The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-26
Tho Feminihs Foot.

There is no doubt that the foot plays
most important part in social lite: often
wlelds an Influence over destiny. We are
speaking now strictly of the feminine foot.
upon which 80 much time, labor and ex
pense are lavished. In dancing It becomes
vocal and expresses . whole language of
sentiment used to- emphasize emotion. It
gesticulatcs with startling force, and a
lover who hesitates to annsunce his de-
votion can be brought to an Immediate
avowal by the transltory, but maddeninp
glimpse of dainty fHot, tencased in pink.
silk-embroldered hose, aud Mignon sliDpers
thrust distractingly forward.
A story is on foot of courtier who drank
his lady-love's health In shoe he had
stolen from her, and at this day it is a prac.
tice with the young bloods who ape the
manners of the French regime to have the
foot OF their favoite cast In marble or
bronze and use it for paper weight.
There are no people in the world 80 ex-
acting IN the matter Of feetas actresses, AMI
1t is largely true of them they do not have
patrician feet, but they have artists for
shoemakers, and by dlnt of pinchiag and
compresslng, wearing patent heel and
zoe bands, having the heel under the mid.
dle OF the foot and the .ength Of the upper
s.AoAeSASN ~ sAo ptItClcu lluCS anu other
devices, small, symmetrical foot is secured.
IL happens, however, with some Of our best
actresses, that they can only endure the
pain without fsintlng during a single scene.
when their stage dresser removes the shoe
and restores outraged nature. So much
can be done by deluslon that No. s loot
will not appear larger than No. Q behind
tho footlights. The doctors who treat
spinal and brain diseases can tell the rest
of the story. s's
Beautiful feet require fine adorninps.
There are boots sold in New York City tor
$lZ6 pair. They arc imported from
Paris, and the cloth is a mixture of gold
or silver thread and silk. They are lined
with the finest kid, and the buttons are
gems: They are usually purchased
by those who "toil not, neither do
they spin, and silk stockings worth $76
pair are worn with them. A pair of boots
made for Annie Louise Cary, to wear in
opera, are Of light blue satin soft and thick.
with blue silk lacings, tied with lovely
tasscls, lined with brilliant. cardinal kid,
and banded horizontally, with inch wide
ribbons of gold braid. The feet may well
be handsome now, for there is everything
to make them 80. Innumerable shops
filled with the finest goods, fancy silk and
fancy boots and slippers; operatives, walk,
ing ties, patent leather and kid shoes:
lemon -oolored, old gold, lavender aud Ori-
entail satins, heels four inches high, and in
steps that form royal arch, aud q faithful
pcdicurc, who steps to the front with his
salves and Instruments when nature be-
comes oDstrepcrous. iSHgB.t 10
After all, it is the willing feet, the help
ing feet, the feet that arc swiftlto do er-
rands OF mcrcy-the ,''bcauteous feet"
climbing the hill Of Zion, or Of difficulty,
that are the most value In the world. There
are feet for whose step loving hearts watch
and wait, and when they come It Is like the
coming of sweet, glad music, There urc
heavy feet borne down by sorrow that drag
listlessly along, and there arc feet That rest
from their labOrs. 4" .''' .'.-t''l Ht