To Betty, who can afford to defy the laws of symmetry.
[Being reflections on the old theory, recently developed before the Hellenic Society by Mr. Jay Hambridge, that certain formulæ of proportions found in nature—notably in the normal ratio between a man's height and the span of his outstretched arms (2 : √5)—constituted the basis of symmetry in the art of the Greeks and, earlier, of the Egyptians.]
Betty, I fear you don't conform
Precisely to the female norm
From dainty foot to charming noddle,
But, closely measured, span by span,
Seem built upon a private plan
Not found in Annie Kellerman
Or in the well-known Melos model.
If you compare your width and height—