Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-21
IRREGULARITIES OF GAIT.
THE AWKWARD MANNER IN WHICH
SOME MEN AND WOMEN WALK.
A Terrible Imprint i'm the Mud-What
the Matter Was-A Trio of Young Ladies'
Who Could Not waIk-Au Owing to
Early Neglect.
Look at that fellows foot,n

"Look at that fellows FOOT"
The request was delivered in n tone of COM
mand by gruff hut good-natured and oh,
serving gentleman TO a reporter, As the two
were gazing at the passing throng on Six
teenth street one evening.
The newspaper man looked in the direction
indicated and beheld the object 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 terrible
imprint in the mud which carpeted the places
where the crossing usually exists at street
corners The left foot was of the same size,
but it made a print only about one-half as
large. and very neat impression it WAS.
The owner OF the pair was, as before re-
marked, handsomely dressed, and would
have presented very stylish appearance but
for the right foot, which was not acting in q
right manner.
.Flippity flop; flippity iiop!' said tine grufi
man, keeping time with his words TO the step
OF the stylish young gentleman. That young
fellow hasn't yet learned what n child ough;
to have done during its first year on earth.
He hasn't learned to walk
A REGULARITY QUITE COMMON.
The whole trouble with The young man was
a popularity winch the reporter soon learned
is quite common-he turned the right foot
in and managed the other one properly with
the toes turned slightly ~out. Now, you
Just notice" said the gruff man, "how many
people there viii be come along in the next
lew minutes Who walk as civilized beings
ought TO walk.
The next man who came 10y the watching
pair was short, fat man. He YVES hurryinS
along, breathing short, and perspiring freely.
He had a very black cigar in his mouth, and
he blew out a short. thick puifs of smoke, with
every breath averaging two puts to every
step He turned both feet squareiy out,
almost at right angles with his body.
Now be goes TO an extreme, remarked the
g1uff-voicei man, .bu. he erTs on virtues
side He'd better turn them both out than
walk pigeon-toed II he didn't turn 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 COS
tune included a pair OF very short pants.
This young man leaned forward and his long
body rocked from side 10 side AS he propelled
himself forward He turned both feet I'm
His pe,ial extreniiiss looked like two very
Young lovers prpmenading along moonlii
lane and trying 10 look into each others eyes.
Whit. the sentiment which the feet eN-
;s,ssscd Was beautiful. the practical part of
their normal position had its unpleasant fea-
tur,s. for the Young man, happening 10 meet
an obstacle in his path. suddenly turned
aside. and trcd upon his toes. and grimace
of pam and annoy ance distorted his otherwise
baau.ing countenance.
ATaLKATIvE TRIO OF YOUNG LADIES.
He recovered his balance in a moment, how
ever. and along came three young ladies, side
by side and all talking at once. Each one
turned ~in~ foot, two of them the right foot
and the third, apparently ito be odd, turned
lin" the left. Upon the turned in" foot III
each case was crooked boot heel. while the
other one wss all right, with lis tiny bras
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-appointed committee Of two. there wers
only half dozen who walked gracefully and
the cause Of the lack Of grace in the other
cases was only due 20 their manner Of manas-
ing their feet
The habit of turning Sin- one foot was
noticed TO prevail, especially among ladies
That's all owing 10 training said the grufi
gentlemen Most girls learn TO talk befor
they learn to walk, and that's why ths
majority of ladies talk more and better thar
they walk
The gruT gentleman was bachelor.
THE people who train them think Of telling
them how TO carry their heads and thcii
hands. how 10 smile and how TO throw theii
shoulders hack They show them how Il
manage n train and how TO hoid their fans
End they forget all about their feet, excepting
ID caution them about wearing shoes lsrgs
enough for them, unless the girls have corIis
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