, 1874-12-20
WOMAN.
Women's Feet and Foot-Senti.
''' u1ent.
'' Cinderella !" Only The Expression Of
a Universal Sentiment.
The Questions of yVoman's Dress
and Woman's Education.
Items Relatins to Woman, and Therefore
Of Interest to Everybody. -.


Ateas NeIAtlhS 70 It oman, anu therefore
Of Interest to Ereryb0dy,
woMEv's FEET AND FOOT sRsT1MESr.
Why should Mrs. svisshelm hold Cinderella
responsible for the foot-sentiment prevailing
among all classos OF nearly all peoples to-day 2
Tho sentiment existed before Cinderella came,
slipperless. on tho stage, and she Was only an
incidental outgrowth Of the sentiment, or wxs
introduced to s!gnalize or illustrate unusually
violent attack. Cinderella does not touch the
case the sentiment
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en 1e' 80 :., o..
ao.a4' teet "'e oA'A1oeueo "!'A o4tsu. e,sS
"eli-shaped noses. and beautiful faces We Ike
them on instinct, and re al1aya will Does sly
ono believe that Eve had largo feet: or tLat she
fai1ad in anna xro1 IN c,11 adan.a .+,ention IN
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tne cuiso VI nef 'ne'ep' o1 ~ LUG seue.@i ao. !.
per1orIty or the Wo!nan'5 foot, as tn object OF
admiration, over the mans? Be this as it may,
tha character of tho foot-eentiment vas deter-
,,;roa - !, v.-o o,r,g dov in tina history ~ ,or
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dcscenoents. anu 1a6cd In1ougn deore" anu
Perslan poetry, as it now does through ours to
SAY nothing Of China, claiming priority here rs
wal, aa in rao,rd IN comn,as and f,rnnoui,er
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ano "tl''etoo7 o1Ae' 'n'nss)'
THE EoNAss FOOT
OF romauce, Of poetry, and att, and Of day
dreams. ia q wonderful thing, While it is sur
ro,,ndad hv nratarv s,a h.o obonr II +ba en-
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caan ntu1en1 oR asAiospne1o " e@. s'Anu' ~ "e14a
well in practical ago' and stands as hfm IN our
literature aad our avery-day life as cur favorite
n,rsery-rhymes. Il is everywhere treated With
80 ,--o.tast rearoct Ehen Il !. tn ho intro-
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approaches tho CONSIDERATION with t1mldltJ and
Difference that color the language or the picture,
and TIM render or epectato1 is impressed with the
in,nortance Of the OCCASION and the sacredness
~ tha anhiect
IN ona II tho r,oaer, drauas recentry nm
dnced in Chicago. A. strikipg scene receives
waTn, cofor;nr of sentiment. not becsuse tho
1.Iv ia halffrozcn md danger ia near. but
hrcat1sa Of tho almost con,icai hesitaucy Of the
ma,, in
REMOVING urr suoEs.
T.hers n,v b. y necessity % % Tor removing the
shoes, or there NAV not be: there may be- no
re.aon for anv anoci.l anxiety nbout the feet
than .bout the hands. or ears. or face but the
neop1e Of drcss-citcIe and gallery mover think Of
1aseons r OF conditiona~noyor tolerate quibbling
when women'e foet Era concerpad. Tie power
ar npent that influepces is the idealized foot OF
won1an.-the poetry that hangs about lt,-the
reverence OF man for it.
str;vinc Tor effects that wnn}d be new or
nnvct the anthor drove one Of his telling scenes
~ snccoas m the sentimeut that cliues about q
Wonan's foot. Conscious that the Arrangement of
the scane eayored Of claptrap, ho 1nado his ven
tnra m The know1edce of tho truth that all men
;dcalj7a tha vronan'a foot and that this ideal-
ized foot is fixture in tie sentiment OF act,laI
practical life.
Chariea Raade. who writes noyel as a matter
Of busiues5.-yho aius to have tho machinery
Of his story move With an everyday clat:er and
h.nc.-Uho prides himself upon his realism.-is
AoaEAr roor-woRsH1pER,
and offer introduces his hcroines barefoot in
his most dramatic SCENES In one story, tho
shoes and stockings OF tho heroine aro torn of
nv tho rusIinr watars in tho most astonishing
nretty Girl shine upon tho reader through one Of
the most remarkable chapters Of the book. In
nnother scene OF the same story, arranged and
lichtod With trae dramatic skill the woman's
foot brings with 1t the element Of continent to
soften picture that might otherwise seem weird
and harsh. In gathering materials for this
scanc. ttc author selected. as important ele-
ments, tho old. church. inside view Common
enough: the blacksmth's forge and its fro
(com,uon enough. but a novelty in Il churcl,)
ths staiwart. humble lover, almost triumphant;
tho almost aucceasful lover distressed
and helpless (romantic and conven-
tional); and the woman's foot a. surprise
bccause of the authoritative abatement that
shifter.-an agreeable surprise bccsuBo the foot
is aIuays weloon,e). And. while NO remember
The two male fic1lres and their attitudes and all
the strange accessories of the scene, tho prom1-
ncut figure is the owner OF tho wonaans foot
CHANGING HER STOCKINGS
As there are 30 many authors with more senti-
mont. and moro imagination, and more delicacv
thau Mr. Readc, it is easy to understand that
tha vonan'e foot ia often touched With
rara GRACE in story and verso. Tno ideal