BEAUTY OF MODERNS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 239, 6 July 1931, Page 4

BEAUTY OF MODERNS

“Near the Greek Ideal” “Not for generations has the, standard of woman’s beauty been so high aS it is to-day," 'states Mr. Bertram Park, the London artist and photographer to the “Daily Mail.” \ “Women to-day,” said Mr. Park “have personality and character expressed in their fine mouths and chins, whereas in bygone days the mouths were pinched and the chins nnrow. In old portraits of notable women you can see evidences of good family and breeding in their foreheads and Sven noses, but the mouth and chin seem to fall awaj’. “In bygone days the contours ot a woman’s face were admired merely from the picturesque point of view. While the small mouth and chin arc picturesque, they lack the personality that sianips the high standard of beauty we find to-day. Now women are admired as much for their character and expression as for superficial attractiveness. “Besides, mere beauty soon loses its superficial charm, but modern beauty increases with the development of firm contours and expression of character. The higher type of beauty to-day is more complex. The fine chin and mouth of the woman of to-day are moulded by modern conditions of life. . v •

“As regards figure, too, the: modern woman is much taller and bigger in the waist and shoulders, but perfectly proportioned. She approaches to tlie Greek ideal height of seven and a half heads, while the mediaeval womgn was only, say, six an"a half heads in height. “In brief, the beauty of the 'modern woman is more like the classical Greek beauty than any other generation that has gone before.”