Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-10-25
Tue Handscmest Foot.
How ,he Foot ora Soathsrn Lady Com.
mares with that or a Yankee Lady.

A Sun reporter dropped into Bleecker
street shoe store on Frisisy evening, and sa"
( Mr. Chas Wuli,A clerk. selling an exquisite
nair of caiiers ~ bar some girl.
..What j. ;Ac largest size OF gaiters thar
you ever solI tD \ laiy - VIC asked.
"rao laFges. was pair Of niaes, Mr..
Wolf repiie. Two sisters, and very pretty
:.irl. shov a5,. live not lar fro-a befe. One
wears cicht> and ,he otler nincs
"Huw d. tipir bands compare with their
feet ?" was H. next question.
"Their hands looked as though they required
centleman's Hid glove" said Nj. Wolf.
But ,hey were fauliless in shape. aus hal me
sweetest pink nails that ever saw on a hand.
lie smil.a rs he acain referred & theiF leet.
The olde., sister" he coutaise.i, tried hard
TO squeeze ca a pair OF eistls, ba' wishoGt
succrss. FINALLY she gave me a" "rier 10
make pair of mines, aud 'hey really looked
well on her feet. lrn wpnltlnt tAiak they
were ni4rs TO look a. them.
"Wer. Tho suls AwericanS
NO" Mr. Wplf answered "they were To-
sy-checke,l Irish .irls."
.What is lae smallest size OF gailers sold :
"Yn,h6.s oncs." Mr. Wolf responded =
"They were hoayh, by married lady living
IN Macdoucs,l street, anl they weIe actually "a
i,,e tom large.
DO Won sell cisoy number ones
",iore ones than t.sbts." said Dir. Noll.--
Il have leen in the business over 10 years,
aud iad thai ihe maiprity o' tr"se "a1 wear
o.,.s are : ,-il,sl ,n. SpAnisa laa.rs.
What siae c,ncra4ce i.-i~ zen tn ioos o.
4 Southorn lsa, aaG he d.. u = lauhro So-
man p We iclofi.
Tho diTr st arc as tho tii.erenco
ho,v-a.. 49, ,'s'hcfn mfn end
Y.u,.- 80 49,. ,. .i 'Son.-era Tee,
are narrow. .sa .rw,d 10 the middle, giving
q ,t. ~ hlge lep The Yankee loot Is
spreaa o, the toes, suG Has fao.e surface
I You. e., irstarc, have eouuiur lNukce loot.
The distance from hnuioa to huniou--! eeg
pardon. fror. ;ae ia, of ds ~ ~ 20 trr
/ i inl Of the lit,lc tne--is much greater than
that or a Southern foot. There "a much grace
about tie loot oI Yankee lady. but u backs
the supplcncss II Southern foot. lis ineri''
are its exquisite shape. small heel. strength.
/ Compafe the walk OF Southern woman With
Yankee woman. The Yankee lady has
short. suriuey step. The itle heel lirss catches
the Sidewalk, aod the sliiers sound like tho
click of a telegraph Instrument. The SOUTH
ern wo,naa wallis laoguldly. aud makes long
sieps. The feet make The Difference. Let n
/ Yankee Girl attempt The step OF n Southern
/ lady and she would turn her ankle. There
/ is only one woman In the North whose ioos
will compare with tie Southern foot
Name het," said the reporter.
4" The jersy Somsb," said KS. Wolf. Tho
t,ne Jersey woman has a !oot on a,bar with that
ola Kentucky belle cant imagine where she
get. il. tut she has IT, One would tbink that
the descendants Of the AqnacSenonck Dutch
ought TO have splay feet. but II IL not so
Numbers oi the Aqusckcnonek Daseh
married amorg the French iluercEoi families
of Staten Island" ,lo reporter remarked. -
Isn't It possible ,La, ihe mixture Of tho
blood msy have something to DO with TIC sze
Of the feet y
thought OF hat. One thing Is certain. l
never saw preliier foot than The foot 81 toe
blue-bloodcd Jersey woman They wonld 20
into salt cellar. LIS worth u nip " Jersey
lust 10 look at the feet Of the women.
How do the feet Of the jersey mcn compare
with ihem?'
Good Lord !" exclaimed Mr. WOLF. Don't
talk about it. The real Jersey man has foot
Hse riddle. pnt brick in a glove boS,
and it would lay clean over the foot Of Jer-
sey man. n there j. aoy one man 10 ihis
world whose foot il uelier ihan that Of any
other man in this world, that man IS jersey
man"
Here a acrstomer entered the store, and Dir.
Wolf turned bis back upon tie reporter and
concentrated his powerful mind upon d NC"
subject.