The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-11-10

eyes towards the ground, am some thought
him meditatve III his tendencies; but they
changed their minds when they saw the
delight he experienced when ne discover
cd a graceful ankle. The foot he said was
the index of the woman. He never peep
ed under ladys bonnet until his curiosity
had been aroused by the foot. lie did not
, care for the beauty Of tie face 1t was a
cheat and Il deiusion; it was countcrfeited
by cosmetics. It served as the mask for
pride and hypocrisy. But the foot was
always true to its beauty-true if tie heart
was joyous. lie assured me. sole,nnIv thu.
he would never marry d woman who had
not beautiful! }5pt ana ankle. IS to the
/ lace he was not particular; though upon
the whole, he would. perhaps, prefer an
intelligent Eomely face Well. could
hardly fail to share. in some degree. hi,
enthusiasm lie was a man of culture.
refinement and Poetic feeling. liz was
delighted with rainy. muddy. and -lashy
weather, and always promenaded Regent
street on such occasions. As he walked
along, he would catch nc by the arm in
ecstasy saying FOR heavens sake look .
Sweetest ankle | ever saw in my life -
In the ''Pickwick papers" YOU remem-
Der the passage where Mr. Fickwick
was joking with the young ladies. VINO
would not come over the style while he
looked; and those who, having pretty feet
and unexceptionable ankles, preferred
standing on the top rail for FIVE minutes
declaring that they were too frightened to
move The chief characteristic Of pretty
Arabella is, that she wore very nice
little pair Of boots with fur round the
tops"
Of the shape an size Of the foot, Zach
ere says: "A foot should be arched, fairly
rounded. and its length proportioned to
the height Of the individual. 1t should
have delicate spring to it, as if ii did not
belong to the earth, and touched il dain-
tlly. if not disdainfully. The ankles sho' q
express tenderness; should be round and
firm, tut not too small IL have hurt the
wrist of my foot" said beautiful child.
who never misplaced a phrase, because
words were given him only as he stood in
need of them. Now this pretty phrase.
wrist OF my foot" conveys the true idea
CT an ankle. 1t should have the 6exibili-
ty of the wrist, to which it corresponds "
B6ssi says: I'VE would not omit men
tloning the erroneous impression Of those
who esteem the feet Of females beautiful
IN proportion to their smalness. The
beauty Of the feet consists in the hand
someness and neatness Of their shape. not
IN being short, or extremely small We're
1t otherwise, the feet Of the Chinese or
japanese women would be beautiful. and
those Of the VEINS de Nedici frightfui'
l suppose that the beauty of the foot
lies in Its elasticity, its grace Of curve and
outline, ard its correct proportion 10 the
rest Of the body. Says Winkemau, '.the
foot, which among the ancients. was used
as standard of measures of every nacn;-
tade--ior a given measure Of fluids was
also called by this name-was rer~ useful
to cairtoes N fixing the proportion o.
the body, and with reason. for the foot was
more Discriminate measure tlan that of
the head or face, Of which moderns make
use. The ancient artists regulated the
size of their statues by The length of the
feet, making them six tlaies the length Of
the foot"