, 1873-12-14
EDUCATED FEET,
What Gun Ne DOMo with the Tocu.s
About Feet in Gscnernl-.Shocs.

WnuH C1tu lKG DOnC WITH tLlG 4OC0AS
About Feet ia Gscnernl-~Staocs.
It is astonishing to what urea tho foot aud too1
could DO put II locosoty aroao for o full develop
lug the foot ~ vel! ~ tho hand or tho eyo-and
thore ia llo tolllug what an educated foot eau ba
n,adc to do. in the time Of Alexander, tho In
diatls wero taught to draw their bows NTH thsit
teet al well al with their hands, nd this Ia dnua
at tho present ti,ao by Rock Vedlaha Of coYlon.
Aud ueary oil nayago tribes can turn thoir toes,
nSs Se Gly y S1orxas SS e! hasras, Ss io
while they nre culningly divcrting your attou-
tlon with their hands, aro Dnsily ongaged in
committing robberios with tlcir toes, with which
thoy pclf M articles, as ar elephant would With
work ut tho loom, and weaYes with thoin With
almost as much doxterity as with his fingcrs. The
Chinese carpenter will hold tho piece Of wood ho
Is planning by Ills foot like parrot and will
tribe, who aro tho most famous cau,o-men on
tue West African cont will impcl thoit fight
CANOES ,(welshing from to 10,pounds) With
great vclocity over THO waves ana at the SAME
timo will uHo tho foot to baii out tho water oud
wien they would rost their ar1nH, ono leg la
thrown out oil other side Of tho canoe, and it is
propelled with tic foot almost IA fast a.
with pntldlo. Monsieur Ducornet,. wllo
hands, a,,d uas brought up as IN artiat. aud
actually exhibited ut the Lonvro pictures painted
by his feet. The feet Of Thomas Roberts, tho
arnlless huntanAn to Sir Hoorgo DAr;ow, voro
made to perform the tlutios Of fs hands. Alao
William Knstouc, WHO, with his toes, wrote Out
bis accounts, ahnyel auu dressed hitnsoif, aad-
died and bridicl Ills horse, threw slodge-ham-
'ncrs. aal fought battlt, in which he cano or
victorious.
Mnny axqnisitos Of both sexes claim almira-
tion for tl,oir pedal oxtromitos. but it Is the
boots aud nhobB which cover them which NO arn
callod on to admire. Their foot, II barod would
present very groat diyergencc from, tho olassi-
81 4f t,nu,, rt111v 1tnG Fook
noitner too largo nor too small, but Justly pro-
| portoned to tue hoiglt and weight it Hustains.
tho smooth Burfaco md regularly curved
| liues, tho dislinctneHa Of tho divisions ard
marked soparasonoss, and itH graduation Of sizo
and regularity Of dotail to tho very tip Of tho
| nail, are now to bo Bcon only In art In Crock
nature tloy wore found, or tho ancient sandal.
Which left tho foot unfotterod, gave freedom to
the Development Of its natural grace nnd pro-
portions. The modern boot or shoe, with tho
prevalent notion that everything must bo sacEi-
ilcod to Hmalhoso, las sqncezou tho foot into =
knotty aud Irregular lump, whero the distorted
toes arc so iuhedled in tho mass, aud lnutilatcd
by tho pressure that It IL impossible to PICK
| them out In tho individuality aud completeness
Of their orgila! foru,B. Az our climate forbida
tho sandal, and rondcrs the shoo necessary,
caro- should be taken 10 alnpt, 1t as perfectly
as possibly to tho natural conformation Of
tho foot. II should bo long an.l wide enough to
admit d free play Of tho toes; tho space betwoon
tho hoel mud too should DO firm, aud Of curve
tho samo height MS the natural arci Of the foot,
while no part of tho artificial covering Should be
so binding as to prevent tho froo action Of the
muscles, aud tho circulation Of tho blood The
French foot ia rnoagre, narrow, aud long tho
Spanish 10 email aud elegantly -thanks
to its Moorish blood corresponding with tho Cas-
lillian prido-" high In tho instop." rhe Arab
foot ID provofbial for Its high arch; ~ stream
oan run unior tho hollow Of It." The foot OF
tho Scotch il largo and thick; that Of the Irish
flat and square; the English short and aeshy.
Tho Anericau foot Is apt to DO dlBprnportionato.
ly en,nll. 4 foot, for boti, beauty and speed,
should be archod. fairly rounded, mud its longtf
proportional to the height OF tho porson. The
ankle.-espocially Of womeu-shoula be round
| aud firm, md not too small.