Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-06
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
What Makes Her Bcautiful-Pcrfcc-
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From the artistic viewpoint the per-
feet type Of women has varied in all
ages. and varies as much today as shc
is portrayed by artists Of the present
time judging from the models OF
Burnc-Jones and Gibson.
Perfection and prettiness. 81 is said,
rarely go tog ,her Sir Edward Pcyn-
ter. among our rresent-day artists, en-
joys the distinction OF being the only
painter Of really perfect women. Dore's
painting by tho way, OF Paolo and
Francesca. medical man once told
the writer was the best painting Of an
anatomically perfect woman he knew.
The following. however. are the
measurements usually considered by
artists as those of "A perfect woman.
The Egyptians took the middle I'M
ger as the standard OF measurement,
this being reokoned as about one-nine-
teenth Of the height.
According 10 the square Of the an-
GENTS the span Of the arms should
equal that of the height from middle
finger to middle finger, and this Is
about the accepted standard today.
II We take the Greek measure meut.
the perfect woman should be eight
heads high. and she should not have
too small waist. The elbows should
reach the hips the hand should be tho
length OF the face, the arms when out
stretched shOule be the same as the
height Of the body. Narrow shoulders
and wide hips were the Greek ideas OF
feminine beauty. but the modern wO-
man has diverted her shoulders and
chest to the teLent OF her health.
The head Is generally reckoned IN
the old Greek way as about One-elEhth
of the height. but this only applies to
tail people. The following proportions.
however. are given by a German scien~
list, who has made a study of wo-
mems beauty % all nations. and these
diner slightly from the Greek standard.
The height should be seven and a
half times the length OF the head. 10
times the length Of the face. nine times
the length OF the hand. and the legs
four times the length OF the head. The
shoulders should be two heads wide.
and, when standing erect perfectly
formed legs should touch az the knees.
the calves ami the ankles"
In addition 20 these We have the fol-
lowing measurements, which artists
generally recognize as a standard OF
beauty; The stretch OF the thumb and
middle finger should measure the length
Of the face; tho thumb and same FIN
gers should encircle the neck. while
the thumb and middle finger should
just go around The wrist
The arm. hanging down. should reach
exactly half way down the side, and
the foot, which should be well arched.
should be about six and one-third
times that OF the height.
Such are the measurements and pro-
portions. but there are other points
which 80 10 make up feminine per.
lection. The hair should be long ana
luNuriant and more or less glossy
though wavy hair has ~ admirers
The eyes should be fun, large clear
and wen SGT ia the head and OF good
color.
The eyelashes should be long and the
brows well marked. The mouth should
be we'll shaped, neither too large or
too small the lips red and neither too
fun nor too thin. Shanellness Of body
rounded limbs and wen formed hands
are also necessary factors IN the sum
of feminine perfection.-Ex