Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-13
THE HAEDsOMEsT FOOT.
How the Foot Of Southern Lady Com
pores With That Of a Yankee Lady.
New York SUM-

New YORK sum-
A SuR reporter dropped into a
Bleecker street shoe store on Friday
evening, and saw Mr.. Charles Wolf, a
clerk, selling an exquisite pair of gait
ers to handsome girl.
What is the largest size of CATERS
that you ever sold to a lady?" we
asked.
The largest was a pair of mines, "
Mr.. Wolf replied. Two sisters
and very pretty girls they are-live not
Ear from here. One wears eights and
the other mines"
How do their hands compare with
their feet?' was the next question.
Their hands looked as though
they required agentleman's kid glove, +"
said Mr. Wolf. But they were fault
less in shape, and had the sweetest
pink nails | ever saw on a hand" He
smiled as he again referred to their
feet. The oldest sister," he contin-
ued, tried hard to squeeze on a pair
of eights, but without success. Finally
she gave me an order to make a 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
were rosy checked Irish girls"
What is the smallest size of CATERS
soldY' we asked.
Number ones" Mr.. Wolf respon
ded. They were bought by married
lady living in Macdougal street, and
they were actually little too large.
DO you sell many number ones ?"
More ones than eights," said Mr..
Wolf. l 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 a Southern lady and the
foot Of a Yankee woman 2" we in
quired.
The difference is the same as the
difference between the foot of a
Southern man and a Yankee" Mr..
Wolf replied Southern feet are
narrow and bowed in the middle, Civ
ing them a very high instep. The
Yankee foot is spread at the toes, and
has more surface. You, for instance,
have genuine 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 Yankee lady. but it lacks
the suppleness of Southern foot.
Its merits are its exquisite shape,
small heel and strength. Compare
the walk of a Southern woman with a
Yankee woman. The Yankee lady
has short, springy step. The little
heel first catches the sidewalk, and
the CATERS sound like the click of a
telegraph instrument. The Southern
woman walks languidly and makes
long steps. The feet make the differ
ence. 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 will
compare with the Southern foot"
Name her, said the reporter.
The Jersey woman" said Mr..
Wolf. p" The true jersey woman has
foot on a par with that of Ken
lucky belle. | can't imagine where
she gets it, but she has it. One would
think that the descendants of the
Aquackenouck Dutch ought to have
splay feet, but it is not so. "
Numbers Of the Aquackenouck
Dutch married among the French
Huguenot families of Staten Island,
the reporter remarked. Isn't it pos
sible that the mixture of the blood
may have something to do with the
size of the feet?"
That's so, " replied Mr.. Wolf; al
never thought of that. One thing is
certain, | never saw a prettier foot
than the foot of the blue blooded Jer-
sey woman. They would 60 into a
salt-cellar. 1t is worth a trip to Jer-
sey just to look at the feet of the
women"
"How do the feet Of the Jersey
men compare with them"
Good Lord !" exclaimed Mr.. Wolf
" don't talk about it. The real Jersey
man has foot like a griddle. Put a
brick in a glove box, and it would lay
clean over the foot Of the Jersey man.
If 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 Jersey man"
Here customer entered the store,
and Mr.. Wolf turned his back upon
the reporter and concentrated his
powerful mind upon new subject.