Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1891 — Proportions of a Perfect Figure. [ARTICLE]

Proportions of a Perfect Figure.

The height of a person with a “perfect figure” should be exactly equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of either hand, wheD the arms are fully extended. Ten times the length of the hand, or seven and a half times the length of the foot, or five times the diameter of the chest, from one armpit to the other, should also give the height of the whole body. The distance from the Junction of the thighs to the ground should be exactly the same as from that point to the crown of the head, The knees should be exactly midway between the first-named point and the ground at the heel. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger should be the same as from the elbow to the middle line of the breast. From the top of the head to the level of the chin should be the game as from the level of the chin to that of the armpits, and from the heel to the toe.