The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-31

lrfom the New lork Citixon.I
When Spanish courtier OF the olden time
undertook to pay what he supposed would be
. compliment to his Queen by referring TO
her pretty feet, he was reproved by this
answer: The Queen of Spain has no feet.
A woman Of gentle birth, of wealth or posi-
ton, vas supposed 70 consist OF head.
arms, and neck, and below that-nothing but
dress This was the law of polite society.
The lower orders might have body and or.
binary members, but lady owed the larger
part Of her person TO the milliper. Those
we're the days Of splendid, superb and i'm
posing trains. From the waist, which vas
pushed up as near TO the armpits a. possible,
the dress swept in one graceful curve, and
long, fnll, deep folds, until it drew it's vas,
ieng'h along the ground. Woman, true to
ner higher nature as developed under the fos.
tenng influence Of wealth, sacrificed her per.
son 70 her covering; she gave up her feet.
her ankles, her other charms that The m.le
sex admire, to the pleasure of outshin;no her
fellow,women in adornment Tho er
istencs OF trains forbade . thought Of
the existence Of anything beneath them.
several years ago our ladies-for here
We have no lower orders Of the
gentier sex-wore the same dress and sub,
nitteo TO the same privations. True to Amer.
ican Progress'veness, they carried the rule
even further, and permitted no legs To mon
tabless or even triAngles--the first two he;as
only allowed limbs, and the latter ada.
This state Of affairs would probably have sv
listed 70 the present day. had not fashion com .
70 the aid OF anatomy, and decreed ..loSned.
up skirts.n Fashion effected her cb.nrI =.
9eniouslys yet firmly. She first ;ntrnanaaa
- balmor1l, s-h its brilliant rcd clo,h -.
delight Of the ulne heart; then shs go, 10
0euted II till tb' ninine heart va 90. =.
10y 4 TO the rid; then abe Arr, 49, "A
and cords which the outer d..
41At Be raised, iis, little, ana the ha.n,;.
~ color and cxqhs'te trimming below a..
AIgteo. mus W. the work accomplished.
end men FOUND on that women had feet
some o. which were pretty and some not
what 70 prettier than apretty foot? What
more captivating than dear little boo, Gov
sring . high instep. and coming down neat,
over the toes, with a bevitchine 80.
dangling at the ton Of the close-lac;nr? n
nothing i aristocracy so marked AZ IN ths
pedh extremity the thin noetril. the Ions
2neers, the narrow palm. are evidences y
gentle blood, but far less so than the round
ankle, the high instep and the hollov III.
meath, through which, as the proud Ana b;sh
bred Arabs say, stream Of water ehonld (.
able 70 fov while TIE possessor il stand;nr
The dat splay foot, on the contrary, q surcl,
tells Of the want Of pedigree - i.s nissha
psu execresencss. its corns and bunions a.; !,
ovav a6ection. The horse shows the pur;t,
ef his extinction By clean limbs, neat postur,
Cd snail hoof; and the same result i no
Gesaele, more or lesa, in Ill animals. M,
0hlls IL love - readily With . ssductiye foo
- viii - attractive face b 6ads in Il ,
1Aoaanad exprsesivs novsnsats 4 it, f;rn
MNA sp1aks of > decided character; Il,
- asp denotes anger; it, elasticity .
1890 assures him Of liveliness and eoo<
1a0us; IL hasty trsad denotes impotence
- 0btls glide signifies cunning; while ID,
- 1T naEksd 1betflQ g1agastess hin u