Evening star., 1901-12-23
THE IDEAL BEAUTY.
DIR. Strait, the German Scientist, Finds
Her Among the Javanese.

IT. SIrQtZs IAe 1Srman ScIentiSt, II AHus
Her Among the Javanese.
From the Chicago Tribune.
1t is the natural and laudable aim OF
every girl and woman to be as healthy and
beautiful as, possible: for health and beauty
go hand in hand. No standard of beauty,
however, exists save. that left by the
Greeks. which is surely a trifle in need OF
being brought up to date.
The German scientist, DR.. Strait, who
has made life study of the beauty of wo-
men Of all nations, considers that he found
the most perfect and harmonious develop
ment OF form among the Javanese. HIS
ideal proportions differ from the Greek
slightly, and he gives as follows his nor
NAL proportions of the perfect woman. de-
dueed from averaging, the measurements OF
many:
length of the face, nine times the length
of the hand. and the leg four times the
length of the head. The shoulders should
be two heads wide. When standing erect.
perfectly developed legs should touch at
the thighs the knees, the calves and the
ankles"
So much for the bodily proportions. With
regard to the head. to which people always
look when considering beauty. the hair
should be luxuriant, long and more or less
glossy in appearance. Indeed. good hair
will often make an otherwise plain-look-
ing girl pass for a most attractive beauty.
Eyes too large or too small, too close to
each other or too far apart; eyes that are
round or that follow a slanting direction
are not perfect ana detract from beauty.
The eyes should be in proportion to the
dimensions of the oval and the features OF
the face, to combine with them In har-
monious and perfectly graceful whole
Healthy and well-formed eyes should be
neither too widely opened nor too closed.
but it is possible to modify the opening by
much repeated pulling, In which case the
height lost Is gained In the width. The
conformation of the eye opening slantingly
rived at by constantly repeated twitch-
ings of the upper eyelid and the outer an
gle of the eye.
The beauty OF the eyebrows consists in
the dark and brilliant hue Of their thick
and silky hairs. In their being clearly de-
fined and slightly arched. and, lastly, in
the perfection OF their extrenities OF which
the two toward the center should be thick
and round and the others terminate in a
sharp point.
Nothing Is more rare than q really per-
feet nose-that ts. one which unites har-
mony of form, correctness OF proportion
and proper affinity with the other features.
Being the most prominent feature of the
face. the nose is naturally liable to be
judged by severer standards than would
be applied to the lips. mouth or chin. The
following are, according to the rules OF
art, the conditions requisite to the beauty
of this organ: The nose should have the
same length as the forehead and have a
slight depression at Its root.
From its root to- its extremity the nose
should follow perfectly straight line and
come exactly over the center of the upper
lip: the bridge of the nose, parallel on both
Sides should be a little wider in the CEN
ter. The nostrils. round at the start
arched in the center and ending in a point
must be exactly similar A nose so formed
is not only handsome, but also, according
to Lavater, indicates fine morale and a
remarkable mind.
The tip of the nose should be neither too
thin nor tool heshy and its lower outline
neither narrow NOR too wide. The lObes
must be gracefully defined by slight de-
preston. Seen sideways. the lower part OF
the nose will have but a third Of its total
length. ssls 81