The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1884-05-08
Fashion I'm Feet,

1n the March nun.Jcr Of the PJpp'r
Sri nee NoNt y there is an interesting
article on the somcw nat VcXltious topic
Of Fashions aud D,formi;y in the
Feet. though. fortuna ely for the force
of tho Argument. it is woman. Ala
ii. K'p'cv. who this time indulgcs the
spirit of ccn.Ur1. She presents with
directncss thj abuses of the natural
foot in the degeneration ( ON bcauty Of
form and strength OF perfection 10 tie
monstrositirs hidden 10y the pictures
que effects 81 tue fashionable shoe
maker. The compros ions q: narrow
and shnrp-iocd s.Uc., c"usin. shit
Ing of the limo of gravity 10 Uadcfcndcd
portions Of the foot. and the knots and
bUniuus AMI crops Effected by the use
Of what D,w.c terms the 'jiggcrnaut
of cruelty are presented IN n way to
dismav the belle who imagincS she is
bcautify ing 10y ior;uring her feet, an |
10 aIpAl the bcau who looks with adj
miration rpon the dainty covering Of
the agoniLcd foot 'ln>icad of being
allowed the same freedom as the in-
gers to exercise the purposes for which
nature intended them. the toes are
CrampcI together, and are of little
more value tuan il they were all in one;
their joints enlarged, s;.il,'ncd, and dis
, iortcd, forced and packed together,
often overlapping one another in sad
confu-i II. and wantOniy placed beyond
the power OF service. our fair ana
lyst OF pedal fables asserts that il i Il
mistake ~ suppose, rs many 90. that
high-hcclcd SHOES promote an uprigh,
carriage of the body. Elevation Of the
heel thruSts the knee forward, that
the disturbed equilibrium nav be, in n
mca,ur', restored, auI leads 10 the
rounding OF shoulders and the I'm race
fully "ppkcd-forward bead noticeable
with - many women and g.r.s. a
shrcwd bit Of characteristic fcminin,ty
is sctt g in this paragraph: at is
very hard tO find any woman who Will
confess that her shoes are too igGt, TOO
short, or too high-hcc!cd. Her shoes
IRE usually mics too big. and hurt by
their luo,cncs.. Il women complain Of
lame backs or sore feet, they wi ii bc
sure the shoes have no part in l.; be-
cause WON n are not aware how they
have departed from nature IN thi. re-
gard. | he description Of II perfect
female foot calls for great breadth and
fullncsS of instcp, u wcll-markcd great
toe. II ioug second toe, and small
,lc toe. The functions of mother
hood require that woman should have
a strOng. firm fpo.iny. vet how few wU-
men form thrir ilcai 10 the perfect
foot. "AIgny Of the peculiar nj meats
under VIII q women pass their days
in iuvalidism, unhappy and IN scrab.c
,tt
py, would vanish or Dc greatly miii.
gated il they would but apply common
sense 90 the sc,cc;ion Of their shoes. 1t
is very hard To persuade th"m To re-.
form their habits on this point, but
have never known any woman whC
had lean 'd the ncw comfort to sc
back To the old habit
Tho fee, II It on'y look smaller il
tight IN | higH-tcc.cd shoes, but really
become smaller, lut ii i, at the cXpIns,
OF health, IN cutting oil the blood sup
ply 10 the foot an / the fore NJ th,
b,n's iuiur.ou>lv to- u. her. The trOubl,
'bc-.n, In chi,dho,d. The shoes q
children are a,mD.' invariably too clos'
fitting, ciampiug tine = owtn aud dc
forming the young lonc,. Ii /, ever
assorted that high-h"c.vd shoes wori
. hy children have produced curvature
oi the ,uin', auI it i not Incredible
and fcIn, n,y the breaking down q
girls at ,rhuo. is directly attribu:abl,
. to abused feet. il j., indeed To- be- hope,
. that the time /, rot far di~tan, whri
our demand WI be for "a normal
, healthy loot ia - natural IN comfor
4, table covering. AMI no. Tor - cripple
/ and distorted, withcrcd, ugly club,
hound IN an iu,truiu"ut uf torture