Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-11
York River and West Point, No. 4.

Tn thu three previous articles under this heaa
T h.ve ard ssyored to prove that York river is
not only the finest nsvigsble stream IN the olsse
If Virginia, but one OF the best IN America
That il is from one to two days sail nearer new
York than Richmond, fredericksburg, Alex
.ndris and Baltimore that the natural demand
for ouick and cheap transportation will soon
mako il the great connecting link with all the
railroads leading to the southern parts OF Vr-
pinis, North and South Carolina, Georgia, MO-
b;le Atlanta, New Orleans Texas, Memphis
and St. Louis and that as soon as the West IT.
ard Hanover JUNCTION Railroad is completed,
fwb. ch is now being surveyed by competent
CORPS of engineers) it will command the I'M
mense coal iron and timber trade OF west VIZ
ginia, and the pork trade OF Cincnnsdl, ana sne
" heat and corn of Chicago and the West gen.
orally. ..,,o nam, y
vharves and depots to accommodate the I'M
mense traffic which will come here TO seek K, an
assv and quick outlet to the ocean, the west
Pint commercial Company" was organized,
and said company has purchased o,lO acres OF
land extending from the Psmunkey to the LAT
topony, afording eight miles ot wharfage iouE
miles on each river, and the channel 80 oeep
that vessels drawing from twenty TO Wenty-nVe
feet of water can host near the shore. Inc space
for dockape is very similar and equally as good
as that which the Hudson and East rivers 1urc
| nish the city of New York. Being possessed OF
! all these superior advantage 1t IS only ques-
ton of few years before West foint' a. tne
| head of York river, Will take the ieso u Not'
folk as shipping point.
| The West Point Commercial Company are
| now offering building lots on the most reason
| able terms, and special inducements to all VINO
wish to engage in manufacturing. For snip
building. mills for manufacturing e ur OF South
| co.
ericsn markets, brick making, cotton factories,
| machine shops and the man ufscturlng OF agri-
cultural implements, West Point will soon otter
inducements equal, if not superior, to any otnef
| city in the Union. Cohhhheh'
SMALL FEET. Pretty feet arc seized upon
with avidity by the newspapers as relief from
the official stealipgs upon which they have lately
been surfeted, nor could there We'll be more
beautiful or agreeable theme upon which to
write, but, unfortunately, beautiful feet
though things of beauty, are not, like their men,
orv, i,ys forever, for with few notable excep.
tions, a few years will mar the prettest OF
them. A Boston correspondent OF the New
York Graphic says: ..,
"Sma feet are not always beautiful, and
when disproportionated to The size OF the figure
are liable to break down aud become misshapen
from the extra weight they have to sustain,
and often cause their oWneIs pain aod lncoo'
yenience. have seen nauy such. The SIZE
of the foot has but little to do with the beau
~ of it A charming lady friend OF mine, an
artist who paints most cxcellenty, has the most
beautiful feet | have ever seen, OF exquisite
shape and proportions, yet wears NO. Z
boot | need not add that she ls splendid
walker, and that she never suffers 10 any
way from her feet as SO many women do, and
can afford to smile at the No. Is and IL
misses feet of the Washington bellies
Chester, the excellent correspondent OF the
Petersburg lpdex. says: ,
"Since public attention was drawn to the
models OF what ladies feet ought TO be have
discovered the following paragraph, bearing
ou the subject, and as it will be new to the
Virginia bellies give it:
"Hhe proportions of the ideally perfect wo
man are we'll known, aod IN art very small
, foot is b!emsh, the CORRECT proporuon being
that preserved 10 the Venus OF Milo, which
must have been made from Greek model:
But the feet Of Greek women were sahdaed
when they we're not bare, and therefore, as The
casioes Of the foot Doturiousy alter Its shape
aud size, the Greek foot should not now be
: the model for American women. The foot,
for instance, of Chicago belle is built 10 Sec
tious-a bay window here, 40 extension or News
there, rink with four parors adjoining at one
end, lanyard at the other, with corn helos
scattered about 10 matchless beauty and border.
ing upon charmingy wooded slopes. This is
not the Greek foot, indeed, but is the Chicago
standard. Shall we not adopt it =