The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-27
THE HANDsOMEsT FOOT
How the Foot of Southern Lazy
Compares with That OF"
Yank ee lady.
New York Sun.


A Sun reporter dropped into
Bleecker. street shoe-store on FRIDAY
evening, and cav Mr. Charles Wolf 0
clerk. selling an exquisite pair of CATERS
to handsome girl.
"Wnat is the largest size of CATERS
that YOU ever sold to Iady?" we asked.
1.-THE largest was pair of mines -
Mr.. Wolf replied "Two sisters-and
very pretty girls they are-livo not far
from here. One wears Fights and the
other mines"
''How do their hands compare with
their feet?" was the next question.
'Their hands look as though they re-
auired gentleman kid glove, said
MI Wolf. But they were faultless in
shape, and had the sweetest pink nails
that I ever saw on hand" He smiled
us he again referred to their feet"
THE Oldest sister" he continued,
tried hard to squeeze on a pair of
Fights but without success. Finally
she gave me an order to make pair Of
mines and they really look well on her
feet. You wouldn't think they were
mines to look at them.
''Were the girls Americans?
No." Mr.. Wolf answered. They
are rosy-cheeked Irish girls.
'What is the smallest size of CATERS
sold?" we asked.
Number Ones" Mr.. Wolf respond
ed. ''They we're bought by IA married
lady living on Mcdougal street. and
they were actually little too large"
do you sell many number ones?"
More than eights," said Mr.. Wolf.
[ have been i'll the business over fifteen
years and l find that the majority of
those who wear ones are Southern and
Spanish ladies.
"What is the difference between the
foot of a Southern lady and the foot of
O Yankee woman?' we inquired.
1.-The difference is the same as the |
difference between the foot of a South
crn man and q Yankee" Mr.. Wolf re-
piled. Southern feet are narrow and
bowed i'll the middle, giving them a
very high instep. The Yankee foot
is spread at the toes, and has more |
surface. You for instance, have gem
uine Yankee foot. The difference 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 Southern foot. There is much
grace about the foot of a Yankee lady,
but it lacks the suppleness of South
ern foot. Its merits are its exquisite
shape, small heel and strength Com
pare the walk of Southern woman
with Yankee woman. The Yankee
lady has n short, springy step. The
little heel first catches the sidewalk,
and the cutters sound like the click of
a telegraph instrument. The Southern
woman walks languidIy and makes
long steps. The feet makes the differ
ence. Let a Yankee girl attempt the {
step Of Southern lady, and she would
turn her ankle. There is only one
woman in the North whose foot will }
with the Southern foot"
Name her, said the reporter.
"The Jersey woman, said Mr.. Wolf.
"1'he true Jersey woman has foot
on par with that of q Kentucky belle.
| can't imagine whore she gets it, but
OF tho Aquackenonck y
Dutch ought to have splay feet, but it c
is not So, c
Numbers OF the Aquackenonck C
Dutch married among tine French HUI 7
yuenot families of Staten Island, the I
he reporter remarked. "Isn't it posi- s
Die that the mixture of the blood may
nave something to do with the size OF i
he feet?" :
"'That's So" replied Mr.. Wolf; 81 r
lever thought of that One thing is n
ertain. | never saw q prettier foot n
han the foot of the blue-bloodcd Jersey al
Ioman. They would go into salt b
ellar. It is worth trip to Jersey just re
o look at the feet of the women" al
'How do the feet of the Jersey men N
ompare with them?"
Good Lordm exclaimed Mr.. Wolf 81
Don't talk about it. The real Jersey et
lan has got a foot like griddlc. Put ~
brick in a glove-box and it would lay al
lean over the foot OF a Jersey man. h,
there is any one man in this world 90
hose feet are uglier than that of any Il,
.her one man in this world, that man to
a Jersey man" hu
Here customer entered the store, fla
al Mr.. Wolf turned his back on the sta
porter and concentrated his power
ii mind upon new subject. m'
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