The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-28

Vienna fire laddies. L am sorry for the
American electricity trust doing business
in the Austrian capital against Mayor
Lueger's protest, for the mayor intends to
suppress any attempt to string wires by
turning the hook and ladder companies
loose on the monopolists.
The contest was not limited as to age.
Diane De Poitiers and Ninon De LEnclos
found lovers at eighty. you know. Still. 80
per cent. of the would-be beauties were
under thirty, while the youngest had seen
twenty years There were some old ones.
too. Their Kaiser Wilhelm mustaches,
gayly pointing heavenwards. failed to OBJ
respecter of beauty.
APPLYING THE TESTS.
After all three patches had gone repeat
edly through their exercises the judges as
sembled the whole army once more.
and went upon the stage to separate the
chaff from the wheat. Then and there sew
enty-three candidates were told that they
had no right whatever in a beauty show,
their defects being noted the schedule
as follows: Thick, hard skin, angular skull,
small eye sockets. sharply separated neck
and awkward jaw, Adams apple, fiat over
the loins, thin. fiat thighs or tremendously
thick thighs, great toe longest and little
toe prolonged. assymetry between the two
halves of the body, poor muscles, thick,
swollen joints, projecting, irregular teeth.
broad. pug or fiat nose, protruding stomach,
pointed elbows, bow legs or knock knees.
toes turned inward. pointed elbows, abnor-
NAL weight, fiat chest, small pelvis, etc.
The thirty men of the second choice had
to undergo further inspection, with the
result that half of the lot were politely,
but firmly. Informed that they were not
wanted. OF course, they did not like the
idea and, dressing hastily, went to the
hall in the capacity of critics, or, rather,
fault-finders. 1 have heard it said that
women can be very disagreeable when told
that they differ in more than one respect
from the Venus De Milo, but confess
never saw madden and sadder set of HUI
man beings than those disappointed would
be beauties were.
Among the fifteen left, two only would
be deemed handsome in the United States,
the rest We're interesting rather than beau
tiful. and every one of the thirteen might
have dispensed with from ten to twenty
five pounds of superfiuous flesh.
The prize-winners were Raimund Walter
you would call him perfect blonde" II
he were a woman-and Hans Tronner, a
splendid representative OF virile brunette
beauty. These men were acclaimed vic
tors long before the judges brought in
their verdict and, curiously enough, there
was not a dissenting voice. Though the
various clubs represented are much given
to petty jealousies. beauty conquered
L.
appeared alone the stage. their bearing
was at once natural, graceful and full Of
inherent strength. In the position they as
sumed, their lips, chin, chest and toes
came upon one line. with the feet turned
at an angle OF sixty degrees. Thus tho
body acquired it's greatest ease and readi-
ness. The chest was given due prominence,
while the abdomen was carried more mod
estly than most people are inclined to carry
theirs. The shoulder, hip and ankle joints
were also kept upon one line. and the neck
stood out erect as to bring the collar
bone into horizontal position.
THE WINNERS OPINION.
Walter is the pride of his Turn-verein:
he never engaged in heavyweight athletics.
Asked to what exercises he attributed his
handsome figure, he said, modestly: 81
have found that games are vastly ahead Of
gymnastics for sound development, as in
the latter the attention is fixed on doing
things in form, not on giving free play to
the muscles. When a young person has a
narrow and fat chest, / recommend run
ming, for boy, skipping rope for a girl
The other prize winner is an expert SWIM
mer and has gained some reputation as a
ball player. Here are his sentiments on
the interesting subject of male beauty:
Without sports, there would be no beauty
show, because there would be no men hand
some enough to engage in a contest of that
kind. My experience is that ball play in
wolves a delightful amount of variety of
movement. The arms and legs take the
most direct part, but following the ball
with eye and hand, involves a perpetual
hither and thither movement of the abb
dominal and neck muscles, which In ordi-
nary life get by no means their fair
shares as promoters Of an easy and grace
full carriage"
In connection with this male beauty show,
the following statistics gathered in the
two greatest German cities are of interest.
The Roumanian sportsman, Joanescue, the
Greek artist-painter, Timoyenis, and DIR.
Goldvath combined. some little time ago, to
ascertain the amount of beauty and reverse
promenading in the streets of Berlin and
Vienna. respectively. Certain corners
where the greatest number of people in va
rious walks Of life pass by, where selected
for observation, I'm both cities:
Berlin-Among a thousand women and
girls passing between l p. m. and 9 D. m,
were: Really beautiful women, L; pretty as
TO face and figure, %; nice women of en-
gaging manners. 81; Indifferent. 1o2; ugly.
1871.
Berlin-Among a thousand men: Very
good looking, II; passable. Az: indifferent
| and homely, 576.
Among a hundred children of both sexes:
Beautiful. 81; Indifferent, 10; homely, 80.
Here are the figures for Vienna. Among
a thousand women: Very beautiful, 3; pretty
as to face and figure. 81; nice. agreeable
| women, 2ll Indifferent 1876; ugly, $50.
Men-Good looking fellows, z; passable
| faces, $50; Indifferent and ugly, 6SS.
Among a hundred children: Beautiful, So;
Indifferent, s; homely, SO.
WE'RE CAREWE.