The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-12
THE HANDsOMEsT FOOT.
How the Foot Of a Southern Lady Com
pares With That Of Yankee Lady.
New York SUM-

"a Sun reporter dropped into Blocker
street shoe store on Friday evening, and saw
Mr. Charles Wolf, q clerk, selling an exquisite
pair 81 Cutters to handsome girl.
What ID the largest size Of CATERS that
you ever sold to q lady?' we asked.
The largest was pair OF mines" Mr.. Wolf
replied. 1.-Two sisters-and very pretty girls
they are-liye not far from here. One wears
Fights and the other Mines"
How do their hands compare with their
feet9" was the next question.
Their hands looked as though they re-
CURED q gentleman's kid glove said Mr.:
Wolf. "But they were faultless IN shape, and
had the sweetest pink nails that ever saw On
q hand" He smiled as he again referred to
their feet. The oldest sister," he continued,
tried hard to squeeze on q pair OF Fights, but
without success. Finally she gave me an or
der to make q pair OF mines, and they really
look well on her feet, You wouldn't think
they were Mines to look at then"
"Were the girls Americana"
NO.. Mr., Wolf answered, "they are rosy
checked Irish girls"
'sWhat Is the smallest size OF CATERS sold?"
aNumber ones" MT. Wolf responded. aThey
were bought by o married lady living in Mac
dougal street, and they were actuallya little
too large"
'.Do You sell many number ones"
more ones than eights," said Mr.. Wolf. /
have been In the business over fifteen years,
and find that the majority OF those who
wear ones are Southern and Spanish ladies"
What Is the difference between the foot
Of Southern lady and the foot Of q Yankee
womanY we inquired
1.-THE difference is the same as the differ
enee between the foot of Southern man and
O Yankee" Mr. Wolf replied. Southern feet
are narrow and bowed In the middle, giving
them very high instep;; The Yankee foot Il Is
You, for instance, have q genuine Yankee
foot. The difference from bunlon to bunion-
beg pardon, from the joint OF the big toe to
the joint of the little toe--is much greater
grace about the foot Of Yankee lady, but II
lacks the suppleness Of the Southern foot. Its
merits are It's exquisite shape, small heel and
strength. Compare the walk OF q Southern
woman with q Yankee woman The Yankee
heel first catches the sidewalk, and the gait
ers sound like the click OF q telegraph instru-
ment. The Southern woman walks languidly
and makes long steps, The feet make the
difference; Let q Yankee girl attempt the
her ankle. There Is only one woman In the
North whose foot will compare with the
Southern foot"
"Name her, said the reporter.
1.-THE Jersey woman" said MIR. Wolf. 1.-The
true Jersey woman has q foot on par with
that Of Kentucky belle. can't ina CINE
where she gets 1t, but she has 1t. One would
think that the descendants OF the Aquacke-
nonck Dutch ought to have splay feet. but 1t
Is not So"
Numbers of the Aquackenonck Dutch mar
ried among the French Huguenot families OF
Staten Island" the reporter remarked. isn't
1t possible that the mixture OF the blood may
have something to do with the size Of the
feet?".
ssThat's so," replied Mr.. Wolf, 81 never
thought OF that. One thingis certain, never
saw o prettier foot than the foot Of the blue
blooded Jersey woman. They would go into
a salt cellar. It Is worth trip to Jersey just
to look at the feet OF the women"
How do the feet Of the Jersey men COM
pare with them2"
.Good Lord!' exclaimed Mr.. Wolf. Don't
talk about 1t. The real Jersey man has foot
like griddIe. Put brick in glove-box,
and It would lay clean over the foot OF the
Jersey man. III there is any one man In this
world whose foot Is uglier than that OF any
other one man in this world that man is q
Jersey man."
Here customer entered the store, and Mr..
Wolf turned his back upon the reporter and
concentrated his powerful mind upon new
subject.