Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-22

tsag q F-aa.le ft@kt4atnsEioa-
A aeman slth 3 dispropornon&tsly
large tssL - b. common consent sA-
t.fl-t 90 piEF Bar lg i nol Ehe s.ze OF
the fsot shlch good taste 0biects 70.
8at a. relation 10 me rest of lhe body
A .4ree aoman Win ths ang foot ~
grl soala 30 a, lsproporuouale as the
snail woman oIth large foot- VIA
Il known in the market a. the No
boot can u4t - ans means b. made 70
- upon the loot "a any woman whose
pas sieal proportions Oear any com
paris0n With those 0f the Venus de
MedlcL which Is the representation of
.arge and v0luptu0us woman Women
no wear the 80. / boot do not. a.
rule. come under the head of FoiuptuOus
women. They 4re petite. yisaciou>
pert pretty anything 0u ike. 0at they
are not the Mcclellan type Large
women said weltkn0Wn artist and
expert. must have feet that % be Deauti-
lal would b. very ugly on = smaller
woman
II Is to q much larger extent, per
haps, = female curse. FOR those women
Wlo dare not undergo is miseries grow
sooner or later % believe that they 10,
and nre can not burn Out OF them the
conviction that their shoes are No I
Nobody bar the woman herself knows
what fortunes are undergone by the
/ slave With No. foot Who IS chained
tO a No / shoe Professional women
who exhibit their feet are. OF course,
more subject u this tyranny OF the shoe
than other women. and it may not De
generally known that there are emo
tl0ual and tragic actresses who. when
All other means OF Stimulating agony
and awakening pity fail, rush 10 the No.
+ I boot They put that on. and sad.
T far. awav look Of unutterable despair
comes into their eyes. neuralgia
+ shadow. play about their mouths. their
chius quiver with unexpressed grief
+ their temple, thrOb with indescribable
i woe. Then the spectators are moved
Il The fountains of human sympathy are
u opened. and the critics call il soul
agony. and that touch of nature that
makes the whole world kin. Seen from
+ tine front the No. l boot on these Occa-
sion, j. apparently sweet and guileless.
No one could possibly suspect it OF
pains that would make an inquisitOr
sick For the wearer does not let the
boot take the credit of her tears when
thc, can be- imputed to soul and heart
aod other things than feet. But could
ly0 ~ce the same feet a. they really are,
la a. their Hat. stale and Improbable
ulturct.ucsS. we should begin 10 under
-tlnI how UNANIMOUSLY mistaken that
wretch Was who sad that nature un-
adorned Is adorned the most.
And here ii Is worth while To remark.
cu ptssant thar the ballet dancers foot.
contrary to the popular notion. is not
ami can not be- snail one. The de-
vclopment consequent upon continuous
physical exercise settles the cOnven-
uoual Idea of cOmcliness. ballet
dancer never wears tight boot. and
when she is dancing she wears shoes
which are models of adaptabilitv and
freedom. But nevertheless the muscles
/ and tendonS Of the foot are enlar, ed,
the veins stand ont. and there il gen
eral appearance of strength rather than
of beauty All this MAY be obnoxious
to the fastidious taste of the Greek
sculptor. bat there is really nothing re-
/ pugnant 10 good sense in 1t. Bv the
side Of the ordinary society foot. when
barred % the light, the ballet dancer :
is a thing of beauty. There i not one so
ciety belle in ten that dares to bathe al
the seaside without hose on. Do you
know why2 Ask the No. boot
To find the classic foot in these de-
generate DAYS we shall nave 10 look a
long way. The peculiarity Of the classic
foot Is the wide gap between the large
too and It's neghbor This in the Greek
was undoubtedly caused by the thong OF
thc sandal that came up between the
toes and kept them apart. Mr. Saronv.
in determining the fine point of a mod
cl, foot. is said to have doubled up q
ten-dollar bill cOmpactly and inserted it
between the toes with the iOcOse remark
thar Il II fell out IL was the model s.
And his experience i that il generally
stays there until it Is pulled. The Amer
lean women As a rule have smaller feet
than the English women. But this j.
not altogether matter of temperature.
Habit in a large measure determine,
the size OF tie feet. a, it viii Of the
arms. and the English women use their
feet far more than 10 the Americans.
The Spanish women are celebrated
for their high insteps which for a long
time was held to be- n sign Of good
hi.oi and fine breeding. But that no
zion has been exploded Of late wears bl
the Investigations of Darwin and others.
who hnd that tho O~seOu- formation o
The foot follows certain unknown con
genial laws which make t possible for
the PEASANTS daughter to have Gin
erria foot while the princess Of tho
lood may bc born with large and un
-anh feet " D. Nofia.
Turkish Proverbs About Women.
The references % woman are a. m
gallant they a-e rn u-t She Is 20 be
treated ass chld. and a- such con
teu1pfunu-Iv nrdoncl for her short