Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-02
PERFECT BEAUTY UNKNOWN
Venus dc Milo Only the Product
of an Artists Dream.
Modern Women Never Measure In TO
Greek Ideai--Both SIDES OF Their
Faces Arc Practically Never
Alikc-Noecs Wrong.

Probably you have often wondered il
beauty could ever be perfect" You
thought that all beauty was perfect i,
Not at all. That is, not according TO
the face of Venus Milo. also that OF
Jove. Their beauty Is mathema tically
correct. But they were ideal. not real.
When is beauty perfect anyhow? Ap-
Darenuy the perfection OF beauty would
result from the characteristics of the
right side Of the face matching the left.
or from the characteristics of the left
side of the face being identical with
those of the right side of tho face.
All women are beautiful. But Poe
alleges that no beauty can be supreme
which lacks an element OF strangeness
an attribute which demands an absence
Of perfection in line and contour True,
that is but the opinion Of a single man.
But where is the man, II any there be-
who is better qualified to pass Judgment
on such n subject than was Edgar
Allan Poe?
Greek sculptors while creating works
Of art that have ever defied the efforts
of initators. even of those who yearned
to surpass those marvellous works, had
passion for creating beauty along
lines Of mathematical precision In Il
word. their creations OF beauty were
super-perfect.
ONLY AN ARTISTS FANCY.
The Venus de Milo is of such a type
One might take a foot-rule and com
pass, and search in vain for line or
contour which might mar the face Of a
perfect beauty. And Jove. too, must
he included in that class But alas
such perfection of contour and sym
rnetry Of outline is but the realization Of
an artists fancy--the material side OF
his thoughts. Many women have been
known to possess beautiful. as we'll as
perfect bodies, but mathematical pre-
ciseness in facial beauty has ever been
elusive.
But, when one beholds a face that is
inpeocsbly perfect in it's beauty, is not
the occasion one of awe rather than of
admiration? Could the man be found
who would dare to presume such an In
tfmacy with woman of that type. that
he would brave the fates with a pro-
posal of marriage? Truly a question
worthy OF debate.
There are scores of beauties There
always have been scores of beauties:
and. evideHtly. there always Will be
type what It may. has always evoked
the most graceful of compliments. the
prettiest of sayings-yes, has held peo-
ple captive.
Can It be possible that those who
have fastened to pay homage at the
shrine Of beauty have been overzealous
have exaggerated just a trife? II such
Ia not the case, how else may We ac-
count for the verbal bouquets which
have, from time immemorial. been hurl-
cd at beauty which was not, and is
not, perfect?
FACES THAT DO NOT BALANCE
1t is common knowledge that many
women are better pleased with one side
Of the fact than with the other Many
are the women who. before retiring for
the might, have gazed long and earnest
~ at a reflected picture of themselves,
and then sighed: 20, If only the right
side ut my face matched the left" or
! What wouldn't 1 give to have the
characteristics OF the left side OF my
face match those Of the right