Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-25
Iso1uRE ON WALKING.
A Po,tman's Rules for Gettins Along IN
slippery Weather.

A Po,tman's Rules for Gettins Along IN
slippery Weather.
All but doctors and men who sell
linimcnt will be glad to read the ad.
vice that follows about the proper way
to walk in these slippery times. The
advice came from very old postman,
Jogging home from his daily rounds.
:" You've seen postmen climbing up
front stcops, diving into Easements
and scoo,ing across the streets in the
slipperiest kind Of weather." the old
man said. "but I'm sure you never saw
a postman fall down, unless he was
very young and inexperienced. Walk.
Ing. you see. is the most important
part OF n postman's duty, pe<t to ring
Ing the door bells so as to bring tho
girl on the first ring. can tell you in
two minutes how to walk; and II you
remember what say you will never
fall any more.
"In the first placc,you must 60 along
with your feet pretty far apart. That
is one important thing. Most persons
walk with their feet close together
very close. That's all right in sum.
mcr, but in winter it's all wrong.
Your foot is likely to land on round
piece Of ice or snow and slip sidewisc
toward the other foot, which is going
along all right. II your feet are close
together. nine times out of ten the one
that slips will knock the other one
from under you. and down you 20. II
il doesn't it will get so thoroughly
mixed up with it that your ankles will
curl all together, just like grape vines,
and before you can get them straight
cned out down you go anyhow. III
your feet are well apart, rs they should
be, you have time to think, reflect and
get ready before the crash comes. and.
perhaps, save bone. Another inn
por,ant thing Is to land well on the
ball of the foot when you walk. II
YOU can't get the ball Of your foot
down first, bring it down just as soon
as you do the heel, anyhow. Come
down ilat.footed. That isn't fancy
hccl.and.,oc walking, but it's business.
and It's safer. And this is why. You
may slip and fall u million times. and
every time. il YOU notice anything.
you will notice that it was your heel
that slipped, and not the ball of your
foot. 1t is always the heel that slips.
/ don't know why. unless il is that the
sole of the shoe, being broader, gets o
iirmcr hold.
These two rules. IL you follow them
out carefully. will save you the price OF
good many bottles Of arnica. There
are some others, but they are not so
important. One is always to keep the
body timber rs you go along; keep the
legs timber ut the knees, too. IL is al
ways s,ifl, digniiicd sort of man
tina, goes down, because he holds him.
sell - that he is not prepared to lean
quickly one way or the other and save
himself. don't want to see the nation
get round d-shouldcred, but to hold the
shoulders too far back in slippery
weather is not very good either; it fixes
one already to fall. The best way to
hold oneself is in imitation of those In
dians that you see pictures of going
along at sort of jog trot. with their
bodies STOPPING little forward. Keep
your eyes on the ground in front OF
you, rs though youwc following q
trail, and look for very slippery spots,
and observe the other rules; and II you
are lady you can dispense with the
humiliation of holding your muf be-
hind your back. trying to make folks
believe youprefcr to carry 1t that way"
N. y. Sun.