The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-08
Ideal Types
Are Cited
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BIZ NEA Serrfce
standard governs woman's beauty?
Is it face, figure, personality, or a
combination Of the priceless three?
Three New York artists have gone
into a huddle to decide the question.
1t is important, because these artists
are the judges who have been select
ed to officiate at the American
Beauty Congress in New York next
fall. But thus far, each one Of
them sees beauty from different
angle.
Rolf Armstrong thinks it's the
face, with classic profile like that
Of Evelyn Brent.
Irwin Chidnoff holds fast to the
personality idea, but refuses to
name the woman whom he thinks
best embodies it.
John Held Jr., is strong for the
irresistible combination, personf1ied,
to his way of thinking, by Greta
Carlo.
"GirIs Are Too Tall"
Held prefers them shorter than
they often are. Yet he is inter
ested in every type Of beauty.
"But save me from the very tall
woman" he said, "at least the
woman who is taller than I am.
The artist stands six feet.
There really ought to be a law, "
he added, against so much grow
sing. The typical American woman,
and there is a typical American
woman, is growing so tall that lots
Of men can't stretch themselves
high enough to get look over her
head"
Held isn't going to be held down
to any standards when he goes out
to pick a beauty. She may be tall,
if not too tall, or short. She may
represent any type. But on one
thing he insists-she must not be
over-plump.
with me the Venus figure is
taboo. Venus was really fat
woman. And who can picture her
in modern clothes? The standards
set in ancient times are not the
standards of today"
Sticks to Greek Standard
Armstrong, who spends his days
drawing lovely ladies, came right
back at Held with his pet theory
that ancient classical standards
of proportion govern beauty, that
the more perfect the beauty the
more exactly it conforms to the
Greek standard"
He believes that Held is wrong
again with his combination idea.
1t is his opinion that IF the face
is sufficiently lovely it will DOM
mate defects of figure. And since
beauty is composed of such def
mite things as structure, texture,
and color, it can be affected only
slightly by personality"
Blond, brunei or red head may
be supreme" he declared. "It all
depends on how closely she approx
mates the idea of her particular
type. However, I have observed
that ultimate perfection is more
often approached by brunetS than
by the other types"
Eyes Not Everything
Soulful eyes won't count much
with him when he begins Judging.
For, he says, "a beautiful mouth is
rarer and more desirable than
beautiful eyes. Miraculous construc-
ton and mechanism can make al
most all eyes beautiful to some de-
gree, but mouths are capable of in
finite variations of ugliness.
Soft, curving lines are the es-
sence Of fenininity. Excessive thin
ness produces angularity, mascu-
line characteristic directly opposed
to feminine allure"
Chidnoff, artist-photographer who
looks at the beauty question through
the eyes Of Russian who has lived
many years in America, has an idea
that both Held and Armstrong are
dead wrong.
He Prefers at"
The "it' woman will score with
him.
AN exquisite face and a perfect
figure mean nothing at all to me-"
he declared, "if the spark of per-
sonality is lacking.
when I set out to judge beauty,
I shall look for more essential things,
the brain which shines through the
eyes and the character that is re-
vealed by the poise of the head or a
certain grace in the walk.
ITO me nothing else counts when
that thing Americans call 1T is
lacking.