Between the fourth and fifth rib

"The ideal position of the breast on the chest wall is with the nipple between the fourth and fifth rib."

 Bonomo, Joe. 1953. Reduce and Beautify Your Figure. New York, Culture Institute. p.33

The eyebrow should begin

"The eyebrow should begin at the point where an imaginary line drawn from the inner corner of the eye to the centre of the forehead crosses the natural eyebrow. It should end at the point where a straight-line, one-quarter of an inch from the outer corner of the eye, crosses a line drawn at right angles to the first."

Silver, Fern, Graves, Mildred. 1943. Foundations for Living. New York. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 357

a face by any other name

"If cheekbone width is about the same length from brow to chin and forehead and chin are not over broad, it is a round face. If forehead and chin are extra-broad and the proportions otherwise the same, it is a square face. When forehead is broad and the chin tapers, it is a triangular face. When cheekbone width is less than the length of the face and jaw width is about the same as the cheekbone width, it is an oblong face. The oval face has forehead and jaw width of about equal size, both less than the length of the face and less than the cheekbone width."

Milo, Mary Jo, Marshall, Jean King. 1951 Family Circle's Complete Book of Beauty and Charm, New York. Garden City Books. p.269
 

But you're still not happy

"Perhaps you have got your figure to its proper weight, but you’re still not happy. Could it be that your fat and thin areas are not properly distributed?"

Thomas, Kay. 1964. Secrets of Loveliness. New York. Scholastic Books, p.139

Just looks ugly

"Untidy brown locks may look curly and careless. Wispy fair hair may look nymphish. But wispy or untidy grey hair just looks ugly."


Vasta, Ann. 1947. Beauty Handbook. London. The Woman's Book Club. p.19 

All the sand at the bottom

"Is yours an hourglass figure with all the sand at the bottom and time running out at the top? Or has time stood still at high noon? 
It is generally accepted that the most attractive shaping of the female form is this: a firm, high, rounded bust line, a narrow waist, gently curving hips, tapering legs and slender arms".

Drake, Debbie. 1961. Debbie Drake's Easy Way to a Perfect Figure and Glowing Health, Englewood Cliffs New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, p. 20

A flower with two stems

"The thoroughbred, the aristocrat, the purest examples of femininity never stand with the feet apart. The legs should look like the stem of a flower. Who ever heard of a flower with two stems?" 
Wilson, Marjery. 1942. The Woman You Want to Be: Marjery Wilson's Complete Book of Charm . New York. J.N. Lippincott Company, p. 74