Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-30

RULES FOR GETTING ALONG IN SLIPPERY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND BEWARE OF YOUR
HEELS.
From the New York Sun.
Ali but doctors and men who sell IMMINENT
will be glad to read the advice that follows
about the proper way TO walk in these slip
perry times. The advice came from a very old
postman, jogging home from his daily rounds
You've seen postmen climbing up front
stoops diving into easements and scooting
across streets in the slpperiest kind Of
weather, the old man said, ''but I'm sure you
never saw postman fall down, unless he was
very young and inexperienced. Walking, you
see, Is the most important part of a postman' s
duty next to ringing door bells SO as to bring
the girl on nth, the first ring can tell you in two
minutes how to walk; and If you remember
what / say you will never fall anymore.
In the hrst place, you must go along with
your feet pretty far apart. That Is one fmpor-
tant thing. Most persons walk with their feet
close together-very close. That's all right in
summer, but in winter it's all wrong Your
loot Is likely 10 land on a round piece of ice or
snow and slip sidewise toward the other foot,
which is going along all right. II your feet are
that slips will knock the other one from under
you, and down you go. If it doesn't it will get
SO thoroughly mixed up with 1t that your
ankles will curl all together, Just like grape
vines, and before you can get them straight
ened out down you go anyhow. If your feet
are well apart as they should be, you have time
to think, reflect and get ready before the crash
comes, and perhaps save bone. Another i'm
portant thing Is to land well on the ball of the
HOT WHen you Walk III you can't get the ball
OF your foot down first, bring IL down lust as
soon as you do the heel, yhow. Come down
natfooted. That isn't fancy heel-and-toe walk
ing, but it's business, and it's safer. And this is
why. You may slip and fall million times,
and every time, If 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 a
firmer hold.
These two rules, If You follow them out care
fully, will save you the price of a good many
bottles OF arnica. There are some Others but
they are not so important One is always to
keep the body Timber as you go along; keep the
legs Timber at the knees, too II is
always a stiff, dignified sort of man that goes
down, because he holds himself so 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-shouldered, but tn hold
the shoulders too far back in slippery weather
Is not very good either; it fixes one all ready to
tall. The best way To hold oneself is in imita-
hon OF those Indians that you see pictures OF
going along at sort OF jog trot with their bodies
STOPPING a little forward. Keep your eyes
on the ground in front OF you, as though you
were following a trail, and look for very slip
perry spots, and observe the other rules; and II
you are a lady you can dispense with the
humiliation OF holding your muf behind your
back, trying To make folks believe you prefer to
carry it that way