Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-24
/ CHICAGO GIRL OF THE PERloDsI
Her Little Toes Offend Her, and she
Has Them Cut on.

Her Little Toes Offend Her, and sne 4
Has Them Cut OF.
,yea ~ Chicago Tribune, ilth. ,..s, ,esgst;
There lives on Wabash avenue, ina,house
OF. highly respectable exterior, young lady,
the pride of her mother and the Joy of her
papa. q, She is, or rather she was, in every
respect, an ATTRACTIVE graceful and accom-
plished girl; and SO Thought young Mr..
2 3 to- whom she is engaged, and who,
looking at her with the eye OF a lover, could
see, of course, no blemish in her.
Yet there acas one little defect, one small
which was said to mar the
of her otherwise perfect form
Nature had given her pair Of wonderfully
small feet, but although in length they were
All that q Chinese beausy might have adored,
thew were lust q little too broad in gropor-
ton to their size. But for this little over
SIGHT of Natures they would have been the
most ravishing pair of little feet that ever
stwinkled" beneath petticoat The young
LADY often sighed as the bootmaker took
the measure of them, and thought how she
might have dazzled the world, and her
adorer particularly, had Nature been lit
tie less liberal She adopted % variety of
expedients in order to pinch and squeeze
those rebellious little toes into proper at
titude. Like Cinderellas sister, che did
her best to crush them into the glass slip
per, but the wicked fairy always put the
screw on and punished her sorely for the
attempt. In short, her feet gave hernorest
by night or day. She was about to be mar
ried, and, in view of that event, she re-
solved to make double sacrifice.
A few months ago she visited an eminent
surgeon of this city, and made proposal
which caused the practitioner to shudder.
He at once declined to accede to her
strange request; and there the matter,
dropped for a time. More recently the
young lady renewed her proposition, ex-
pressing her firm determination to have it
carried out, and SO persistentlv did she
cling to her resolution that the Doctor was
at last prevailed upon to comply with her
wish. This was nothing less than the am
sputation of the snall toe of each foot,
Which weuld reduce the memberto size
exactly proportioned to its length. The
operation was one demanding the. incest
skill on the part of the surgeon, and few
days since was successfully performed, with
the consent of the young ladys relatives
and friends. The obnoxious toes have been
extracted Just like teeth leaving the
feet somewhat disfigured for time, but
suited. to fit into the smallest, daintiest lit
4 tie boot that can1be fashioned The young
martyr is now in bed, waiting patiently for
the wound to heal The operation has cost
her a pang. perhaps, but only think what
she has gained (what she has LOST by it !
Two small fantastic toes Many victor
has lived long, honored and happy, with
one foot in the grave. This courageous
little heroine has achieved victory which
the fashionable world will delightto honor,
and she can now walk abroad in midday
weather without I trailing her skirts ;
Doubtless she is aching for the next even
ing party, where her little foot will be ex-
hibited as triumph of art over nature
t'The young lady has boldly put into prac-
tice the scriptural precept, eli thy small
toe offend thee, cut it off,"
The two little offenders should be buried
with great pomp and ceremony in the back
yard. Peace to their ashes, and may the
corns press lightly on the survivors.