THE PERFECT WOMAN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1885, 5 July 1888, Page 3

THE PERFECT WOMAN

If any woman wishes to know whether the Is a perfect specimen of her sex she has only to apply the rules laid down for ascertaining the fact and fignre on the results. First, as to height, tastes differ, but the Medloean Yenas Is five feet five tnchet m height, and this is held by many •oulptors and artists to be the most admirable statue for a woman, Ag for coloring and shape, here is the oode laid down by the Arabs, who say that a woman should haye these things : Black — Hair, eyebrows, lashes and pupils. White — Skin, teeth and globe of the eye. Bed — tongue, lips and cheeks. Round— Head, neck, arms, angles and waist. Long-^-Back, fingers, arms and limbs. Large — Forehead, eyes and lips. Narrow — Eyebrows, nose and feet Small — Ears, best and hands. For a woman five feet five, 138 pounds Is the proper weight, and !fehe be well formed ■he can stand another ten pounds without greatly showing it. When her arms are extended she should measure from tip of middle finger to tip of middle finger just five feet five, exactly her own height. The length of her hand shonld be just a tenth of that, and her foot just a eeventh, and the diameter of her chest a fifth. From her thighs to the "ground she should measure jast what she measures from the thigh to the top of the head. The knee ihonld come exactly midway between the thigh and the heel. Tbe distance from the elbow to the middle finger should be the same as the distance from the elbow %o the middle ' of the chest. £Rom the top of the head to the' chin ihould be jaat the length of the foot, and there should be the Bame distance Between' the ohm and the armpits. A woman of this ''height should measure fwehty-focr Inches about ttie waist and ffii'ttffaif itches about the' bust If measured from under the arms, and fortyfhree If over them. The upper arm should measure thirteen 'Inches and the wrist six. Tfre calf of the leg should jjagasore fpnrteen and Qne^halT inches, the thigh twenty-five and the ankle eight, There is another system of measurement which sayi that the dhtince twice around the thucdb shonld go onoe around the wrlet ; twice around the wrist once aronnd the throat} twice around the throat once around tbe wtfflt, and so on ; bat the Grit a?e th? meaaureu used by aoniptora who f»Td gained J iheoi by measurements of the grtek |tttqei. T "^ew Jotk World."