neck. which is about the ease in a well proportionod woman; that twice the neck Is once round tho waist, which is about So. But he also says that the hand and foot and face should all be of the same length, which is very rarely the case, and that tho body should be six times tho length of the foot which would limit most men. whose feet average ten inches in lenSll. to stature of five feet. The gentleman from Licyon is evidently not 9 trustworthy guide
 Referring to the above table, it will bo observed that the waist of the New Yorker is much smaller than that of the other two The fashion of small waists is the rage in the east. and the desired result is obtained by tight lacing, which is carried to such an extent that the physiognonist is lost in amazement as to where the lady has bestowed her vital organs. No statue in existence exhibits such disproportion between tine waist and those portions of the trunk which lie above and below it. The compression Of the girlh is mere fashionable fad which good taste must condemn. Our California girl wears 24-inch corset, which might easily be reduced to 0 23- inch if the wearcr saw fit to sacrifice comfort Go eastern fashion There are 1 bell2s in New York who are not satisfied till they have squeezed themselvesint q l7-inch corset. Such persons, it would seem. would have enjoyed the Scottish boot.
 The bust and hips should, in perfect. ly formed woman. be exactly the same in circumference. They gre 60 in Bal lows ideal. in the Venus of Milo, in the Cnidian Venus and in the California girl. In the New Yorker the circum- | ference of the bust is half an inch greater than that of the hips, which is probably the work of art. not nature.
 Ballow does not give the dimensions of bis ideals feet or hands. He merely says that they are '.in proportion, which is rather vague. Tho rule among sculp- tors is that fho foot should measure one head, which is unsatisfactory, as some large women have small heads, and some small women large heads.
 The female foot is probably smaller in New York society than here, for the sim pie reason that it has less to carry. Shoe makers say here that they sell more 1 ard 4 shoes than any others. but many ladies in soci ly buy g 3, and even q shoes. The knights of St. Crispin do not believe in the sculptors rule about ] feet. They say that small feet, like large wits. are gift from heaven, and may be fouEl attached to persons of any di- mansions, Everybody has observed that ! there ig no necessary connection between the hands and the figure; that some slim girls have large hands, and some girls with opulent figures small hands and i fingers
 Take all the measurements together. and the conclusion is forced that the Californian girl more closely resembles the Cuidian Venus than the Venus of sledici, and that representative Cali i fornian statue should be cast after a | study of that masterpiece as well as of l the Venus of Milo and the Venus Calli- ! pyge.-San Francisco Argouaut.