American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-11-16
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EBhvY @ETops FOR He LADIG=
Nlntei IS coming, and We desire
to say a word or two to our lady
readers about clothing the feet.
J, Alternately said /: "To insure con.
tinued health and a ripe old age,
keep the head cool. the system open,
and the feet warm"
Dry feet are warm feet generally,
if the system is healthy. To keep
the system healthy, the circulation
must be good. The circulation is not
good without exercise, and exercise
can only be really valuable when
gotten up by walking. Ridingin a
carriage is no exercise at all; it is
merely inhaling the air. This is very
well as far as it goes, but the lungs
are not in full PLAY unless the indi,
vidual is walking. Horseback eXei'-
else is very good, and is an improve
ment on carriage riding, but it is not
the kind OF health-creating play of
muscles that nature demands. 1t is
action action Of the entire body /;
and walking only will procure it..
Now, the ladies Of Europe, particu-
llrly those of England, understand
this thing. They walk miles per
day, and if any Of our pale beauties
desire TO know how the English keep
mp their fine color, clear complexion
and superb busts, we say that it is
out door exercise, walking. in the
open air, filling the lungs with pure
oxygen by rapid movement on Il
sharp November day, when the sun
shines brightly and a clear blue sky
is above. This is the secret of the
rich blood of the English women and
their almost universally fine looks
and matronly beauty at fifty, when
at that age our American women are
pale, sall0w and Wrinkled.
To enjoy walk tnick soles are
needed. Stout, well fitting, calf skin
high CATERS. neatly laced, will al
ways "set off" pretty foot, and
improve a homely one. To guard
that sensitive po ton of the human
frame (for the sole of the foot is keen
~ sensitive of the changes from heat
to cold, or dryness to dampnesS,) the
boot soul should I've thick and as well
made as human ingenuity can do it.
Then in moist weather, or in q railt
storm, the foot may be protected
that being insured, all is well with
the lady.
Ladies', walk more take long
walks; get tired, no matter how
tirpd-tired muscles, in any well
woman eighteen to torty-eight, only
prove that they need to he used
tiabby muscles prove that action is
wanted, and such muscles also prove
that the Sysh'm lacks tone. They
are like a violin with the keys loose;
the strings are without vibration,
and the instrument is dead. Buy |
the best of cali half boots, ladies t;
exercise in them till you are well
enough to 90 out, well clad IN all
weather. Wear no rub 'ers, If you
can avoid it. They are bad for the
teet. If You need to paddle in the
slush and soft snow of spriug, put
on ruhberS, for the feet must be kept |
warm and dry, but use them as little
as possible. Wear, when out OF
doors, soled shoes take all the eX-
ercise you can by walking, and You
will be in your old age a fine looking
as You are now and, moreover, the
next generation will be as proud of
YOU as the Young fry of old England
are of their stately mothers. We
have seen in HYDE park, London, on
A fair day, hundreds of grandmoth-
Frs, fresh and nearly hal dsome; aud
scores of mothers with marriagfable
which, had we been in the
line, we should hardly |
have known which to have popped
the question to, so dazzling was the
real beauty and youth of both. Our
American ladies can possess these
and carry them into the age
lf threescore, if they will walk more
IN the open air, and inhale daily the
health. giving properties which can
be obtained III wearing ont couple
If pairs of tip top ten dollar CATERS
ser year. We hold that one ten dol
ar pair OF wa king shoes will save
wenty doctors visits ut five dollars
zach. Take your choice, ladies.