Richland beacon., 1873-06-21
Tight Boots.
Did YOU ever wear any?


If You have not been the happy propri-
etor of ANYTHING of the kind. 90 at once
and secure "A pair of these leather agonlZ-
erS and wear them half an hour, that You
NAV understand to what depth OF suffering
human being may be driven, and Stlll
| live. >,
Everybody is ambitious to have small
feet-whv. il would be difficult to tell. 1t
is one of those indisputfble facts which 1t
is impossible to explain.
Iou 90 into Il shop to be fitted. The
clerk is all attention he knows his bu,l-
ness: he knows just what y.u want. rX-
actly-madc TO order for IA very wealthy
and particular party. but it was misiit,
and would not do. Splendid stock best
i'm the market none liaeit 10 be had
now for any price sell ii for less than
cost!
Strange what numbers of insists one
comes across.
OfcourSc. Won tell him that you wear a
/ size smaller Than you really do. That l.
understood. He knows you will; and 1t
/ is hi, province to encourage youln the De
! lief that your feet are smaller than TIE aV-
craze.
You tell him you wear threeS. He
/ knows better: but il is not his business To
I
You try TO squetZc your foot into it; but
| il won't 90. You grow hot and mortified /:
| but he blandly assures you that little tie
rcndence can be put in numbers. This
i very small three and a-half -rery-
not larger than two and a-haif Is "cner-
ally.
Then you begin 10 feel that you may
venture on something Il trifle larger. He
vives YOU Il four. With Il great deal of
! squeezing your foot goes about half way
| in. The heel sticks. You rise AMI stamp.
! Then the clerk rubS the leather and coaXes
il gently. and you stamp again. and the
thing is done the boot is on, IL fits
YOU like the skin Of Il potato fits the pOta-
to, and your foot is adorned with about
aS manv punches - can be found OF Il
fair sized vegetable of the Kind men,
toned.
You feel rs ifvour foot had turned into
Il block-a .ood sized one, too-and it l.
momcntarily growing bigger. Your am
klcS Jingle as if there was Il nest of striped
tailed Wa>ps Opcr;.tin. in that direction :;
and the cold shudderS run up and down
your spine.
But no matter. Ii is the fashion TO have
small feet. and tight boots are the agent
1t is agony 10 bear that unrrlcnting press
ure on your toes but never mind your
foot look, SO 9cntecl, You guess you
can live through ii. and it will stretch
with wearing, and you'll get Il thinner pair
OF stockings.
And soft happens that through great
tribulations, cornS and bunionS are born
on your toes. and you wear pla>tcr>. and
you soak with hot water, and you cut
and carve with dull raZorS. and YOU try
cranberrics, and lemon, and sOft-Soap-
and the corn, as tenacious as POe'S raven,
is still there.
Then. indeed, does the world lose its
charm-lfe is heavineSS, and 1.-THE
gras>hopper is bu dem"
Your temper sours, and your nerves are
unstrung. and you are peeviSh and cross
andifyOu are Il woman you scOld your chill
dren and kick the poodle and if you are
IA man you slam the doors and curse the
boot-makcr.
Curse, rather. your own pride; for, of
all the weaknesses to viii h human MI
ture is subject, there is nothing more con-
temptibly silly than Furnishing ones self
to the verge of lunacy with tight boots.
Imagine Washington taking leave of
the army in tight boots.
Imagine st. Paul giving forth hispre-
cepts in tight boots Kate Thorn, IN
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