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

BEAUTY, AND ITS ABUSE BY 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
OF our fair sisters in the beautiful and useful
form the Creator made them. Each trotter
has twenty six bones, most wisely and admir-
ably fitted tn each other! They form a strong
and elastic base. They support the body, how
ever heaNS IL may be, and bear it easily on its
Monted way. These many bones vary in size
IN dlherent persons, but always. il treated
larry Il, retain their natural form and relations
10 each other, Wonderful to say, they are
more beautiful and delicate in the females of
our race, as Ii they We're intended to be OBJ
lectS OF admiration. We rarely see them, un-
less IL De In the mazes OF the dance and Then
they are covered. So We must say, that The
normal female human foot makes a right an Gle
with the body, nat and curved upon Its upper
narroweSt behind. The number and beauty of
its curves are wonderful 1t has no straight
line, unless made by art.
The lnStep has an arch of seven bones. the
number of perfection. These support and pro
Il ct all the adjacent parts from compression
and displacement. Attached by ligamentS to
the larger bones of the leg, or tibia, of this
lower llmb IS the aStralaguS. So this tihia and
aStralagus form the ankle joint. 81 useful in
shaking the light fantastic toe" Below this
Is me heel bone, that not only supports the
b dy but aids in raising il as The cultivated
foot moves quietly along. Too many ladies do
no move these lower limbs with grace They
initiate the Indians of our pains and forests.
they expected TO meet obstacles I'm their walks,
Projecting the feet slightly outward lends grace
and beauty to the lower limbs Some Of The
lower races, II not all are marked by longer
heel, natter 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 TO rear. This arch, or
no low OF the foot. has been long admired by
all men of thought and science. Its elias icity
gives ease and comfort to the spinal column
and all its dependent parts.
In The normal state OF woman, 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 "of
the hum n form divine" is totally di>rpgarded.
Uniting shoes change their course. They dis
+ de upon each other.
No part OF the human body, unless 1t be the
en- ST, Is so much abused as those on which II
SIS. A compressed and cOntr lcted chest in
VT disease and death. A compressed and
CO ntracted foot invites cornS and bunI0nS
heIlngS and pains. Let the toes be free to
move easily among themselves, and let their
common covering be so large that they NAV
rrtain the form, direction. and beauty Nature
gave them. High EeelS should be as Indicative
O. low HE as long ones are. Small feet even
n Indicate the SmallneSS of the mind. Let
the arch SO wisely made be allowed TO retain
Its beneficial elasticity. A compress >ed wais.
and contrac ed feet form a pitiabie illustration
OF human folly
The beautiful arch of the human foot is flay
lie and vie ding, So as to adapt its form to ia
equalltleS OF surface, and so elastic as to re-
We the BRAIN from shocks in the ordinary
walks 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
laborl"us. The results are fatigue, nervous
an arched foot mark of beauty and intelli-
gence They consider that female a 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
footed race is always An inferior one Preserve
the feet i'll al their curves and beauty.