The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-08 00:00:00

BY ANNA SAVAGE

From the same

Come nearer, mother ; raise the curtain high,
And let us look upon the spangled sky.
Leave still thine hand in mine. Put back the hair
That clings around my brow : say, wilt thou wear
One of these tangled curls when I am dead,
Nor tears too bitter o'er the relic shed
My Saviour calls me to a heavenly home,
And angels near rae gently whisper. " Come !"
While from their golden harps the echo rings,
I hear the rushing of their shadowy wings.
Listen, my mother; though thy voice be sweet
Unto mine ear, the gladsome strains that greet
Thy slumbering boy have tones of deg per love,
Murm'ri,g about my couch. around, above,
Like music in the air. When in the sea
The red sun nightly sets, it seems to me
That angels must be there, and track their way
From the bright chambers of eternal day.
Thou'lt think of me when thou dost look on high,
In those blest mansions, far beyond the sky;
Thou'lt think of me, I know, when earth seems fair,
And summer blossoms scent the sunny air;
0, then remember that my lot will be
Where flowers unfading bloom ; that I shall see
Thousands of dazzling creatures that below
Have walked in righ:eousness ; and th t I go
Where, in the glist'ning robes around the throne,
A halo bright reveals the Holy One!
Mother, thy face is from me, but I feel
The fast warm tears that o'er my week hand steal ;
And thou dost tremble. If I ceaseless find
Thy fond love, ever watchful, ever kind—
If thy untiring care no change could see,
Think what God's changeless love for us must be ;
Though slumber o'er thy anxious heart may creep,
There 's One whose eye of love will never sleep.
Dark shadows o'er my eyelids steal along;
Say, dost thou hear the angels' swelling song ?
If thou couldst listen to their joyful hymn.—
But, mother dearest, e'en thy form seems dim ;
Thou wilt not leave me though the night is come ?
Would thou couldst lead me to my radiant home !
Come nearer yet, and still my cold hand keep ;
And 0, sweet mother, now 1 fain would sleep.

HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL

AND MEDICAL

(From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of
Liverpool.)

BY MEDICIIS

CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST,

zenerally

35. It is a far greater comfort than will be
credited, to have hoots and shoes nude fully an inch
longer than the fbot ; and, moreover, with very broad
toes, which will allow all the toes to expand with requisite
freedom and ease ; and to yield to the pressure of the
whole body, producing consequent elongation of the foot.
You can only justly appreciate the actual amount of this
lengthening out of the foot, by standing on one leg, when
you will be struck with the room that the foot really takes
up most remarkably in the length of the shoe. Such is
the true dimension of the foot, and which each foot really
takes up every step of progression. In no other way will
you obtain a correct estimate of this ; and, from neglect
of this rule of testing the fit of boot or shoe, so many
people pay the penalty of having taken only short mea-
sure, as by sitting down to try on a shoe, instead of
standing deliberately on one foot at a time whilst fitting.
From the cramping of the toes, preventing their free
spread. - '_'^‘d-sham

ing, by the common crai, “pc“
and blisters take their wonted origin—by
xtra and gratuitous friction against the side

callosities

causing

and end of the shoe

If people would but use their common sense, as they
do on many other subjects, and get longer shoes and
boots, with broader toes, they would not only save them-
selves pain and distress in walking—producing real
lameness on going over anything else than a smooth
ground, but, also their shoes would retain their proper
shape much longer, and consequently, wear much
longer too. The shoe may be then made-
-36. Narrow in the general length, and fine in the run,
so as to clasp home the arch of the foot, supporting it in
specially, which is a great relief, taking
e friction off the toes, so as to remove
iv diminishing their cause. This we advance
ition and personal experience. Discard,
the absurdity of the present fashion ; have the shoe
or boot made easy every way—long, broad-toed, and
home to the arch of the foot, as the shoemaker would
term it, and we vouch for it—the toes will do their duty
cheerfully without ever complaining or hanging out sig-
nals of distress, even after a long walk ; and then pedes-

the h,

away much of t

from long obse
th(

tended it should be—a luxury common to all ! •
37. The Oxford' shoe, as it is called, lacing up the
middle and over the instep, is the best of shoes, and has
but one objection, viz., the frequent breaking of the lace
or tape, or silk ribbon, which is worn for neatness to the
sacrifice of strength ; and this is most apt to occur, when
most annoying, on the swelling of the foot in hard con-
tinued exercise ; this unlucky trifling accident has often
been a practical illustration of the importance of " little
things," as they are termed, and has frequently reminded
our companions in a ramble, of poor Richard's terse
couplet—

perspiration.
1 44. It is for the convenient arrangement of the pockets,
"Por want of a nail the shoe was lost; further, that the style of shooting-jacket is so good, for in
For want of a shoe the horse was lost;
For want of a horse the rider was lost, these wallet-like recesses you can stow away things suffi-
AII for want of a horse-shoe nail." cient for two or three days' tour, without needing such a
38. There is an improvement then to be introduced, thing as a knapsack. In the half dozen pockets you can
and we find ready to hand, suggested by this very cir- so dispose symmetrically around you all your travelling
cumstance-- viz., a return back again to the old buckle chattels, as to carry them at the least expenditure of
of our forefathers for a fastening, modified so as to pre- strength ; and, therefore, more agreeably than when
sent a less formidable appearance, and yet to give all dangling about in the folds of a long-skirted coat ; though
the security needful. A flap or valve of leather gives we do not find fault with the long tail of a frock coat, pro-
an opening over the instep, whereby the shoe is slipped vided your journey's length, &c. requires the introduction
on, and fastens by a small tongue of leather on the of a wallet upon your shoulders. Another shirt, a pair or
outside of the shoe to the buckle alluded to. Such a two of stockings or socks, a small case of " morning exer-
plan effectually prevents any water getting inside the cises " as the condensed toilet case has been facetiously
shoe, and will allow of a graduated adjustment to the labelled, a pair of light shoes for a change in the resting
swelling of the foot at the end of a day's walk—a fact place, and an extra handkerchief or so, will generally be
not duly calculated for, and a reason why a Wellington sufficient. A silk night cap is no bad addition to this
boot, if fitting neatly at first, becomes inconveniently slender stock of usefuls, for those, especially, who are
tight at the close of a " long run." A boot may be fond of lying down to take their siesta on the inviting
excellent for riding, and, by the same rule, very preju- fresh grass under the shade of some, perhaps, " far
dicial to the freer exercise of the foot in pedestrianism. spreading beech," when the hat can never completely be
The high heel is another bad arrangement for walking, retained on the head. It forms a protection against
which it were a waste of words to enter upon the demon- catching cold in the head ; and further by pulling it over
stration of here—the body being thrown forward too the ears it will prevent insects from getting into them •
much, the shoulders raised, and the strain thrown across for although in the generality of cases the drum of the
the toes in dropping the foot on the ground, instead of ear is a perfect barrier, securing the internal ear from
being received by the natural heel in the first place. foreign bodies, yet this is not the case in every instance
We have given a sketch of the kind of shoe in the ad- having in a certain proportion of cases been attacked by in-
joining figure, so that any one can get the shoe made flammation, causing more or less destruction of its mem-
from this idea. They were first introduced a year or brane, in which case small insects might have an oppor-
two ago, by a shoemaker of the name of Smith, in Dub- tunity of gratifying their prying curiosity to thread the
lin. We have worn none other for some time past, mazy labyrinth of your ear : or, in any case they might
except when riding on horseback, to which, however, lodge themselves in the outward tube of the ear much to
they are not unsuited either : they will admit of spur, your annoyance, though unattended with further conse-

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&c., being fitted, in box or strap kind. 21.noLui .“--
vantage of this kind of shoe over a Wellington or Blu-
* A fact which accounts for the interior of the india-iriiucbhheisr
cher boot, is to be found in the fact, that, like an coats being moist after being worn sometime, and w
" Oxford," they will be so easy when unbuckled as to therefore supposed to leak, but improperly.
form a slipper for the hour of repose ; at least, such is
our experience. Further, they will admit evidently of
being better adapted to be worn with comfort, along with
any change of socks, from cotton or silk to woollen, &c.
A great advantage in the foregoing recommendations The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated
about shoes is self-evident, viz., that whilst modelled on London : G. Virtue.
nature, in preference to working on mathematical prin- The 27th part of this elegant and interesting work forms
ciples, by which Gulliver's coat was cut out, the foot will
one of the periodicals of the month ; and in point of illus-
be allowed to retain thereby unimpeded that elastic play tration and printing is quite equal, if not superior, to the
1 p rfection cf form which the Great Artificer of its numbers that have preceded it, the publisher, with his
--e. _..14.4•,,n, adaptations designed. The shoe so accustomed good faith, being determined to redeem, to
p --m.de would the utmost extent, the pledge he gave to the public in the

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made will retain its shape to the last, it people ~,,_
outset. There are four beautiful engravings on steel, exe
only take the pains to fulfil, by a little attention,
thde
cuted in the finest line manner, by various artists, from
needful condition of setting their feet down evenly an
drawings by the celebrated W. Bartlett, who evinces a
steadily, preserving the due planes of the parts of the
, classical taste not only in his selection of the most striking
foot, as they successively come in contact With tne portions of the diversified scenery of the sister land, but
ground; instead of walking on the outside of their foot, of the most points of view whence they may be contem-
which was not adapted exactly for that purpose! The plated to the best advantage. We have here " Cork
reason why this uncomfortable and careless habit is Ricer," from below Glanmire Road, a rich landscape,
Termed, is owing to the idle gait of turning the toes in with shipping on the placid waters—equalll to tghhhe
ofines"
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instead of out, whereby the necessity of the case flings lake scenery of Ireland ;S9uth Wa Lituse,
'--I‘t of the body on the outside of the foot, ex- with the Hill of llowth in the distance- 't'o ----
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