Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-14
The POSTWAR ON WALKING.
dulles Zoe Getting Along la icy Weather
-Straddle ard beware OF Your Heels.
NJ. YORK San.

buIes Zoe Getting Along la icy Weather
-Straddle aEd Beware OF Your Heels.
Me- York San.
All but doctors aud men who sell hui
men, will be glad to read the advice that
follows about the proper way to walk in
these slippery times. The advice came
from & very old postmau, Jogging home
from his daily rounds.
You ye seen pOstmen climbing up front
stoopl, diving into Easements and s~cootlng
acrcss streets in the sipperiest kind OF
weather the old man said, "EUt I'm sure
you uevec saw 3 pOstman fall down, unless
be was young and Inexperienced. Walk
ing, you see, ID the most important part OF
a postman's duty next 10 ringing door bells
90 as to bring the glrl on the first ring. |
can tell you in two minutes how 10 walk
and if you remember what | say you will
never fall any moe.
IN the first place, you must 20 along
with Jour feet pretty far apart. That 10
one importau; thing Most persons walk
with their feet close tOgelher-verr close.
That's all right in summer, but in winter
it's al wroug Your too! is likely 10 laGd
on q round piece of ice or snow and SLIP
sidewise toward the other foot, which is go
ing along all rigLt. Ir your feet are close
together, niue tunes out OF ten the one that
slips will knock the other one from under
YOU, and down you 90. II it doesnt 1t will
ye. 90 thoroughly mixed up with it that
your ankles will curl all together, Just like
rrapevines, aud before you can get them
strengthened out down you 60 anyhow. II
YOUR feet are well apart, 80 they should be,
O have timeto think. reflect aud getresdy
iefore the crash comes, ard perhaps save l.
bone. Another important thing is to land
veil on the ball Of the foot when you walk.
If 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 ttsttooted,
That isn't fancy heeLsnd.tOe walking, but
lis business, and its safer. And this is
why. You may slip and fall q million
times, and every time, if you notice any
thing, you will notice that i; was your heel
that slipped, and not the ball Of your foot
II ia always the heel that slips. l don't
know why, unless it is that the sole OF the
9hoe, being broader, gets a tirmer hold.
Thess two rules if you follow them out
carefully, will save you the price OF q good
many bottles OF srnics. There are some
others, but they are not 80 important. One
ia always to keep the body Timber as you
90 along; keep the legs Timber at the
knees, too. IL is always a stiff, diGnihed
eort of a man that goes down, because he
holds himself so that be is not prepared to
lean Quickly one way or the other and ave
himself don't want to see the nation get
round,shouldered. but to hold the shoulders
too far back in slippery weather Is not very
GOOD either; it fixes one all ready to fall.
The best way to hold oneself is in imits
ton of those Indians that you are pictures
Of going along at O sort OF dog trot with
their bodies STOPPING q little forward. Keep
YOUR eyes GA the ground in front OF you,
50 though sou were following a trail, aud
look for yeTy slippery spots, and observe
the other rules; aud if yoE are o lady you
can dispense with the humiliation 81 hold
in, your muf behind your back, trying to
usEe folks believe you prefer to carry 1t
that way