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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 3

' Perhaps tho queerest association of peoplo ever got together outside the United-States—tho liomo of crank clubs and similar bodies—was' the small coterio of fashionable women m London whose avowed object was to improve the physical beauty of woman, f 110 ? comprised a few wealthy women imbued with the belief that it was their business to prevent tho physical decadenco of womanhood, and thoy were propared to achieve an improvement regardless of cost to themselves. This little association of women called themselves the Physical. Beauty Club, and portion of their work was to have lectures delivered and displays of physical culture arranged by , women who could justly claim to bo endowed with physical perfection. Lilian Do Venny, now principal boy of the "Mother Goose; pantomime ill Molbourno, at tho time of the formation of tho club was appeariiio* in pantomime in* London, and attracted tho. attention of the exponents, of female physical beauty. oho received an invitation to deliver a series of lectures and a display of physical culture. Her lectures attracted a great doal of interest, and by many people Miss Do \enny wa,s considoi cd to possess the finest figure on tho London stage. "[ hadn't expected payment," said Miss De Venny, "and was very surprised a littlo while after to. reccive a cheque l'or one hundred guineas 'in acknowledgment of ye& viluable servicos in tho cause of tho porfcctmg of 562,,