roportionately developed throughout their system.

"A WELL-FORMED WOMAN,"

says a modern physiologist, "should have her head, shoulders, and
chest small and compact; arms and limbs relatively short; her
haunches apart; her hips elevated; her abdomen large and her thighs
voluminous. Hence, she should taper from the center, up and down.
Whereas, in a well-formed man the shoulders are more prominent than
the hips. Great hollowness of the back, the pressing of the thigh
against each other in walking, and the elevation of one hip above the
other, are indications of the malformation of the pelvis."

From the same writer I take the following, which is applicable here.
It is very correct in its estimates of beauty in both sexes:--

"The length of the neck should be proportionately less in the male
than in the female, because the dependence of the mental system on the
vital one is naturally connected with the shorter courses of the
vessels of the neck.

"The neck should form a gradual transition between the body and
head--its fullness concealing all prominences of the throat.

"The shoulders should slope from the lower part of the neck, because
the reverse shows that the upper part of the chest owes its width to
the bones and muscles of the shoulders.

"The upper part of the chest should be relatively short and wide,
independent of the size of the shoulders, for this shows the vital
organs which it contains are sufficiently developed.

"The waist should taper a little farther than the middle of the trunk,
and be marked, especially in the back and loins, by the approximation
of the hips.

"The waist should be narrower than the upper part of the trunk and its
muscles, because the reverse indicates the expansion of the stomach,
liver, and great intestine, resulting from their excessive use.

"The back of woman should be more hollow than that of man; for
otherwise the pelvis is not of sufficient depth for parturition.

"Women should have more extended loins than men, at the expense of the
superior and inferior parts, for this conformation is essential to
gestation.

"The abdomen should be larger in woman than in man, for the same
reason.

"Over all these parts the cellular tissue, and the plumpness connected
with it, should obliterate all distinct projection of muscles.

"The surface of the whole female form should be characterized by its
softness, elasticity, smoothness, delicacy, and poli