Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-21

/ don't, upon my life;
But il / really thought you did
Yes. Will, I'll be your wife,
YruSG UP FAlR EEEr.
1.-The chiropodist il not in. Is her
asked a reporter Of the snub sosed ar
chin Who sat in Chicago Office window
reading a dime Beadle of an uncertain
age.
ont of tovn; won't be back for week,
and the little villain went on With his
reading about Little Jack OF the Prai-
ne; or. The Bloody wheeibarrow OF the
Desert"
am NO dunner, bot q reporter vas
the response.
"Oh. ysu're a reporter. and want 70
oct your feet in shape. ehY Well. he's
only gone TO get shaved, and II you'll
promise TO keep shop I'll fetch him IN
jify."
oren window, and containing rustic
chair and A small oommode, tempted the
writer 20 occupy it. Before be had time
IN adiust himself 70 the chair, big.
blue-eyed. fiaxen haired girl, the very
oountsruart Of 81 20-8," drawled out:
as there nobody at home"
.Yes, am here; be not afraid"
ooh. you're the doctor, amt Your
"WoIi. no, mot exactly; I'm his at
tendapt. He'll be back in few mo-
meuts."
"Oh, rm 80 glad; but have a very
sore foot, and I'm awfully afraid he'll
hurt me. Do you think he'll be cruel!
Don't you? Well. you'll stay with me,
vou't VOC, till it's overT'
Nothing suited the reporter better, and
lust then the doctor came in smiling
blandIy and smelling a. sweet as f.
male seminary. He took her foot in his
hand. upbuttoned her shoe, and, telling
her 10 remove her stocking, left the room
a moment. When he returned no seated
himseIf on footstool, covered his knees
with a red cushion, wheeled chest OF
inetruments over 70 his side, and deli
cately raised mp her bare foot. Placing
q clean white napkin under It and an
other over her ankle, he rubbed her toes
all over with q sweotscentcd baisam.
Taking q sharp knife, he began TO op-
crate on one OF the roondest, reddest
little bunions that eyer bloomed on q
lady's foot. He scraped and rubbed.
an0inted IL with two or three mixtures,
and, telling her 70 look out OF the WIN
dow and think Of something pleasant,
began 70 cut il ont. She did not look
out Of the window long, and. however
pleasant her thoughts may have been.
they did not interfere with tbs vocifer-
ous yslls which came from her musical
throat In quick succession every time
he moved the knife. After few more
applications Of salve and inyigorating
washes, the lacerated toe was covered
With q piece of nsdioated paper and
q wedge shaped bandage of chamois
skin.
"Your feet are in bad condition.
see shall have TO treat these soft corns."
And, In spite of her protestations, he be-
gan 70 out away cute little corn tucked
In between her second and third toes.
II screaming was indicative Of pain,
her suffering must have been very 30
yere. The sore was dressed with white
plaster, and, placing little cushion over
it 70 keep the toes separated, he said that
would do for the day. Telling her to put
on her stocking, be called the boy TO put
on heT boot.
al Win charge you 81, or You can come
twice . week and I'll treat you for - q
month"
Shs accepted the latter proposition,
and went on n sprightly AZ though her
feet were In perfect health.
The next place visited was on Wabash
avenue. II was not necessary to AJAX il
: the chiropodist was busy, for a cry from
Q private room indicated an operation
none too pleasant. The lady emerged
soon after, and happened TO Do u young
bride reading on the South side.
"Oh, she has nice feet. but for oov-
sred corn, which II pretty hard to get at.
400 see, they grow under the nail, which
has 10 be cut of Ia \ v shape before
can reach the corn. Il In not at all trOu-
bleoOme, because Il In soft and easily
renewed. Trouble Of this kind comes
from wearing q shoe that Ia too fat In
the uppers ana too abort In the last"
Juse then q lady dressed In fresh
oambsio dress oams In for q pair Of -
shoes which the chiropodist had made
foI her. No sooner did she depart than
the attendant ushersd ia another lady.
ths wife Of q prominent dealer In car
riage goods.
II am going away next week, and
want you 10 90 over my fest, Doctor"
6ho was In the operating room about
thirty minutes, and. n sks did q good
deal OF laughing. the writer inferred
that her corns were not very trouble
oome.
This h Q fine season for my busi-
nsm." said the Doctor. when she lsfs.
You 80. the upper class spend large
past Of the summer at the seaside, and
vhen they 20 out with the gentlemen "a
battle they very naturally like 10 have
their bare feet looking ~ nice NJ pos
slbls.r
The next interruption came from a
lady Who wanted her large joint trimmed
Oh. the said 10 was not painful, but che
thought u best 10 attend TO Il in time.
by no means prudish, she allowed the
reporter 10 witness the operation, Shich
consisted In having the dead accumula-
ton Of skin pared on, when q tiRht
bandaQe Of white linen and rubber VA
pat around the bali Of tho foot, - "A
10 throw the soes back into their natural
ahape.
There ID NO need for this," remarked
the Doctor. She knows that with prop
eviy fitting. common. sense shoes, this
joint would be In ia proper position.
A9oS VIZ esM9s<kxk-- ASE0 Ava ESSa0Su<A
shoes nov worn BY ladies and gentle
men, and they are just the rninatiou Of
shapsly feot. tall you what Il 10, the
modern shoe last II inst making things
boom for ohiropodists. have now more
customers than I can conveniently at
tend TO. The heaviest buaincss comes
frou the ladies, Who will persist Ia GET
ting every style Of shoe and clipper 700
small. Then have largo number of
appointments with children, whose feet
are distorted by ill-6tting ahoea- These
are easier 10 treat than adults, because
the corns have small roots. but you
would b surprised 10 know how many
Of the very 6ust people In Chicago ara
troublcd With sore fest. ! suppose all
elAasea are more or les afflicted, bat q
u only tho wealthy people Who can at
ford 70 indulge In the luxury Of foot
treatment. We do NOT CLAIM, 10 remove
corns and bunions sflectuaily. They
will ooutiuue 70 grow, but wc have rcni-
ediee for . partial cure. which necessi-
tAtes IN examination tvo or three tunes
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