The San Francisco call., 1907-02-28

in the world was able to surpas:
less the one of long lineage, the pride
Of birth" and the aristocratic under
standing of the value OF carriage and
dress" as appurtenances to Ioveliness
So the Beauty Editor. In his quest for
California woman who can rout the
pretensions of Chicago girl pro-
claimed as the greatest beauty in
America, decided to seek advice from
a source equally as prominent as
though less critical than DR. Genthe.
The beauty editor sent a representa-
tive across the oay to interview Wal
ter Magee. physical Instructor at the
University of California. The beauty
editors agent is both glad and sorry
that he went. He had a delightful
walk through the university grounds
and paused at the mems gym to in
quire If Magee were within. He was
informed that the athletic instructor
was fulfilling his usual engagement
with the coeds' gymnastic class at
Hearst Hall.
FINDS BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
A further walk brought the beauty
EDITORS authorized agent to a building
OF novel architecture; a structure with
wide porticos, and the porticos held
wide seats and the seats were occupied
by dozens of girls, any one of whom
has the right to turn up her pretty nose
at the pretensions of the Chicago prize
winning beauty.
1t wasn't difficult to find a guide on
the porch to direct the way to Profess
sor Magee-only the pretty volunteer
led the beauty editors agent into un-
expected trouble. Upstairs at the en-
trance to the girls gym, is the office
OF Hearst Hall The agent in the
beauty quest was left here. He lifted
his hat and raped upon the door He
saw vision of girls in gymnasium
attire and he asked his question, Can
you tell me where 1 may find Professor
Magee?" The c-4orus answered, "Ohw
The spokeswoman declared "Oh, yes.
He is on the floor. But, you know,
gentlemen are not admitted at this
hour" The hint was sufficient, even
though there was no tinge of sarcasm
or unfriendliness in the voice that is
sued the mandate It is a Hearst Hall
rule
The intruder cooled his heels for only
moment at the bottom of the stairs
when Professor Magee, smiling, ath-
letic and with hair silvered In the SER
vice of athletic instruction, came trip
ping down the steps. OF course he was
busy; of course the demands of the
class hour would prevent him from
giving time for an interview, even
though the subject were of such inn
portance as feminine beauty
READS EXPERTS WRITINGS
The intruder could not wait and
Professor Magee saw a way out of the
difficulty. He directed the beauty edi-
tors agent to the lecture room in
Hearst Hail. There the agent was
provided with a scrapbook containing
all of Magee's utterances upon the
question of girl gymnastics and Cali
fornia physical beauty. Next to an in
terview, the scrap book was a delight
full privilege.
At this point IN the story the beauty
editors victim wants to express his
personal opinion that the poet was
right who said that beauty is only
skin deep Cor something to that ef-
fecO. The agent saw numberless
beauties on his way to the hall, in front
of the hall and in the hall itself. Then
he was left with a scrapbook at a desk
in the lecture room, with a grinning
skeleton and papier mache model of
anatomy. Neither was beautiful
Even the charts on the walls of the
room only expressed beauty in so far
as white line on black surface can
set forth the beauty of form.
Between the lecture-room and tbe
gymnasium there is a wood partition
The perusal of the scrapbook was in
terrupted by the rhythmic clash of
dumbells. the tinkling of a piano plav-
ing a popular waltz. and the mo-
notonous "one, two. three" by which
Professor Magee directed the move
ments of his class. When a pause
came for rest there was ring of
laughter and scampering that shook
the building in way remindful of the
April quake.
BEAUTIES UNDER COVER
On the other side of the partition was
beauty in the process of It's making.
under the direction of master of the
art. and The Calls man was denied
the privilege of seeing it. Back to the
scrapbook. 1t showed that Magee, for
years beyond the memory of this gem
GRAFTON of school children, has heen
a physical instructor of beautiful girls.
He was in the schools of Miss Had
Miss Lake. the Van Ness Seminary and
the university. Before that he taught
In the East. AS far back as 1885 he
was being quoted on the matter of
training in the schools.
In 1897 Magee issued his famous
anthropometric table. which proved
In every measurement that the Calf
fornia girl surpassed her sisters in the
East in every point of physical devel-
opment. Larger of chest, smaller of
waist; larger of hip and smaller ~
that tended nearest
to the standard of beauty fixed by the
masters, Raphael, Da Vinci and Al
brecht Durer. Their model was one of
6 feet inches in height a 24-inch
waist and 34-inch chest. The Call.
fornia girl in 1897 was short on the
required height, but she had a 24.2
waist and a sS1 chest and s7.s hip.
CALIFORNIA GIRLS LEAD
Magee, in his discussion of the sub
fect found that fbe roIfFo~~t,