THE IDEAL FIGURE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 25 February 1913, Page 3

THE IDEAL FIGURE.

A good deal of discussion as to the proper proportions of a modern 'Venus was lately stimulated (says the New York correspondent of the Auckland Star) by the announcement of Cornell College people that they had the living ideal besides being the strongest. The description was as follows: Age, 21; weight, 171 pounds; height 5 feet 7 inches; normal chest measure, 34.6; waist, 30.3 inches; hips, 40.4 inches. Her favourite food is beefsteak. She does not care for delicacies and does not like candy. Not unnaturally, this assertion was disputed by many newspaper correspondents and critics and the discussion goes on.

Meanwhile, Arthur E. Bartlett, of I Brown University, Providence, JR.I., poses as the greatest amateur strong I man. He is 20 years of age and si>. ; months old, six feet tall, weighs 181.0 pounds; has 16 inches girth of neck; i chest, filled, 42) inches; chest deflated, 36 inches.' waist, 32 inches; call of leg, Id inches; right biceps, up, 14;] inches; left biceps, up, 14) inches; lung capacity, 308 cubic inches; back 661. pounds; legs, 1,036 pounds; right forearm,*lß9 pounds; left forearm, 16, pounds, pushups, 31; pullups, 21; to tal points, 1384, He flatly refuses | a rub down and claims that it putt j him out of condition. He is master I hammer thrower, good discus thrower shot-putter, high jumper, broad jump I er, football player, sprinter and wrest ler. He held the Brown hammer, discus and shot put records. He run, a hundred yards in 10 4-5 seconds.