The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-05
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tccasaftly Cor Pile Eot1t 0yEn Tabs
NE Sri5e II aad Then observe.
~ X esthently IL VIII Rroye ef'
Vaiaabty ssfslse 70 loais
Ylien he ,lressihaker Eissles 10 Ell
timdte. Ito number Of yatSis IN the
piece Of eioth furnishes she wlli, iour
fines orr pf i've measure Il swiftly
between her cliil and her out stretdiea
'hand. or II ii IS Il matter oe inches,
she wlll fold the bendtl upper joint
of her thumb along the eiYth.
. She calls tie one ticisltFr Q yard.
and tie other an inch and HE estimate
rs usuallS close enough 10 serve her
purpose, although there are lucfes OF
lliRcrencr In the length Of arms and 2
siE.alt tttrn Of the head will cillise still
greater error.
S.Rce these methods have proved
the.,selycs so useful in spite Of their
inaerrracy It Is easy to see how y;lil.
uhlr some similar measures Which
can be depended on wonld becopc'
Tie luillvilualsmust necessarily be
tIc iirst consideration. 1t is liattlly
wil.iin tho bounds OF possibility toand
tS., persons Identical In those tlimen.
sioirs Of which use cim be made. Iltts
,..tG @,e! establish his own table Of
= t-....tsS
1lie flsesm.-fron, p9!nt Of ell9
to tip Of riddle ingcr-is one OF the
mast practicable Of to DaEnral meas
as This +. tllccubit Of Scripture,
ST To p1Gt Of Tie bent eillaw IN The
.7ier of lie wall. Holll.s IL ffniy
r.t-c. sty4iislitcn the forcarnl and In
,.s. mark the point reached by the
middle digit and measure carefully the
,iflaucc Is the wall y ilan Is lil;cly
to cal ;h!s measure about twenty
me :. Il woman about sixteen.
~. making a Quicls measurement Of
HE side OF 4 rom, the Length Of 4
WOOL pr. and -, forth. This idea haS
sosc useful qualities.
Tx ,,1,foot rule now and spread,
9r raiher span. the hand TO It's utmost
unau it. There Is sure to be a dixie.
exc Ec.wevn the right anii LETT 50
r;a a!!wlys the sanie hantl. or hare a
), l.i:atc measure for each.
IL extended riglly to lis utmost canh
tine lilo inches spaniel viii he Il
nras tltally llxel quantity. Noie iae
me- mcmuut cdrefully, as besofr. II
(; r.ast likely lie for an nGult fgaE'-
,ogca Ga,l cre-ialf to nine inches.
Tits Is IN even more c2arcI'clt
u.cl-rrc tll8a that OF the farearm, Sac
lit eaa lie conveniently applied e.lhi',
hugizNt'lly or vertically i.El at iln!
rai!it where tie LaiiI c2n rv:eh.
The ,'hanl" Of four inches uscl ili
liz measurement VI horic' Is q c1'irsr
leljvc;l from the breadth q tl.s Nllln
rut this has became ~ t!r,:il5 liXli IN
III me ne IAatltI:iay swell licaai.'
ted here. The mcrSttrc OF tEr!;b I'll,
.gal:.l Is. However. worth c3aSiIrrt; II
The EciSrryae:t f,1:l the CEini: &
rts9. Of tllc palm to TIC ci..l of t.;c G;
ten led thumb Is very nearly si:; lnrhc-
ana i; therefore Ocolivcnient ral'.
These measures ncrh. Of cnrtSe, to y,
sunnienrntr,t lE 81 sliorter one, an.
here Us The opportunity of our Oh
friend the thrMb JOINT. Bcmi III.
thu.ni SHARPLY i.ir 4iI;r Oh t!r
hack rom The pJ:ut Of h!r larcEle
OYER tlrc nal. tate emf 0f ;he aas.i!:
lhall Of tho III NH
TIE resulting init Is likely toy,l'y
from seven-c;Gltlls of an inch 10 Onc
and onG-llalf inches. II tho mcaS,up
ment docs mi come ort'' In even
quarter Inches llsr u iiuger second joint
Instead. 1t will he us reliable and al
mo ~ convenient.
Everybody knows, or SssaMld know.
Ills own height with sufficient exact
ness, hut Il still moro Useful piece "
knowledge Is the height Of the eycS.
This IL, US 4 rule, about four aud one
quarter inches less than the tnr.ii
height. Bit do not accept this sub
traction for tho new table; measure.
When one Is standing erect. with Tia
face close 10 the wall. 1t Is easy to
mark The exact point in trout Of ones
eyes when they are looking statght
Shead. This measure viii vary to n
t1thing extent'witl the changing thick
moss Of boot solcs. and 80 ford, but
such an error rarely rises above enc
sixteenth OF IN Inch in the foot.
The measure Of ones outsTetrhel
armS-laglnnlng and ending wlta the
tin Of the middle 1ngers-Is another
valuable thing TO know. The familiar
theory that this span" Is the sane az
the height IL not correct enough to be
depended upon for purposes OF meas.
uremcnt.
A much used natural measure Il the
pace. Probably everybody who has
much to do with lNud is accustomed to
employ 1t. The usual way is 10 stride
of, taking as long steps rs possible
and calling" each pace yarI, 4 far
better way is to measure the natural
step and continue to walk with Il,
Take twenty or thirty ordinary walk