Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-28


by the way. is blessed with imaginative and
poetic reporters Of late-in writing up an account
Of the German Festival at Jones Wood, in
dulged in the following dissertation on ankles,
he evidently having studied those delicate por-
tons OF the human anatomy on that occasion:
The German ankle. a general thing, is not
beautiful. IL is short, thick. clumsy Yet to
the eye of the love sick swain il may appear
more graceful than that of the Venus de Medci.
Nevertheless, there are many kinds of ankles of
Germanic formation, and some OF them are not
at all un-ymnetrical.
The Danish ankles Is generally very good
The blood of the ses-kings i in the damAe's
veins
"Bright maiden o. Orkney,
star Of the blue sea,
I've swept DER the
To gaze upon thee"
So sAng the Befserker OF old, and he evidently
had cultivated his taste for sukles in hi' own
native land Bat. generally. the Diush ankle
is too abrupt in its descent from ihs swell OF the
calf to the delicaey OF the approach ID the loot
This gives il clumsy appearance. and pre-
vents II from being a special favorte
The ankles OF SsXony fof course We sTeak a.
ways Of female ankles Is worse than the Danish.
II is shorter. thicker and indicative OF vigor and
vgor only
Bat the Swiss ankle ia a model of beauty
Long, slim, elegant, delectabe it is something
to think and dream OF. The peasant stocking
of plaid covers it with fairy like exactness You
can see the keen muscles play beneath the fab
rio Of the covering. IL swells. not abruptly, but
gently, upward into perfect calf. Only the
Alpine roads. the rude torrent crossings the ro
nance OF Switzerland, could have produced such
an ankle IL is for picture, rather than every
day sight il is for the painter. the poet and the
philosopher It IL beautiful, delectsble. charm
ing. enchanting. II is strangely suggestive.
The ankle OF Bavaria Is also beautiful. Lean
and elegant, il however broadeus too quickly as
il approaches the foot. which is an imperfecion
not easily 10 be overlooked by the connoisseur.
Austria is worse. Her ankle has the fault of
having no taper. The calf of the leg ends a.
the foot
Hungary is the same This is probably owing
to the inhuman tyranny which has trodden over
her for years Women are compelled to pull
ploughs and canal boats. labors more meet for
cattle, steam and csloric engines, and nothing
better could be expected Of their ankles.
Prussia makes better show. but on the whole,
her ankles not good and, in dancing, she
has ludicrous custom of switching up her pet
ticoat. In order to make a special display.
The Irish ankle needs no eulogy. 1t speaks
for itself
The English Is fair. indicative of great feats Of
walking and other exercise.
The French ankle is positively bad. The
fault with the German is usually excess OF
siIe-a superiority of flesh and muscular power
but the French errs in entirely opposite direc-
ton. L, is too slim. it is long. thin. scrawny.
The ascending swell to the calf Unfortunately
lsrge) is too long and gradual and the largeness
and homeliness of the foot also detracts from the
general effect
Italv has an exquisite ankle, light. graceful,
full of elasticity. and yet with lsnguid stless-
ness which recalls the promenades OF Naples and
evening lounges round The winged lions of 81
Marks"
But perfection is only reached in the ankle oil
the Spanish girl. Ii is soft, light. luxurious and
rife with tremuiOus, nervous thrills liz descend.
20 the little foot with firm confidence, but IL
rises TO. and is slowly immersed in. the gradual
expansion Of the leg with the happiness OF illimi
table progression.
A Spanish maid was upon a hobby horse
which was flying al full speed: her dark face va.
aglow with the exercise, her little hand clutchec
the bride with tremulous eagerness. and hei
large eyes. wild with the FIRE Of the South,
were emitting more than their accustomed blaze
but the gaze of the sdmiring throng was hxed
upon her ankles, her chefest charm. az the wind
the South wind. fresh from the sea with all III,
righteousness of the tropics-gently lifted he
cruoline and that delightful, perfect, dslsctabl,
ankle suddenly exposed TO view. deep sigs
arose from the breasts of the gazers; and vher
still higher the amorous breeze elevated the COY
striped petticO2t aud the rounded, glorious cal
Of the damsel was made visible. the deep respi
ration OF the spectators was almost painful.