Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
BUYING FOOTWEAR.
There Is Much More in a Good Fit
than in Style.
Perssstcntiy Ignore-Princess Lon.
ise's Foot.COverlng and Ellen
Tcrry's Boots.
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Il tel you what 1t is, Mr. Reporter, women
ere feSponlbie for ell or nearly all the ill.,
shaped feet extant. They don't know how
to have shoe fitted themselves, and they
won't let shoe-dealer fit il for them In
short, woman buying shoes will not be
reasoned with. Americans, like the French,
Lave always had Il reputation for short feet
not small feet mind you, but short feet,
with full ankle, broad toes, and arching In
step Naturally enough they have been de.
slrous OF maintaining this reputation, and
they still cling to the belief that small shoes
make small feet smaller Whether the
shoes are for herself, her grown daughter.
any OF their children, or even the
babe in arms, she insists that they must fit
in length and width. The result is, her own
feet are defcrmed with bunions, protruding
JOINTS and such swelling from distorted toes
and lngrowing nails as makes her existence
IN walking boot-a perfect penance. Poor
baby, who grows and crows by the day, has
Il shoe the exact length of his little foot. But
the foot not only works down but grows
down also: there Is no room for the lengthen-
ilg toes, SO the joints are pushed up and there
IS lateral expansion instead of a pushing
down. The consequence is the foot becomes
broad, the toes are cramped, the heel fat
tened, ankle thickened and the natural
beauty Of that organ lost"
The clerk darted Off to wait on the wife of
q prominent lawyer, and as he passed to get
box of shoes called the reporter over to
look on.
She was a tai woman, beautifully dressed.
and the delicate lace in her sleeves had a sug-
Scstion Of sweet clover that was both pleas
ant and refreshing to the senses She wore
pair of beautiful black silk stockings-a
color to which all women with large feet are
inclined, and when she asked for &C the
brow OF The clerk invouDtarily wrinkled
II you Will allow me to suggest, think
'1a-B will lie much better for your style of
foot You see your foot is quite full, and it
viii take a long sole to counterbalance the
Width
That is your idea but it will please me
very much if you will give me the size
mentioned.
q beg your pardon, Mrs. See; intended
no o!felse, ! assure You, and have Just the
boot you WISH
The gentleman for such he was in every
sense, took ont pair of 4-C's, smoothed the
crease ont Of the silky hose, shook a lot of
fine powder in the kid-lined boot and getting
down at her side ON one knee nrenar rod for a
t;,ssel. for such il proved 10 ba Tho shoa
went On slowly the clarl ,vos ro,, tho
woman STAMPED her food we'll to get II down
and before attemptinp 10 I.,tton n h.
l.neaded the leather into the foot INIT, Il y,oo
rs cfeaseless as a snug Jersey ON a fat cir,
Just let me stretch it n little he said nc
lee pulled il off with much of the s,me
difficulty experieuced in oetting II on TIE
.ioot was stretched. the buttons were moved
some out and some in. and handing the clsrl
$. 80 She ordered the soIes tn ba bIactanad
ani sent home before sumner
That is lust the case I was citing tho
owner said as she left tho Store aTbat yyop,an
should have properly a GA boot Her foot
;vfd look letter and the boot In n inst t,,,;c
Us long But she rides a great deal md nc
her feet are more or less eyposed gettino in
ana out of the carriage she prefers To make
them appear as small rs possihle Rut sbe
pays dearly for her vanity. Her feet Are one
iunss of commissions and hunions and 7 am
told she hires a chiropodist to treat her by |
the year
About our male trade there is very littls
to contend with A man comes in. NAYS any,
where from 81 to So for a pair of shoes and |
wants it distinctly understood that if the
goods are not what they are represented To |
be that will be the last of his patronaoe The
tit is left to our Judgment, and when sucb il |
the case we give him an easy width and n |
length Just three sizes larger than the /
measure of the stockinged foot.
II have a family who have traded with mo
for thirteen wears and | take great nrida in
the beautiful feet am shaping, or cultiyat-
ING If Won will in that houSe The nofhar
and came to an understanding about il and
,bosa Of aitbe,. narerts ,ba, conorr =, IT.
ono tho aptiro craI;t IT. ,r;,.,e 60 .toeIJ
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