The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-02-22
WRONG HUNCH
ABOUT BEAUTY
Artists Of Italy Have Voted and De.
clares That Clothing Does
Not Make the
Woman.
NUDE rs THE SURE TEST
Modern Fashions Raped by One
Sculptor Who Declares
That It Is Not
Modest.
.[By Henry Wood. Rome correspon-
dent OF the United Press

.[By Henry Wood. Rome correspon-
dent Of the United Press.l
ROME, Feb. 21.--The modern Won
an has got an entirely wrong bunch as
to feminine beauty, clothes, and the
millions OF dollars she spends to buy
them, don't help one bit. Even the
wearing Of a bodice as decollstte as
the law permits, or skirt, slit up
even higher than the law doesn't per-
init, are OF no avail These things
may be widely alluring to the mas
culine eye but they don't CONSTITUTES
real beauty.
I'm fact, there is inly one thing that
constitutes real feminine bsauty, antI
If any modern woman wants to dem
onstrate that she has it, there is
nothing left for her to do but to peen
her clothes right off-or as many OF
thsm as the Venus de Milo did before
she had her statue made and sent to
the Louvre. On the other hand, II
the modern claimant to female beau
tiles underneath, the more clothes she
wears the better it is for her and the
bettar 1t Is for those who admire rear,
actual beauty These are the conclrl-
! sions that have just been reached as
the result OF referendum on this
subject submitted to all of the lead
| ing modern Italian artists and sculP
tors. Italy's investigation into the
rather delicate subject cams about as
result of recent similar researches
in France. The results in the two
countries, however, are vastly differ
ent.
In France 1t was decided that the
classic conception of feminine beauty,
namely that the beauty OF form anu
line, no longer holds good in These
modern days. Furthermore, 1t was
held to be right fortunate thing that
/ this ideal OF feminine beauty has
changed for the very simple reason
that France frankly admits that Ven
uses don't exist anymore, at least no,
In France. Instead, the ideal OF fem.
mime b aauty which now prevails there
Is the ideal created by the modiste,
4 the beauty parlor, and the connois-
u eurs of elegance, exquisite refinement
and the superficial feminine charm
4 generally.
i Against this changed idea of what
constitutes real feminine beauty, how.
ever, Italy has come to bat with a
thud, Almost without exception, the
4 leading italian artists and sculptors
have declared that the old classic
ideal of perfection of form and lin:
has not changed and never can
change. In addition. they give the
lie right back in the teeth of the
French when the latter say thai
Venuses don't exist any more. The
Italian artists and sculptoTs say thai
as matter of fact the woods-or a,
least the Italian woods-are just full
of en-. They say they can go out an,
, day amongst the peasant classes o.
Italy and find for models SO many
real Venuses that If the Venus az
Milo was real lady instead of JUS
a marble one she wouldn't be worth
we'll It's kind of hard thsy admit tt
fix money value upon lady, blu
in any event she's be worth a grea
deal more in marble than in flesh ant
blood.
Two questions were submitted Il
this Italian artists and sculptors. TIL.
first was whether the old classic idea
Of feminine beauty has changed o,
4 can ever change and the second wa.
i whether or not mod ern dress ant
fashions In any way contribute to &C
] tual feminine lovliness. While ther,
was scarcely a variation OF opinion OF
the first question O few entertainss
some little diversity OF idea of tn,
latter. Giulio Monteverde, who's,
! fame as sculptor resulted in tn.
king creating him life senator said
: The real ideal Of feminine beaut,
will never change as long as nature
continues to give harmony and pre-
portion. An elegant dress, howeve,
4 accompanied by artistic preservation
Of line may not only help the woman
/ who has only mediocre beauty OF form
but may even please more than tn
ideal typs." Edoard'o Rubino took tn
following rap: The present day mod
OF dressing, while 1t may have ez
: quisiteness OF color, polite malignit
in revealing or hiding that which ofte,
n doesn't exist, and an obstinate exi
: hilton of curves. both natural and art
! fetal, yet is all too markedly of
= sensual character to be the expires
n sion OF real, ideal beauty"
!, Practically the only one of the tia
3 ian artists who was willing to accap
a the changed order of things whic
q the French say has taken place wa
Giannino Antona-Traversi and he eai
ed his feelings in the following mar
ner: The classic conception of idea