The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-03
A CHAT ON CORNs,I.
hen Have Handsomer Feet than wofasn
and Loss Trouble With Bunions.
From The National RepuJiican.

Republican representative yesterday to
leading shoe manufacturer of the dis
trict.
"Well, to begin with, as charity hide
multitude of sins, SO well-made sho,
covers very frequently host Of deformi
ties and uglinesses."
"How often ?"
About two thirds of the feet that wall
over streets are more or less deformet
aud crippled with corns, bunions, sunker
arches, ingrowing nails, ard other un
slightly, unnatural features. It Is as rare
TO find handsome foot as q perfecl
hand---even rarer--for the foot has tc
bear the weight ofttc Sndy, and the
style of shoe generally worn :s much
more Objectionable than that OF the
glove. Strange rs it may appear at fiist
glance. there are more men with we'll.
shaped, natural feet, than women"
What is the reason thereof9"
II think it arises chiefly from the
excessive, but nearly always ignorant,
solicitude mothers show about the feet OF
their daughters when the latter are young.
The custom of buying ready.mad shoeS.
especially for children, is o fatal one TO
the beauty and the health, of the feet.
The average MAJ aud woman aga as in-
capable of picking out proper ready.
made shoe as they are Of selecting q pair
of spectacles suitable to the requirements
of their eyes without calling In the aid
Of the occulist. For example, the shoe
should be two sizes longer. than the foot.
a mother, buying pair Of shoes for her
child, will have the child's foot incaaed
In one of proper length, aud then, feel.
ing around the toe, will say 80, this
shoe is entirely too long" OF goes the
shoe, and the little ones tender feet are
pressed in pair no longer than tho foot.
The feet of child grow rapidly, and
any exceasive pressure, oven If the nerves
do not complain, acts injutiously. Then
the ready-made shoe, being built on o
general measure, can not be adapted to
the requirements Of each individual foot
except at the expense Of the foot. There
is great differance in the sjze of the same
person's feet, ons or the other being
longer, broader, with higher instep, lar.
ger heel etc. The ready.made shoe Ia
handy, is much cheaper than thoss made
to order, but you can not tit your feet In
them any more than yeu can get a Der.
feet fit in reRdy-made clothes-not SO
we'll, even, for all the prominent ready
made clothing houses have special tail.
ors whose business 1t is to adapt the gar.
ments to the peculiarities of the purchas.
er. But shoe once made can not be
tinkered until it is 30 far worn out AZ to
need reconstruction"
(Which foot is the larger, generally /;
right or left2"
"Generslly the eight, In two out of
three CAGES. But third part of men
and women have the left foot larger and
longer. The difference between the
same mans feet is sometimes very great.
| have made shoes for persons whose left
foot had high instep, while the right
wss as fat as Maryland ash cake.
Then again have customers who wear
q No. in length OH the right aud an s
on the left foot. These people conld
not get fitting shoe ready. made.
They could not wear them with
out pain and positive injury to the
feet. But many people so con-
stituted do wear them, suffering mis-.
cry and spelling their feet all the while. !"
What is the average size of the e',oe
worn by men 2"
From 7 to 8. Tens are not uncom.
mon, and even larger. No. 8 for man
of medium size, is small. The average
size Of woman's shoe is-well, 3's and 4's.
But vast number of women wear shoes
much larger than those numbers. And I
have fitted ladies whose feet rivaled
CindeTella's for smallness and uhspe.
Not long rince I made pair Of buttoned
CATERS for q Young lady, resident Of
this city, whose feet, though not the
smallest, were the most perfect ever
saw. The ablest sculptor that ever lived
could not have chiseled out ,f marble e
pair Of more perfect feat" ~
"Wkat '@as the niss f' '.I -"
"Onesi' ~ 4r' s."'' ~, ''.. ..
''One5 |" replied the reporter. ygn't
that very small size p" .-i' - s 7
!. "Very small, not more than one grown
woman in 10000 having; 30 small O. foot.
Bot. there are ladies whose feet are even
smaller than that. I have never seen.
however, SO perfectly shaped q foot, and
I have made shoes to order for twenty
three years in this city" a., ,rci''..
"Who vas the lady ?" aaked The =aaaes-
Ter. what is her name :"
"Ah ] that can not tell It would be
q breach of confidence bstWeen merchant
and customer. Idon't mind telling you,
however, that she 10 employed in, tha
bureau OF engraving and printing
"Psrhaps sasis dwarf, honce the
smallness Of Fer feet" suggested the re-
porter. .'s- ..n .33 $50 81
"No, she is of me1ium size, slender,
decidedly prsity, with hazel eyes Snd
brown hair. She 10 yety unwise: howev.
er, to wear buttoned gaiters., Nothing
SO. soon spoils the arch of the foot and
beats down the instep, making the foot
fat as buttoned gaiter1. You observe"
continued the shoe dealer, "that the flesh
around tie instep in unusually tender,
and has but little aupport. The bones
of the foot are not calculated to stang q
continuous pressure such as buttoned
gaiter gives on top. Well, the effect of
wearing then, is 90 cause the fesh 10
spread out and fatten aud the bones. to
yssH, -cE:: ::S:::J . veil Oh -ShaaPei 81 pod, SnuI.
some foot Is made ugly. A gaiter that
laces up TO the front. Is bad, very bad for
the feet, but not 20 Objectionable as the
buttoned. A shoe that laces up the eide
is far better, and, as ladies generally viii
not wear boots, Is the best shoe to pre-.
serve the health and beauty of the foot"
"Why do you say boots 500 Y
Because boots are the only kind Of
foot covering that answers all require.
ments of health, comfort and good looks.
a bout, well mHd6-aud, Of couTse,
mean properly nado, in all cases-braces
up the foot and anlile, and rests the ex.
tremity instead of fatiguing. Such evils,
as pointed toes and narrow, soles, should
never even be thought Of, much less
worn. But they aie.o e'',A'ss t'i5-
- "Yes, and wifi be. Men ought not 10
get drunk ; or, Id fact, lead lives other
than of fha .hiphest .nnritv hut shev T3o