The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02

II Ia becomingly drawn 70 the ton of the
head, annd assisted there with some sort
OF high comb. 1t will give increased height
to the coming woman.
A physician says that a change OF resi-
dence from a less favorable TO a more
favorable climate, has resulted In a marked
increase In height, and when children who
are brought up !. large cities are taken TO
the country, where there Ia more space
and light and air for each person. they
invariably show a great increase In height.
and one out OF all proportion to their pre-
vious growth, which would Seem TO indicate
that their previous surroundings Of bad air,
or lack OF exercise were largely responsible
for their slow growth.
IL is a curious fact hat people are taller
In the morning than al night. The reason
Is this Each OF the vertebrn OF the spine
IL cut of from its neighbor by a certain
space. These spaces are filed by elastic
cushions or pads Of c~artileginous material.
which, being quite conpressible, aid IN
giving to the spine its elasticity.
The compressibility of these cushions
Is shown by the fact as stated, hat people
are taller when they arise In the morning
than when they retire, because the nights
rest has permitted the cushions to regain
the elasticity Of which the body's weight
had deprived them during the day.
One question in connection with TINS
subject, more or less freighted NTH i'm
~portance, II whether the average man
prefers n tall woman OF II DANNY btlN
creature. II he were looking for a wife,
would he fall in love with a stately. juno
or would he look abou for a small, delicate,
trim little maiden1
There Is much 10 be said In favor OF The
fairy, for. as a matter Of fact. that which
fatters a mans vanity pleases him at hrst
sight. A mall Woman makes a MAJ feel
that he has height and dignity and Is a
very pillar OF strength, which is, OF course
a glorious feeling.
Girls must take this into consideration
before trying to grow taller. and reflect
upon the i~ncontrovertible fact that the
boys are not developing in ratio with the
girls; their average height has In no wise
Increased of late years.
The statistics of genius and stature
prove that the faith cherished by many
that nearly all great men are little Ia alb
solutely Incorrect. Quite a number, OF
men and women. Of course, have marched
to greatness, or fame OF one KIND ana
another, on short legs.
Cleopatra-she who dissolved the hearts
OF men in love as she did pearls in wine,
and whose beauty and witchery have been
the talk of the world for 1900 years-was a
little woman. Shakespeare pictures her
greedy curiosity a. TO the height Of Octavia,
her rival in Mark Antony's love. -,
Bring me word how tall she is, and
again, when the messenger returns. is she
as tall as me2' And, when told TO the con-
trary. and also that Octavia's voice was
low, she exclaims delightedly: Dull Of
tongue and dwarflshl"
Then follows another question: what
majesty is in her gait'' The answer,
she creeps,' is a sweet morsel.
The best proof of ~Cleopatra's height IL
to be found In her mummy, which measures
ffty-four inches. Fifty-four inches means
that the Egyptian Queen was "a feet; or
about the height OF an American girl OF 10.
Still, one must allow for s~hnnkage. un-
poetical as the association Is. Granting
hat Cleopatra has shrunk at least six inches,
in life she could not nave been more than
five feet tall.
Queen Victoria was another notable in
stance OF a little woman triumphing over
shortness Of stature. Few people who saw
her Majesty, Notwithstanding her age and
accumulation Of flesh, could believe that
she was but 4 feet 10 inches in height.
From the time Victoria was an infant until
she ascended the throne the Duchess OF
Kent taught her daughter to carry herself
as became a future Queen. Her spine
grew straight and firm, her shoulders were
always kept back and her body in, her toes
were drilled TO urn out and her knees to
| bend closely and gracefully.