The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-11-11

most of the attractive features nave
been taken from them. and am tod
the perfect scarlet. entirely smart riu-
ing toys for the chase are diminishing
even in Lcnccstcrshrc. Ana Whch
women become complete masters ana
swamp everything by their numbers
tremhlc to think what the men Will
look Ike.
Human Form Divine.
Now let us get to the "without' part
OF this treat!es,--Thc humon form in
is perfection is divine To contemplate
but how rarely one sees IT. And yet II
the actual skeletons of half the BRUSH
race could be looked at the measure
ments would probably be found TO he
very snc--hut idiotic treatment OF
muscles. bad food. and criminal iollicS
In the way Of habits and indulgences-
Inzincss and Indifference. have dis
guiscd. or stunted. or deformed two
! thirds of the number. How seldom one
gees a modern woman--to begin with
women-wi,h a long slender rounded
, throat that is not put on the body al
/ the wrong angie. How seldom one sees
= neck detached from the shoulders
md Swinging straight u1. And not
! with the muscles sprung with con
! inu"d stopping and launching the
! shoulders at the growing period.
Anyone who Is slight now passes
! when clothed. rs possessing good flE-
. ure-hut heavens, II one could see most
of them without, What deformitles
would appear.-and generally caused
rnt by nature, but by ignorance OF
wha, beauty of line really Is and then
: srlf-indulgcnce in any attitude AT inc
growing period which seems TO DC coih-
/ Portable at the moment.
! Every lesson of grace and beauty ana
: l!ne and form can be learned in any mu-
sru,, Of Greek art-whcre. when women
are bending forward. they are not
showing ugly shoulder blades or wing
bones sprung in the back. but just
graceful. r'omcntary droop, tho erect
Of which. If they sat UP again "oulu
not have left any mark. modern
woman bending forward Win rouhu
neck and stopping shoulders and the
muscles contracted from ear 10 shout
der blade. gives quite another impress
sion, one OF relief that she Is bending
hccause II she tried to hold upright
again everything would he >trained ana
nut Of place Sit In n fashionable res
taurant and notice how many women
heads see INTO have been put on back
To front fro mthc line OF neck and bust.
People Ignorant Of Beauty.
The majority OF people do not kno"
what the lines of bcauty arc-and are
not aware that they are allowing thc'r
offspring to destroy whatever they were
born with by careless and self-indulg-
en-, HABITS being acquired when bones
md mu! Giles are expanding.
Hercules never appealed 70 me IN the
Greek sculpture-5ut the youthful atm
lctc with slender strong lines clean-cut
and graceful. IS Il pure delight. Inc
two running bronze boys from Hercu'
Iancum-good copies Of which can he
seen in the entrance 10 n garden on tine
Embankment near the Savoy. arc per-
feet creatures and Lileagre copy in
The British Museum) and the figure
throwing and discohols-are perhaps the
hest in the world. But any OF the
Young men in the fireze of the Partl'
cnon could not he improved upon. And
thousands-millions- was going 70
say-uf young EnGlishmen would be As
beautiful II they exercised in the same
way.
The outlook ftr men for the artst'I
form. unincumbered with clothes. Is
more hopeful in England though. be.
cause of their delight In sport-but al
though the delight in sport Is almost
as strong in the women-the kinds oi
sport they indulge in no not produce
beauty of line. unfortunately. but very
often over develop some muscles. shrink
others and ruin and coarsen III" com
pleXion. rcddcn the hands an den!a:gt
the feet.
Lost Opportunity.
The Greeks-thc!r aim being 10 render
Tho form dIyine--would have selected
the right sports for women. and III,
right exercise to secure this end.
Eut the modern sport craze has no
the aim Of beauty or attractivcncSS