Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-25
SAY MAN IS
THE FAIR SEX
woMAN,s BEAUTY AsPERsED BY
BRIToNs
MEN SAID TO BE FAR BETTER
LOOKING, y
Question Has Become Much Mooted
Point in London and Famous
Authorities Are Dis
cusslng It

Special Gable to The Herald.
LONDON, Aug 24.-The modern wo-
man is faced with new danger The
position she has held for generations has
been assailed. and she is informed that
the term fair sex" must in future only
be used in describing men.
Critics have arisen during the past few
years who have deplored the decline in
feminine beauty, but the climax has
been reached this summer. and men have
been acclaimed better looking than wo-
men.
The reason given for this decision is
that all the features which go to make
up perfect beauty are to be found among
the stronger sex Grecian noses. broad,
low foreheads, penciled eyebrows and
curled eyelashes are no longer the pre-
rogative of women.
Inquiries prove, according to these
critics, that the good-looking brother
among a bevy of plain sisters is the rule
and not the exception nowadays. On
the other hand number of we'll known
authorities, who are eminently qualiffed
to Judge, are prepared to dispute the
point.
Louis N. Parker
MIR. Louis N. Parker, who speaks from
wide experience of good looking players
in pageants, considers that the gift OF
beauty Is equally divided between the
sexes
1T have been amazed in the towns at
which 1 have arranged pageants at the
exquisite grace and charm Of the women
and the superb manly beauty of the
men, Mr.. Parker said. Hooking at the
question from every point of view l think
that abroad the average of beauty is
greater on the male side. There is a
very good reason for this.
when a woman has lost the first
bloom of her beauty abroad she Is put
to the very hardest household drudgery
and even to field work, while the man
leans back against a post, smoking q
cigarette, and preserves his complexion.
In England, where the situation is re-
versed, the beauty of the sexes appears
to me to be equal
ct cannot help thinking. however, that
as the Englishwoman becomes more in
dependent and enters more strenuously
into the departments of life which have
hitherto been the prerogative of men she
will, to great extent, lose that charm
which at present makes her the flower
of the world"
Nine. LaIIie Charles
Nine. Lallie Charles, who has won
fame as an artist in photography, en-
phatically awards the palm of good looks
to women.
women are the beauty of life" Nine.
| Charles said There seems to me no
question on this point, especially in this
| generation of exquisite women.
Occasionally one may see a beautiful
man, and by this do not wish my
words to be misunderstood, or beauty to
| be confused with effeminancy. But 6
| beautiful man is not a common sight
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IT think that anybody who cares to
study the subject will agree that our
young girls are far finer specimens of
humanity than our young men. Some
thing may be said for the fact that the
| good looking men are the workers. the
men who do things, and who leave
! this country for wider sphere Of work,
absenting themselves from chances of
comparison.
There is no doubt however. that the
woman of today is a splendid creature,
with a fine figure, fair skin and possess
ing that perfect health of brain and body
which alone constitutes true beauty"
Eustace Miles
Eustace Miles considered that it was
almost impossible to weigh the sexes In
the same scales.
1.-THE best qualities of mind and body
are common to BOTH" he said; "but there
are special qualities which appear abb
surd if possessed by a man. For In
stance, we despise man with small
feet and pink skin, and look askance
at woman with large feet and rough
complexion. g.
1.-THE most ugly thing in our streets Is
the business mans face, with the pro-
truding, shark-like under jaw. How
ever handsome his features may be he
can never be considered good looking"