Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-06-04
High Heeled shoes.

A reporter, crossing the Fulton Ferry
some DAYS ago, was made an unwilling
listener to some feminine condolences
on backache. As all women and the
greater part Of their men folks are
directly or indirectly interested in the
subiect. the reporter visited man of
science who was named by one of the
Young ladies as having cured her
trouble.
"Oh. yes," said the doctor, "backache is
very common among women; more than
two-thirds of them suffer from it. But
there is one kind of this trouble, caused
by prevailing fashion, which women
ought not to allow themselves to suffer
FROM"
"Are you specialist for fashionable
backache?'
The Doctor laughed. II will tell you
ALI about it," said he: Three years ago
a fashionable young lady called upon
me. saving that her back was very lame
and had. been so for considerable time;
the pain had lately so greatly increased
that she had become frightened about
herself. She had been obliged to shorten
her prOmenades, so she said, was
almost incapable of dancing and her life
was gradually becoming burden. She
had tried everything and taken medi-
cine all the time, but-and then she
broke down in such a way that L began
to suspect hysteria.
sShe looked tired, and her face bore
An expression of pain and dependency
which was not compatible with her
vears-she was about 23-nOr her eyiden-
ces of constitutional force, witch judged
tn he strong. | confess | was at loss
tn account for her trouble, and close
questioning gave me no indication for
treatment. / at last prescribed a tonic
ON general principles-and asked her to
cali in about a week. When she appear
cd again. a glance sufficed to show that
she was no better, and / was much puz-
zled as saw her walk up and down the
office i'm nervous excitement, exclaiming
that she would never get we'll, she knew
she wouldn't, etc. As looked, certain
naculiarity in her walk led me to think
that there might be some spinal trouble,
and T commenced a crOss-examinatiOn
which Abe brought to sudden close by
saving. sWhy Doctor, several of my
friends are suffering just as l am, but
thew are not vet so worn out with the
main. we cannot all have spinal COM
plants, can WEI?
Il Thought it impossible, OF course
continued the Doctor. "and the interview
ended by me asking her to call again, on
the next day and bring one OF her
friends with her, whenI would make
another effort to discover the real cause
of the trouble. / had in fact, made up
my mind that some popularity In dress
was at the root of the difficulty. The
ladies called, and had hardly traversed
the Office before | observed in patient
No. 2 the same idiOcyncrasy in
walking that had seen
in the first patient. was not
long i'm discovering that the real Difficult.
ty lay in the high and tapering heels Of
my patients CATERS Closer examina
ton revealed the fact that there was q
difference in the height of the boot heel:
of the two ladies, and L found that my
first patient, who was the greater suffer
er. was one whose CATERS possessed TIT
highest heels. There was nothing Il
do but to prescribe slippers and wOolel
stockings for week, to be followed b,
the wearing of shoes having low, broa'
HEELS"
wAll signs of lameness disappeared
within eleven days, and my first patien
of the kind, together with many VIII.
have followed her, regained their healtl