Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-15
FEET "iN" AND "OUT."
The Awkward Manner In Which Some Men
and Women Walk. ~


and Women Walk. 80
Look at that fellows footr'
The newspaper man looked in the
direction indicated and beheld the OBJ
ject of his friends remark. The foot
was attached to the leg of an elegantly
dressed young gentleman. The foot
indicated was the right foot, and it was
only of moderate size, but it made q
terrible imprint in the mud which car
peted the places where the crossing
usually exists at street corners.
The left foot was of the same size.
but it made print only about one half
as large. and very neat impression it
was. The owner of the pair was. as
before remarked. handsomely dressed.
and would have presenteda very stylish
appearance but for the right foot,
which was moi acting in right manner.
'.Flippity flop, tiippity flop" said the
gruff man, keeping time with his words
to the step of the stylish young gentle
man. THAT young fellow hasn't yet
learned what child ought to have
done during its first year on earth. He
hasn't learned to walk.
The whole trouble with the young
man was a peculiarly which the re-
porter soon learned is quite common;
he turned the right foot lin" and man.
aged the other one properly with the
toes turned slightly ''out." Nov you
just notice" said the grutf man, chow
many people there will come along in
the next few minutes who walk along
as civilized beings ought to walk"
The first man who came by the
watching pair was short, fat one. He
was hurrying along, breathing short
and perspirng freely. He had very
black cigar in his mouth, and he blew
out short, thick puff of smoke, with
every breath averaging two pulls to
every step. He turned both feet square
ly out, almost at right angles with his
body.
Nov he goes to an extreme" re-
marked the grutf-voiced man, ''but he
errs on virtue side He'd better turn
them both out than walk -pigeon-toed.
If he didn't tarn them out, with all the
weight of fat he has to carry, he'd
probably fall down pretty often. Now
look at this
He referred to tall young man
whose costume included a pair Of very
short pants. This young man leaned
forward. and his long body rocked
from side to side as he propelled HIM
self forward. He turned both feet ''in. "
His pedal extremities looked like two
very Young lovers promenading along
moonlit lane and trying to look into
each others eyes.
While the sentiment which the feet
expressed was beautiful, the practical
part of their normal position had its
unpleasant features. for the young
man, happening to meet an obstacle in
his path, suddenly turned aside and
trod upon his own toes, and a grimace
of pain and annoyance distorted his
otherwise beaming cOuntenance.
He recovered his balance in a mo-
ment, however. and along came three
young ladies, side by side, and all talk
ing at once. Each one turned i'm
foot, two of them the right foot, and
the third, apparently Ito be odd,
turned ''in' the left
Upon the ''turned-in' foot in each
case was a crooked boot heel. while the
other one was all right with its tiny brass
attachment smoothly and evenly worn.
They were pretty ladies, and could only
be graceful when they walked bearing
upon the arm of another, OR when they
were dancing or sitting.
Out of twenty-five people inspected
by the self-apponted committees of two.
there were onlya half-dozen who walked
gracefully, and the cause of the lack OF
grace IN the other cases was only due
to their manner of managing their feet.
The habit of turning I'm one foot
was noticed to prevail, especially among
ladies' That's all owing to training.
said the grutf gentleman. ''MOst girls
learn 10 talk before they learn to walk,
and that's why the majority of ladies
talk more and better than they walk. ~
The gruf gentleman was a bachelor.
1.-The people who train them think
of telling them how to carry their
heads and their hands. how to smile
and to throw their shoulders back
They show them how to manage train
and how to hold their fans. and they
forget all about their feet. excepting to
caution them about wearing shoes large
enough for them. unless the girls haze
corns or are going to dance. "-Denrer
Tribune.