Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-01
The Human Foot.
ITS BEAUTY, AND ITS ABUSE BY SILLY FASH
IONS.

ITS BEAUTY, AND ITS ABUSE BY SILLY FASH
IONS.
An exchange sayS:-No part OF the human
body contributes so literally to its locomotive
powers as the feet How rarely We see the feet
oil our lair sisters in the beautiful and useful
form the Creator made them. Each trotteI
mas twenty six bones, most wisely and admir-.
ably fitted To each otheri They form strong
and elastic base. They support the body, how
ever heavy ii may be, and bear it easily on its
Wonted way. These many bones vary in size
In dlnerent persons, but always, il treated
larry, retain their natural form and relations
10 each Other; Wonderful 10 say, they are
more beautiful and delicate in the females Of
our race, as il they We're intended To be OBJ
lectS OF admiration. We rarely see them nm
less II be in the maZes OF the dance, and then
they are covered So We must saw, that The
normal female human foot makes right an I'll
with the body, fiat and curved upon Its upper
surface, concave and wisely arched below aud
narroWeSt behind The number and beauty of
its curves are wonderful. Ii has no straight
line. unless made by art.
The instep has an arch of seven bones the
number of perfection. These support and pro-
hct al the adjacent parts from compression
and displacement Attached by ligamentS to
the larger bones of the leg, or tbia, of this
lower limb is the astralaguS. So this tibia and
shaking the light fantastic toe" Below this
Is the heel bone, that not only supports the
dy but aids in raising il as The cultivated
loot moves quietly along, Too many ladies do
no move these lower limbs with grace. They
initiate the Indians of our pains and forests
and throw their feet straight forward as in
they expected TO meet obstacles In their walks.
PROJECTING the feet Slightly outward lends grace
and beauty to the lower limbs Some of the
lower races, If not all, are marked by a longer
heel, Halter cali and STRAIGHTFORWARD move
ment of the feet. Grace of motion charms the
eye hardly less than the grace of Character a.
tracts the soul.
In front of the astragaluS are a second row
OF hne bones: They form the arch from side
to side, and from front 10 rear. This arch, or
no low OF the foot, has been long admired by
all men of thought and science Its elias icify
gives ease and comfort to the spinal column
and all its dependent parts.
In The normal state of wOmln the second
toe of each foot is the longest OF the total row.
But in civilized communities, the length, direc-
{ on, and comfort of this leading member s'of
the huma N form divine" is totally diSrpgarded
limiting shoes change their course Tney dis
place the bones and compel the several toes to
de upon each other.
No part of the human body unless II he the
Oh st, Is so much abused as those on which II
SITS. A compressed and contr ucted chest in
VII disease and death. A compressed and
GO ntracted foot invites eornS and bunlonS.
$ fleIings and pains. Let the toes be free 10
move easily among themselves, and let their
common covering be so large that they NAV
r-tHln the form, direction, and beauty Nature
gave them High EeelS should be as Indicative
O. low life as long ones are. Small feet even
n W indicate the smallnesS OF the mind Let
the arch SO wisely made be allowed To retain
its beneficial elasticity. compress >ed waiS'
ana contrac cd 1eet form pltiabie illustration
of human folly.
The beautiful arch Of the human foot is fleN
l le ana VI ding SD as To adapt its form To in
equatieS of surface, and so elastic as f. re
l. We the BRAIN from shocks in the ordinary
walk of life.
he heel was made to be the chief basis of
support. The toes were made to steady the
action OF the foot. If the balancing of the
BODY is changed, the whole body suffers The
feet are distorted, the limbs are unSteadily
supported, the trunk is thrown into an abnor
NAL position, the spine is very often harmed
The Whole process of walking is unnecessarily
labori"us. The results are fatigue, nervous
an arched foot a mark of beauty and inteIIi.
gence. They consider that female slave
under whose foot the water cannot flow. In
some degenerae races the mental powers
keep pace with the arching of the foot A fat
t0oied race is always an inferior one Preserve
the feet i'll al their curves and beauty.