The Indianapolis journal., 1904-05-15
Science Of Woman's Beauty as Viewed
By Leading Savants Of the World
Reaearches by Anhropoogst
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Arm Leg Shoulders Back Figure

7IL present signs of the times
n would seem to justify the pre-
Nl dictior, that this period in which
fS4SsI we live can be properly classed
E by future historians as 1.-The Age
!, tbe Quest n Beauty" par excellence.
The physical bulture specialists and art
,.ts have monotohzed the floor of late ia
-. discussion of the all-absorbing prob
TINS Of the "god-like human FORM" They
nav Weld nowl for a moment. to the an
,broDologists, Wsnich savants are beginning
=, turn their attention to this paramount
question. -. -, -s.s
scientific investigation OF the why's and
,rbere fOres of afeminine beauty yet at
tsmpted is thai being made by Dr. c. II.
Stat. a Gerntn anthropologist and en-
brvologist, who. has for several years been
collecting photographs ana measurements
af the beautifla women OF all lands and
eIimes that he may analyze them with
Durely scientific scrutiny and apply TO
them the canOhs established by eminent
sriHs and 4nthrOpometric specialists.
Tbrough the Smithsonian Institution DIR.
Strait has late.y collected photographs of
the nude IndiaE figure But what interests
rs especially age those depicting the beau
tful attributes .0f our own race, especially
those which h;s has designated as most
nearly approaching the ideal outlines
curve OF beauty" compiled by this
ssn6e darye WRicS 3 s masters 0 haVe @ Ia Iaid
down as the line OF beauty" but Is
diagram showing the stages of woman s
LONELINESS as related to her age. According
10 this the Average woman attains the
height Of beau-y between her twenty-fifth
and thirtieth ear.
Strait selects she portrait of a young Pa
risian The lips are full, but not SEN
suous. The upper lip is deep. The out
this ravishing, mouth. 1t neither droops
nor tends upward at the corners. Its beau
" is enhancedtby deeply chiseled depres-
sion extending: to the nose and a beauti-
fully nodded chin beneath.
For ideal proportions of the head and
setting OF thsi eyes he selects another
Partisan face. There il here a fOrehetsl
rather fun aal perpendicular; a &, deep-set
outline of tho upper lip and chin. The
brows are slightly arched and fall well
apart. ana there is generous space be-
tween the checks and deep-set ears.
PERFECT FIGURE DISCOVERED.
Perfection & bodily form. in toto, he
finds in a young maid of Vienna, slender.
but devoid es angles; with tapering limbs.
bust rounded ind solid. but not prominent,
a slender wai.t; shoulders and throat deli
cate. but-IikG the entire body mold-sug-
gesting no outline of framework or tendon
the outline o. this beautiful form repro
dUces that sespentine, fire-fame curve of
beauty" which Raphael has been accused
OF using almost to excess"
a beautifully modelled back is found in
a native JavasleSe girl, who has never felt
the pressure. CT stays and who is compared
with a young. Parisienne, the sharpness OF
whose lines about the waist distinctly
show the disfigurements of tight lacing.
Greatest be~uty in the modelling of the
hips this savant finds in a young English
girl What he selects the most beauti-
fully moldeda arm is indeed artist s
dream come y life. 1t Is characterized by
a continuous aapering from the shoulder to
the slender waist and a perfect roundness
throughout, With no suggestion Of bone or
muscle beneath.
One of the :nost interesting of his photo
graphs is sesected to illustrate the first
signs of approaching age to be found in the
lines OF the feminine figure. These charac-
teristics, IN he average woman, are, ac-
cordlng to Dr.. Strait, a growing sharpness
In the SHOULDER blades, a retrocession of
the breast And heaviness below the
waist. Theyy show that "the first leaves
are falling; taat the autumn is coming on
The brain .of the profound savant has
been combinsd with the eye of the artist
in these researches. He not only per-