Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1898 — Growing Erect. [ARTICLE]

Growing Erect.

In the pictures by Gibson and others of that class depicting social life, it Is remarked that the women are drawn sitting, with heads erect and splendid carriage, or standing In stately attitude, tall, graceful creatures, while the men almost invariably appear roundshouldered, bunched down In their chairs until they lose the benefit of their extra height, and often appear shorter than their well-poised companions. "Why cannot the new man rise to his full height, either sitting or standing, and assume the splendid poise of the new woman? It may be the reason that the girls now are taller than they used to be, is that emphasizing all the height they have their statute Increases. At all events this matter of the difference in carriage between most men and women has been remarked by the observant ones in our audiences this winter.—Boston Traveler.