The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
WOMAN'S BEAUTY
LESS THAN MANS
Masculine Neglect of Natural Advan-
tage Cause of Inferiority.

DIR. Wendell, one of the greatest au-
thorities in Germany on ethetics and
the laws of beauty, has written a learn
ed treatise to prove that nature has
endowed men with far more beauty
than women, and that there is not a
feature in a mans face or a limb in
his body that is not superior TO the
corresponding feature or limb in a wom-
an. The book is attracting the widest
attention.
I'VE are accustomed to speak of the
beautiful sex" he says I'VE are also
used TO smile and speak seOrnfully of
a man who is praised for his beauty.
But this does not alter the facts. When
speak of a beautiful man l do not
mean a dude out of a tailOr's journal
or d drawing room lion in uniform.
But this sneering tone adopted when
ever manly beauty is spoken of is
direct consequence of the decay of this
masculine beauty.
Go where you will, you will see
weakly young men with the demeanor
of old men-crooked backs with other
monstrosities, with flabby faces and
huge abdomens. They are disgusting
specimens of their kind but il must b.
admitted that they are degenerates and
in no sense real human types.
In the course of the ages women
have developed their beauty. such as
it is, while man has neglected his He
pays little attention TO his most beau
tifui appendage, his beardS 10 his
proud, strong neck and shoulders. He
has even come to believe that the mar
row shoulders, long body and short legs
of women are more beautiful.
How are men to regain what they
have lost? If a man lives an orderly
vicious he viii speedily grow ugly. The
characteristic ugliness of most men is
simply a phenomenon which is the con-
sequence of a pathological process. A
face may be unsympathetic and repel-
liant, but if it shows perfect health it
can never be absolutely ugly. The in
telligent, healthy boy is never ugly,
even when he has irregular features.
1t is only in adolescence that his fea-
lures assume these ugly outlines which
are afteTward developed in manhood.
"A man loses his modesty earlier than
a woman. With his innocence he for
feits his beauty. Here the ways of
men and women part, with the results
that we see.
What influences the body influences
the face. 1t is not sickness alone that
gives the features their particular i'm
press. The slightest self-indulgence,
evil habits, extremes of eating or drink
ing. any excess, no matter how slight.
if INDUCED in, all tell their story to
any one who has learned to read the
face of man.
What has caused that thick, crooked,
half pendant lip on so many men? To-
baccO-cigaTs, pipes, cigarettes. Where
do the red noses and copper cheeks
come from? Wine and spirits. Why
do the features lose every vestige of
spirit and purity? Alcohol lascivious-
ness. And the hangdog face with the
furtive eyes which more and more men
are developing? Impure thoughts. The
lazy, big stOmached man with his be-
sOtted look and spOngy muscles2 Beer.
"All over Germany, and other coun-
tries as well, the number of those who
drink and smoke increases, and in con-
sequence the number of those who spit
and scratch themselves and are itchy.
They are our contemporaries, and they
hurt the feelings of any man or woman
with even a trace of esthetic sense.
Such men are ugly.
The high collars reaching up to the
ears, the stiffly ironed shirts, the top
hatsi Have men a right to point the
finger of scOrn at women because they
wear cOrsets?
Live cleanly. think cleanly, live in
the fresh air and your beauty will be
again as superb as il was in the days
of ancient Greece. Our hair will re-
turn to US. so will our teeth, and our
straight back, and clean limbs, and
bright eyes,