The Osceola times., 1885-01-03
CHARACTER IN FEET.
How People May be Judged by Their
Pedal Exuemitiss.


of character and opposition is told by
ankles ard feet?" remarked an old
friend to the Globe man as the pair
pulled their chairs up to the broad win
dows of the Plankinton reading-room.
The day was sloppy and nasty in the ex'
treme. The languid moisture hadn't
energy enough to fall with a business
like air. but drizzled in Il don't-care-a-
cuss style, as though it had started to
rain and then gone to call on the neigh
bors. The people on the sidewalk plod-
ded on in dogged manner as though
they had to go, but hated to. Water
proofs with the hoods up, converted the
ladies into semblance of mummies in
which identity was almost lost, while
men in coats, hat covers and umbrellas
.ushed by as though the race was for
the swift, only. to win. Dresses were
looped up only to clear heels that were
pasted with mud and trouser bottoms
were reefed up in a substantial man.
ner.
Altogether it was good day for the
study OF ankles and feet. Cozily en-
sconced in their easy chairs, the repor-
ter an his friend observed the ever
shifting panorama of feet and persons
The remark of the philosopher called
attention particularly to the ieet and
he opened somewhat in this wise;
There's a woman of 40 anyway. See,
| she wears white stockings and don't
care snap if she does show more OF
them than is necessary. This display
is not one fathered by vanity. Life has
proven serious thing to her, no doubt
and she is trying to save her skirts from
becoming muddy Her ankles are thick
AM, she wears No, shoe. This indi.
Gates good nature ard motherly, low.
ing heart. If the waterproof We" strip
ped of you would find her form fleshy
and her weight about 160. She's COM
fort to her family, but, withal, when she
says mo- they all know what it means.
"Notice that pair of twinkling feet
they belong to girl not over is year,
old. She has left the counter and il
going to dinner, with just an hour in
which to walk eight blocks, eat her din
ner, and get back to work. As she
brushes past that old gentleman you see
her feet and little above the shoe-top
Those stockings are fine, of reddish
body color, and fit to the queens taste
That dainty shoe is not larger than No
Ia, and as neat as wax. The ankle Il
email and well turned. Her disposition
is fairly good one. She is quick, talk
quick, thinks quick. Her eyes arr
dark and she's brunette sure, Sh'
takes offense easily, and when she il
provoked, resentment takes full posses
sion of her. If she were to love it woulC
be done cautiously up to certain poin
when she would give way to the passion
with a recklessness and abandon tha
would take ones breath away. II sh,
marries a man she loves before she's p
she'll bloom into one of the sweetest o
women. If she's crossed in love or doe
not marry before the age noted she vii
be an old maid for all she's worth; :
regular tartar.
That's her opposite. That girl could
MT hurry if she tried. How leisurel,
she picks her way along the walk. There
did YOU see that anklep The stockin,
must ft it. 1t was stocky and fat. He
limbs aud arms are large and fat. Sh,
is well developed, and you may bet sh,
has brown hair, blue eyes, and the mos
charming of compilations. Her shoe j
three, and you'll find at least two but
ions on it unfasteued. One or two stra,
locks will escape from the back hair, an,
in measure she will give YOU the i'm
preston that her clothes werc fired a
her from a shotgun, and have stage,
where they fell. At 20 she will becom
coarse and probably gross, but nothin
on earth will ever materially disturb tn
calm serenity of her disposition.
There goes another pair Of ankles
thin and sharp, with long, thin sho
under them. len to one she is possess
ed of a sharp chin. She's 33 years oil,
aud claims to be "a. Her milk of hu
man kindness has become vinegar, an,
everything, she sees is tinged with tn,
} same shadow of discomfort. She's no
pleasant to look at. Let's drop her an,
glance at the next pair of shoes. Thes'
! are clad in warm oyershoes. The fee
: are covered with soft wooden stocking
of subdued color. If it weren't for tn,
window you'd hear the soft rustic of
SILK or satin dress, and, without glanc
at the face, YOU would recognize the hall
hearty grandmama of half dozen pre-.
ty cherubs up town. You would know
her hair was white and wavy, and tina
her eyes were bright, and OF that indes
b cribable color SO near of kin to the NOR
: beautiful grays and blues. Her charaC
0 ter is a combination of all that is lovely
The gold of il has been tried as by tir
! and the dross of pride. hate and env
$ has all vanished. Maybe the feet don
!. tell us that, but they suggest 1t.
y Here we get another PAIR of feet tina
$ puzzle us. They are planted firmly an
dignifedly en- the walk. The ankle
= are round, nearly, and their dressing
faultless, Through the ugly gossams
you fancy you capretleiy girl. She mus
. ye ABOUT 22, and her hair and eyes ar
certainly dark. Her head will be we