Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-09
THE HANDsOMEsT FOoT.
How the Foot of a Southern Lady
Campares with that ofa
Yankee Lady.

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, "a Blocker street shoe store Fri
day evening, and saw Mr.. Chas.
! Wolf, a clerk, selling an equisite
pair of CATERS to a handsome girl.
"What is the largest size of
CATERS that you ever sold a la
fdyw he asked.
HThe largest was a pair of
nines," Mr.. Wolf replied. "Two
sisters = and very pretty girls
they are-liye not far from here.
One wears eights and the other
mines"
'sThe hands looked as though
they required a gentleman's Kid
Iglove," said Mr.. Wolf. ''But
they were faultless in shape, and
had the sweetest pink nails l ev-
er saw on a hand" He smiled
as he again referred to their
feet. "1he oldest sister," he
continued, "tried hard to squeeze
on pair of eights, but without
success. Finally she gave me-
an order to make her pair of
mines, and they really looked
well on her feet. You wouldn't
think they were mines to look at
them ?"
Were the girls Americansy'
! "No," Mr.. Wolf answered.
"They are rosy checked Irish
girls"
"What is the smallest size Of
gaiters sold?" we asked.
Number ones," Mr.. Wolf re-
sponded. ''They were bought
by a married lady living in Mac
dougal street, and they were act
ually a little too large"
"Do you sell many number
ones?"
"More ones than eights," I" said
Mr.. Wolf. 81 have been in the I
business over fifteen years, and
Ifind that the majority of those
who wear ones are Southern and
Spanish ladies'"
"What is the difference be-
tween the foot of Southern la-
dy and the foot of a Yankee wo-
manw We inquired. 2
"The difference is the same as
the difference between the foot
of a Southern man and Yam
kee," Mr.. Wolf replied.
'ESouthern feet are narrow, and I,
bowed in the middle, giving
them very high instep. The
Yankee foot is spread at the
toes, and have more surface.
You, for instance, have a genuine I
Yankee foot. The distance from
bunion to bunion-I beg pardon, /,
from the joint of the big toe to the
joint of the little toe-is much
greater than that of the South
en foot. There is much grace
about the foot Of a Yankee la /
dy, but it lacks the suppleness of S
Southern foot. It's merits are ,
its exquisite shape, small heel and (,
strength. Compare the walk of !
a Southern woman with a Yam !
kee woman. The Yankee lady :
has a short, springy step. The |
little heel first catches the side /,
walk, and the CATERS sound like :
the click of a telegraph instru- 7
ment. The Southern lady walks !
languidly, and makes long steps. +
The feet make the difference. I
Let a Yankee girl attempt the
step of a Southern lady, and she
would turn her ankle. There is '
only one woman in the North '
whose foot viii compare with t
the Southern foot" a
''Name her.. said the reporter. c
rThe Jersey woman" said a
Mr., Wolf. ''The true Jersey wo- /
man has a foot ON a par with
that of a Kentucky belle. /
can't imagine where she gets it, g
but has it. One would think Q
that the descendants of the A t
quackepock Dutch ought to !
have splay feet, but it is not So fe
aNumbei's of the Aquacke- t
mock Dutch married among the
Huguenot families" the reporter
remarked. "1s it not possible t
that the mixture of blood may a
have something to do with the e
size of the foot?'' t
"That' 5 so" replied Mr.. Wolf; ?
81 never thought of that. One q
thing is certain. / never saw a $
prettier foot than the foot of
the blue-blooded Jersey woman. !
They would go into a salt cellar. 4
It's worth a trip to Jersey just 4
to look at the foot of the wo- !
men" ~ i's sl.' ~ !,
GLOW do the feet of the Jer- !
sey men compare with them?' I
"Good Lordp' exclaimed Mr.. !
Wolf. "Don't talk about it. The !,
real Jersey man has a foot like a !,
griddIe. Put a brick in a glove
box, and it would lay clean over
the foot of Jersey man. If "a
there is any one in the world p
whose foot is ugIier than that of c
any other one in the world, that a
man is a Jersey man." +
Here customer entered the c
store, and Mr.. Wolf turned his j
back upon the reporter, and con- 8