The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-23
ny JOHN ELrnErm WATKINS.

Washington, D. g., January 20, 1910
Beauty OF the human form divine
has been the life study or Major Rob :
ert w shufeldt, Medical Corps, United
states Army. biologist and author, who
needs no introduction to the reader
who Is an artist or sayant My toes
would turn no other way but towards
him after had taken a chance glimpse
at new work, "Studics of the Human
FORM" bearing his name upon the title
page and some 600 wonderful and dar-
ing products OF his camera between It's
hroad covers. Having disentangleh
myself from the labyrinthtne mazcs OF
Mount Pleasant I found him Jolly
and hospitablc host. with his head
adorned by A red fcz and his mouth
by stogy as crooked az Harry La'i-
der's cane, and almost as long. And
what beauty 1t was that gazed down
upon us here. there and everywhere--
beauty, created not by the brush and
chiscl OF man, but the Maker HIMSELF
and reflected by the crystal eye, Of the
camera
"who is the greatest American
beauty OF to-day" was my first shot
But the doctor lodged.
mo, sir, I wi.i not play the role OF
Earis," he protested. II might awarfl
the apple to-day and then wish / had
II back to give to gone new beauty
met with even before your story got
into type. And, besides. my Venus
would am cure, be some one unheard
ONO great actress. no grande dame
OF society or that sort
After he had thus parted dozen or
more OF pointed interrogations finally
hurled ono that came nearer the mark.
Perfect Feminine Proportions.
what are the perfect proportions
Tor woman
"As there arc no two women In the
world exactly alike In features or
proportions. there can be no natural
standard and any law we please to NIX
must bo eIeastic. Great artists and
anotoni.ts vary in the canon Of pro-
portion they have sct UP as basis
for the normal female proportions. But
here arc a few laws on which most OF
them agree:
"The perfectly proportioned woman
should be seven and half times the
height OF her head, ten times the
height OF her face, nine times the
length of her hands and from six to
seven times the length Of her foot. The
distance between her temples should
be equal to the length of her face.
Her arms should be three times and
hcE leHS alOuT Ilfness tUe ieIlS III VI 'iti
head Her shoulders should be two
heads wide. and tho upper and lower
parts OF her arm and of her leg should
be OF equal length"
Oval Face the Most Beautiful.
rsSow, as TO the perfect face. doctor
snalyze It for me-"
"F'lrst let me say that mankind wears
not the face to-day that II wore years
ago. nor will 1T IN the far future wear
the same face that now charsctorizes
the family as a whole. The form OF
the face Is an index to intellectual
ability and strength OF character
Those with circular faces stand lowest
in the scale In these respects. while
oval or suboval faced women are
everything else being equal. the high
err types intellectually. Thus the cir
cular face predominates among the
black and red races. and is met Will
In some OF the Oriental stocks, while
tho oval face prevails among the high
err ndo-Europeans.
Eyes Most Important.
Now let us take UP the feature!
In their order. In indicating the emo
tions agitating the mind the eyes pla,
n more important part than the othel
features. The expression of the eye,
depends largely upon their externa