The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-01-17

that as We pass from the central belt of the
island. between Sixth and Lexington
! avenues, and reach the Third, Second and
First avenues on the east side, and Eighth,
4 Ninth and Tenth avenues on the west side.
the understandings" o. tbs fair sex are
somewhat more robust and substantial.
Then, sgain, as respects races, there is a re-
rnsrkable difference in type, character and
siZs of foot. Ladies' of Spanish descent have
undoubtedly the smallest and prsttiest
arched feet of any women IN the world
YET, until the marriage Of Philip V, of
Spain, with Louise Of Savoy, no ladies' were
so reluctant 70 exhibit their feet as those of
Lnsitanis's peninsula. Uniil that event We
are informed that Spanish etiquette required
that womaa's foot should never be seen.
and the very lest favor lady could grant
her stfianced lover was
TO SHOW HER FEET.
Since then shorter skirts have not
inappropristely been worn by Castilian
bellies than those OF the rest Of Europe or
America. Next in order of merit come our
Southern women. As rule their feet are not
only small but exquisitely formed. 'It doss
one good TO see a real Southern woman's
iOot!' exclaimed practical" aud cniyal-
rous Crlspin, "the instep is high and per-
fectly rounded and the toes, free from corns,
nestle together evenly as a new born
babes" New York ladies-whose grand
mothers were New Workers before them
follow next in order OF pecal beauty. Not
so small as the two preceding types, the foot
OF the Manhattan belle is charmingly and
symmetricslly formed; but slssi ridicu-
lously high heels and an unhealthy
emulation to appear with smaller feet
than nature has provided, have wrought
sad havoc with the extremiries of our wives,
sisters and sweethearts. Gotham is new one
of the most fertile districts in the world for
the production OF corns and bunions, and
here, accordingly, are the favorite hunting
grounds of chiropoGists and other grades of
the skilled or bupgling "corn doctors :"
The feet of New England women are larger
than those of New York-not that there is
more substance in the foot, but il is longer
more attenuated, land the instep, as rule, is
lower and not so we'll or smoothly arched.
English women, as a rule, have shspely
feet, but larger than anv of the American
types. This upquestionsble arises from the
large amount OF walkiBg exercise indllged
IN by the daughters of Mr.. Bull. The
daughters of Erin's Emerald Isle have
thoroughly substantial fee, with an unfor-
tunately too prevalent and abnormal
development Of the big tee Joint.
Moreover, there are more of HibeTniS's
those of any OF the types above discussed.
The lsssies of Caledonia are not by any
means renowned for small or sbapely
feet. Oittimes the sole clings to the ground
like flat-irOn, while the foot itself is long
and unsymmetrical, with low instep. 1t is
a foot, however, that can be warranted to
get over good space of terra frma without
much inconvenience from corns or other
excrescenses. German women are very
fst-footed, and their feet are, as a rule,
fieshy and clumsy. They mostly walk with
a heavy stick-to-the-ground wsddle, and
their ankles are potently substantial. 1.-THE
Teutonic female be Hebrew, these csllses-
thetic defects are very frequently intensi-
fed. II is en- extraordinary and disap-
pointing fact that the mejority of those en-
chanting daughters of Israel,
"Who walk in beauty, like the night
Ofcloudless climes and starry SKIES"
should so frequently possess long, un-
shapely, awkward feet.