Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-10
III, Moral Elfrct oil Rsoi,.

a writer in cas- u hagas,Es goss.ps abOu,
''lSad Boots
very different from that OF SEt other garm- mt.
rnsn msy have 2 shocking bad m. bu' ne
forcers n; his cost NAV ha threadhNrs. huT MS
mInc l. Rot direct towards 4, BAT We defy
man 10 stand upright IL pa,- 81 bluchrrs
win worn dowr heels. snd We believe fnNt d
~ Iust a. difficult % feei morally uprghI IA
tsem. A sense az neanness pos ~~sses him. h
ietis that tNeTN b,dN ls LctlOing them he car
not look people straight IN the face and feel
upon the square with Them. lie feels the
Weakness Of his fc1ndation, and he mistrustS
tie character OF rEe Superstru cture thai they
support, howeve. imposing in other respects.
A man shabby an the boots sometimes fAstsrs
himself thai he CarrIes OF attention from them
by the use OF n splsncid neck tie: hut this - =
c-luslon and n snsre. The boots are thA KEY
Il The pcsiitCn, and we feel sure thai no man
oughtto undertake any serious matter unless
be stands M IN good SQUAD pair Of boots
"A celebrated Psychologist has said that n
human actions could be searched Into. n would
he found that the intestines IL Que man often
Influence the drsnnies Of another. Doubtless
thiS Is q profound remark, but n appiies 20 up-
per aEd Lefhsr sCles we'll a. 10 digaSf.or
BY WAY OF argument, imagine the final charge
81 the Guards Al Waterloo made m bad boois.
IL would have been = n very We'll Tor the greaf
Duke 10 have SAID. TIP. Guards. AMI 81 en-
hut could they have gSt al them And n they
had failed, and We hsd lost Waterloo. whist
next and LoNt' But. bSdinaCe apart. 10 one
Will feel inclined, We suppose. 10 deny the in-
nuencs Of the mind upon the body. ana vice
versa. When boots are "a pelessly gone shame
seems TO have departed also. What terribly
bad boots We see crossing ~ eepers following
their profession IN. But these are put
on sometimes To excite pity. We feel this. aud
the effect Is lost upon Us. But A. there a more
pIteous sight Than poor beggar with q not on
one foot and a shoe on the other A man
brought 10 this point OF degradation must be
demoralized beyond the hope of recovery.
With women the moral inf ueuce OF bad boots
n not so greas as with men. fOI the reason that
they Contriye not 10 show them: bat the physi-
cal influence Is far more serious. The writer.
speaking from a long experience in the practice
of diSpen sary. where the poor manly supply.
safely say that not 1.-THE 81 TINS class pos
sess sound boots. Hidden under the petticOa;s.
they are allowed 10 wear sometimes until the
feet are just upon the e. ound, and the wearer's
stockings are from morning 10 night. in Wet
weather, IL a state of sop.
This may seem a minor evil but az Is Just
the one that causes half the disease among poor
women. W hose constitutions render them TAR
less able 10 bear exposure Of this kind than the
oJher SIX There are clubs and benefit societies
of all kinds, but we cannot fancy an institution
that would do more immediate aud lasting good
than a Good Boots Club for the benefit OF
women. We NAV ascend higher IN the social
scale, and find the same evil prevailing. Many
poor gOveTnesses and servants are shOckingly
shod. Ii Is Just the weak point in their dress
whiIh they can hide, and they invariably do
n. whereas II lies al the foundation of their
health ana that OF their children. and II should
claim their first attention. We laugh At the
clatterIng wooden sabots Of the French and
German wOI king Glasses; but in comparison
with the f!mSg, Ill-made foot coverings our
own poor indulge ia, they are more healthy
and lasting. But fashion, even with the very
poor, II far more powerful, We tear, than cOn-
sideTaiIons Of health OF service"