San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-27
BY FLORENZ ZIEGFELD JR.

therefore girls WHO WOulu win
beauty prizes abroad would never take
first place in contest here; they
would be considered too fat The
Venus de Milo would never be ac-
cepted for beauty chorus nowadays,
she would be too tall, too fat, too
well, she. would be ineligible for lot
of reasons.
These are the measurements that
j would give for typical Ziegfeld
show girl of today. They are not
given AS II standard that must be ad
hered to, but merely as / suggestion
tf what are considered about the
right measurements.
Height-fiye feet, five and hall
inches
Weight-One hdndred and twenty
bounds.
Foot-Size five.
The height should be about seven
and one-half times the length Of the
head.
lhe head should be four times the
ZENITH of the nose.
VI hen the arm; are hanging
straight at the sides, they should be
three-fifths, the length of the body.
Quie naturally, do not insist that
the girls whom | accept for one of my
productions shall exactly meet these
requirements. / haven't an idea
whether they do or not, except as
they seem TO me TO be well propur-
toned
Almost Criminal TO BE Fat.
Nowadays it's almost a crime TO be
IL A aatl..s
have passion for slenderness. Other
nations don't share this feeling. L
have heard that recently, when an
)American-made motion picture was
taken TO Germany the exhibitors fea-
,tured enc of the minor characters in
their advertising. because she was
bigger and fatter than the STAR. whom
they considered far too thin. .
History tells us that the women OF
other days Gid all they could TO as
sure plumpness. The Empress Theo'
dora was accustomed TO spend days
in warm baths, followed by days III
4 bed.
I j la many. countries. today, i Is what
is called the vital type of woman
that is accepted as the most beauti-
ful-that is, the woman of scit con-
tours, who is rather plump, slow
moving. languorous.
But in the United States we insist
that il a woman expects to be con-
sidercd beautiful, she must be slender.
One would think that the modem
chorus girl, between performance and
rehearsals. and the activity of her
everyday life, would have no difficulty
in keeninc thin. Yet there are no
more ardent devotees of norSebacE
riding. swimming and other forms OF
vigorous exercise than these girls.
rrbev are tremendously interested III
keeping their figures; they have to
be
How do you keep thin? Are
Won dieting:n "Want to go riding
before breakfast tomorrow morning.
It's no infrequent thing to bear such
remarks when they chat off stage
Nobody realizes more keenly than
does the chorus girl that beauty must
be cared for if it is to last. The
chorus girl who loses her beauty. $
likely TO lose her job And these girls
have to look out for the future-not
always because they need to support
themselves, but because they like be-
ing on the stage, and would hate 10
give m, their profession. Therefore
tlpN see 10 II tudl NhVs otH!
for the sake of the future as well as
because Of the present.
And oh. how most of them scorn
a fat woman, She is looked upon
as lazy thing who hasn't strength vt
character enough to get thin. Their
feeling for her.is rather like that of
the workers in the beehive for the
drone. They work at being beautiful
an1 she doesn't Won see.
Three Types of Beautiful Figures,
In giving the measurements which
set down a moment ago, as ] said
then, was considering the average
girl.
But there are three distinct types
Of beauties in q revue nowadays =
the ponies, the girls of medium height
and the show girls.
The ponies are the little girls, who
do most Of the dancing. There is an
entire ballet Of them in this years
|" Folles." Many a well-known must
cal star has come from the ranks OF
these littlest girls'-the American
fpublic is partial to the petite AMI
prettv girl who has talent and charm.
The girls of medium height are
Eused in nearly all the numbers--they
are the backbone of the chorus.
Rave given you approximate measure
Inents for them because | consider
them the average American girl. rep
representatives. in size as well as in facial ]
)beauty Of the best that America Of
fers in the way of beautiful woman
'hOad
The show girls are taller. though
M course not excessively tall. Five
keet eight is the limit. Theirs t.
the dignified. gracious type Of beauty
3rhe same general proportions are
Hight for them as for the AVERAGE girl.
Tn Which Glass Are You?
Now. many women would be better |
looking IL they sat down and thought |
themselves over carefully. deciding 10
(which of these three types they be-
kong.
They certainly will fit into one of |
the three. Many woman is not stun
hing simply because her looks and
tarriage are misfits. She is really |
-bowgirl and she walks like pony. |
She tries TO be cunning, sas only
ytnarl woman can be. instead Of claim !
ing for herself the more gracious ways
~ heauty.s Or PERTAINS she's ono Of
hose who belong in the second class,
md tries to fit her looks into the |
'rays of those who are in the thru