Evening journal., 1921-10-31
SIOOOFOR THE
Perfect BACK
Anti-Spinal Curature Asso-
citation Wants Pictures
From Neck TO Hips
VIEWS MUST BE
REAR AND SIDE

WASHINGTON. Oct 81. - One
thousand dollars is the bid, ladies.
for the most perfect" feminine
back, and there'n be another prize
OF $500 for the most perfect" back
and spine OF a child, OF either sex,
under the age Of 70.
Women who exhibit most OF their
backs at fashionable balls and re-
ceptions and women who keep EN-
covered up arc alike eligible TO COM
pete. The conditions OF this remark
able contest will be found below as
this story proceeds, but for the mo-
ment Il is only necessary 10 say that
lady contestants must do two things
Submit to a photograph OF their
bare backs from the neck 10 the hips
fullback and side views. and obtain
an examination and certificate from
an ostcopath.
Photographers who take such in
innate boudoir OF studio pictures OF
miiady's back must put into effect
a high code OF ethics Should they
run across a noticeably imperfect
hack. with vertehrae out Of align
ment and all that sort Of thing. the
camera man must not betray conf
dences His pictorial condolences
must become as sacred as those be-
tween a lawyer and his client. a doc
tor and his patient or a thirsty pa
tron and his bootiegger.
The National Association for the
Prevention OF Spinal Curvature. with
headquarters in Toronto, Ontario,
announces Il is putting on the $500
prize back contest. Pictures OF all
competing backs must be in hand by
May %, 1922. II it's too cold this
winter for a time exposure OF nea--
perfect backs. warm weathe- pho
Biography may be employed. in ample
time. next April and May.
There Is an old wheeze about the
farmer who went 10 the circus, look
ed at the zebra and observed. There
amt no such animal" A Washing
ton osteopath said today he'd never
seen perfect back" OF course,
he's never seen a most perfect
one. the superlative OF perfection II
'twere possible. albeit the official an
OF the association uses
the term.
1--WE heard OF perfect 36.' and
have a general idea OF its meaning"
said the interviewer, but what is
perfect back7
i've never seen a really perfect
back" said the osteopath, who
seemed disappointed because the in
ter-ewer had come for a description
stead OF a rub. But here is what a
perfect back must be:
Every vertebra-from the skull
to the hips-must be In perfect
alignment. Every muscle, including
even the muscles OF the neck and
skull must be in perfect alignment
and relationship one 10 the other.
The two hip bones must be absolute
~ in place. I never saw a woman,
or a man either. that had such a
back, but the prize contest Is prob
ably a good thing"
And there you have II. Unques-
tionably many women are proud OF
their backs. else so many OF them
wouldn't be exhibited at fashionable
parties II cannot be denied that
numerous men have gazed admir-
ingly at these exposed backs and re-
garded them as perfect. Now comes
the osteopath expert who AYERS there
Is no such thing, and the prize con-
test can only develop the back that
IS nearest perfection.
Nevertheless, the contest will pro-
coed and DR.. r. p. Minard. up in
Toronto. no doubt will examine
thousands OF photographs OF fem
mime backs. Contestants may come
from anywhere in North America,
which is quite a bit OF territory
The conditions are that the lady
contestants must send two photos OF
the spine, one a fun back view as
low as the hips and the other a side
view. A spinal examination by an
osteopathic physician will complete
the record