The chronicle=news., 1913-02-03
RIVALS Of VENUS
ARE PLENTIFUL
NOWADAYS

% attend to right away. for they are
turning them up all over the United
States and England in fbes. bustlinS
day-. saws the Kansas City Star. It's
dull dag in New York when some
one OF the papers doesn't discover
lady who viii modestly admi, tina;
rhc has the goddess OF Mclos backed
against the Way and CRYING for help
III til. matter OF general shapcliu-ss,
Aud there latter day Nenuses have
.he measurements TO prove II. too.
No mere Idle charter about being
a. good looking as Venus. bui stern.
cold facts. like this;
Venus bust measure was 8.
!nchcs-mine Is sc. Venus had II
.3-Inch waist have on. that's 20:
the love goddess hips measured 80
Inches. mine ~. etc, etc
And who WAS this Venus person.
anyhow Well. she was tn. goddess
OF love. and she was OH. OF til. bus
les, lit'l. troubl. makers on Olympus
a person OF changing affections was
Venus. and ih"r. Were a number Of
individuals. gods and mortais. who
were favored with her attcnt ions
flint and last. Tn. legend was that
sh. was born OF the sea foam. and
from that fact came one OF her num-
.rous middle names. Aphrodite. Sh.
was also called Cytherca and Cyprus
and III. Paphian one. oh. Venus had
quit. II bunch OF aliases.
Sh. had also u troublesome ron.
Cupid. who went about like the spar
row with his bow and arrow. taking
shot at Innocent bystandcrs and
causing ;hsm great uheasincss u
mind. Cupid has figured ON Valcn-
i,lncs and ornamental clocks for thou
sand. OF years. His fIrrt name. the
poets tell us. WAS Dan.
Venus was very fond OF Mars: In
fact. he Was her mate upon Olympus.
Mari, YOU know. was the god OF war.
ani maybe that's where that old saw
got started about nonc but the brave
deserve the fair. At any rate. the
goddess heavenly affiliations didn't
prevent her running down to earth
now aud then aud flirting with some
sood-lookig mortal while Mars was
out on the road. She was very
friendly with AHchises. the father
OF A.ncas. n You have not complct-
ely forgotten your grammar book
Son may rciic cmbcr tina, Acncas did
uIon his shoulders fron IN. flames
OF Troy the old Anchises bear.
Well. II was quite generally known
around Troy that Venus wan. the
mother Of Acncax. and We find her
helping tho unhappy Aencas while
he was beating about the Mcditcr-
rancan hunting for Italy.
Really. Venus owed the Trujans
that. too. FOR she Wis the person who
really WAS responsible for tnc Tro-
ian war. II seems that Ncnus. Juno
and Minerva were sIusbbinE one
I 4. tst.nlIS "A 1tisl, i,.
ing. cacn claiming the distinction
herself.
PERSONALLY" said Juno. with 81
glance at Minerva. goddess OF wis
dom. Il don't think anybody who
wears glasses eau qualify In a bcau-
Is contest
We'll. my dear" replied Minerva.
hcidly. you may have YOUR charms.
but they don't seem to he strong
enough to keep Jupiter at home. I
noticed him playing about with Eu-
ropa I WAS coming down Olympus
This afternoon -
And us for you. Venus dear" OBJ
served Juno cattily. you've never
looked the same since Adonis jiIied
i. YOU.
, At this tIge OF the game along
came young Paris. soil Of the king of
Troy. anu IN moment OF weakness
I consented to act us Judge In the
beauty show. He handed the houors
. TO Venus and called down on his own
,aruoGs head the hatred OF the other
two. The Trojan war was the direct
outcome OF this little affair.
All through mythology We find
. Venus figuring III ,nrious sorts or
scrapes. Although The goddess OF
love. shei seems to have made herself
rather dfsaSrceablc. as for instance
When cupid ciopcd with Psyche and
caused such Il sir on olympus. N.u-
us was the thoroughly disagreepbie
nother-in-law for u while, and set
POOR Psyche TO do ali the disagree
able tasks around the place and gem
orally treated her like \ stepchild
E. The times Venus figured IN an
l cient history are numberless. Sh.
5 seeihs to have scsctcd the victims
e and then turned Cupid Ioos, on them
/ with his arrows. The wa ywe get n
4 iinc on the goddess proportions,
y however. is not irop history, but
from the famous Venus dc Milo, the
/ siatut" which was discovered BY a
4 peasant in 1870 and which is now in
the Louvre in Paris.
1 The Venus dc Milo is ) feet S
a inches tall. "3.3 inches around the
4 waist. 81 inches bust measure. hips
, w ii,ches, and weight Tin flesh and
blood estimated at So pounds. Here
hru the dimensions OF few OF the
! charmcrs who have been toutcd late.
= ly ms the goddess physical suDeriors:
= Inc one at Cornell weighs III. IL
tcet Z inches tall bust 34.6 inches.
waist 3o.3 inches. hips aO.t. Incidcn-
tally. she wears spcctaclcs.
New IDrk his liscoyersti an irish
Y actress. Miss Jessie bradbury. whom
IL enters In tho race. Here are her
measurements: ITcigh, 3 feet 6 l-2
j. inches. weight 1913 pounds, chest "a
inches, waist % inches. hips 80 1-2
inches.
, a woman whom London says is IA
| wonder. Miss Elizabeth Watson,