TESTS OF BEAUTY.
AMERICA'S IDEAL WOMAN
The Hrw in. !.''"' i f New York's " C.'.lderi .Apple " lji'.iuty J lei:!. amioumc that (:•!! I idea's of feminine I >*• liity which will he ; considered by tin: jrd/es will not consist.' • ■illy of physic,,l p i'ettion, hut also of intelligence, f.• rnl1■ ii.• • strength, and ' dignity. | They declare that a ruin now will rim 1 the chances of any woman with a Venus- i l.k'; 1) dy. 'J he eyes niin-t have " lie lust I of intelligence," the chin must possess' "Womanly strength," the shoulders must i "Support the head villi dignity," tlmi tni -ii inii"L exhibit grace, and tho legs | must. neither he too lone nor two short for] Ihe lv.lv. MiTi.'iircinrnts alone v, 11 not' tj•'i r:"iii- (he verdict. I MSt.ii• l;i .v.-, v»i> mjt tin; opi;i hi of I th" other i !m'/< r, f:iv.i: "A wiiiiin may; Mil the )!■ l'ii-n apple even if her form is' r•' fji in',';: (ill an ■ iheis. We rhall walih' •r the v-''-hi i l.i 'nmliinri grace ami li-an!y in p- -e »>i.d <iiri.a/o and all tj,<r,v:ui."K"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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181TESTS OF BEAUTY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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