Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-11
FEET OF TIE FAIR
INTERESTING STATISTICS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS RIVAL CITIES.
The Boston Foot-Women Of New Orleans.
L0uisvili~'s Confession - Philadelphia.
ChteAsU's Classic Uuderstand ing-The
Gir1 Of Gotham.

Girl Of Gotham.
Though averse to rousing any sectional
feeling. 1t will he necessary to make sdme
oiious comparisons between the pedal prod
uets OF the different parts Of the country
Our Boston correspondent went to hall
dozen Of the tsest and oldest establishments
In his city The senior partner Of one firm
says Of the Boston foot: at is the foot of
all New England-very long and narrow in
fact. the ,arrowest in the whole country In
the south the foot is not SO long, but ii is
hroad and thick. oh. yes, it's fact thatthe
shape of feet differs in different parts of the
country Any wholesaler knows that"
Another Arm, sensitive ON the subject,
Gays 1.-THE average size il four and half
This sounds rather big but the New England
foot makes up by being long and narrow
Now oiserve the animus,, In New York the
feet are shorter than ours, perhaps. but wide
and Cat Out west their feet are large all
over" It Is said the Boston women are more
fearless walkers than their New York sisters.
teing balanced on foot.
The Washington woman has a small and
exceedingly pretty hand and foot The
latter has not the thickness common to spne
parts Of the south, but, which ever way you
look at it, shows the absolute arch that is the
test y; perfection and the stamp of thorough,
breeding The Washington woman varies
from one and a half to two aud half in
boots
The women Of New Orleans have feet not
excessively small, bu. beautifully nodded and
free from the bumps and excrescences that
spoil many foot nature meant to be perfect
French IDEAS and French traditions have no
doubt great deal to do with this, and like
her Partisan cousin the New Orleans bell.
is tnost exacting as to her foot gear. On
special occasions her satin shoes are sewed
together upon her foot, that neither wrinkles,
buttons nor laces may mar its scu,ptured out
lines No is the average size worn by
the women Of New Orleans ~
THIS is size larger than Louisville can
fesss.s to. and about the Louisville foot there
can only he only one opinion. 1t is, as Dick
ems would say, a tiny, precious, blessed little
foot, that tramples on a mans heart with i'm
punity, and is given to all manner of fhsci
hating boots The Louisville girl is a better
walker than her sex further south She has
hit upon happy medium. a combination OF
the graceful languor Of New Orleans and the
sprishtiy, springy gait of New York.
The fair Philadelphian likes good bpots,
well ininle, but she Is not SO particular rs to
the style ns the New Yorker. She incines
rather to the English idea of low heels and
comfortable toes takes short but not sprinsy
steps, and is iarnentahiy Indifferent to miss
| ing buttons on her buots According u, the
| testimony of talf dozen shoe Dealers three
and three AMI half are the sizes most worn
III the Quaker City This is better than we
would anticipate in place where the pave
ments are prone to make griadles OF the
pedestrians feet
1t is with tmid pen one approaches the
Chicago fent. To show how utterly morbid
and infan,ed the Chicago mind is on the sub
let't. the correspondent there, instead of con
timing himself to facts, begins his comfhuni
cation with mighty blast at the st .oui,
ear. and follows it up with a whack at .tht
intellectual instep of the bean eating sehoo
Of Boston, He continues "The ChIcag,
! foot Is solid. and withal does not average Al
excess Of ont,-eighth over the size usually
credited Thy Chicago, to the eastern foot"
This one eighth. however, becomes lnsig
| ni1cant. when. instead OF the average th
| actual sizes sold are considered 1t will the,
be found that only in two out Of eight ease
the arlstocratic diininutiye of three i
reached. while the happy medium of four oh
| taiiis in hut one case In four cases out o
elght-fully 50 per cent.-the generous pro
portions Of four and half prevail and il
one casx. the solid figure five presents itself
suggesting the iargeness and unqualified
suieriority Of everything pertaining 70 hi
cago even in foot wear
Two ST Louis correspondents write on th
subject. Our regular. who has visited tn
large and popular shops. the other lady
who.Uniinel her inquiries to the more exclu
sive and expensive shoe shops The tirs
SAYS that three is the average size, Cue sec
ond that two and half prevails in fasAiona
bie society She adds: 1.-TWO is a common
s,ze among our g1h families, and d, th
custom made orders there is plentiful
sprinkling Of one aud q half. The st Loui
/ girls have little, gemlike feet. and dress then
! with exquisite taste There is one yo,,n
lady here who never has less than twenty
five pairs OF teots and slippers in stock. an
never wears the same pair twice In sl,cces
sion. pne Of the secrets for keeping both too
and foot IN shape"
The Omaha correspondent places a cor
struction. western in its liberality, on til
! wprd average he says: ladies averas
size IN shoes Is from three and half up t
nine In Que instance twelve was worn
Here comes tho saving cla,ise 'The latte
sizes are sold to Boheniiai.s and Swedes.
Another resident of the town adds. '.O.nah
girls doil't bother much about their feet
They use them to walk with. aud they ca
heat any girls dancing | ever saw. bdcaus
they don't wear tight shoes.
Coming nearer home. to Brooklyn, we fin
It's women preserve happy medium Let
stranger stand at any Of its big church door
eM line Sunday. and he will watch with a
!. interest moi strnnge to bis sex the legipns q
"A H.
under the nn,st Immaculate of starched skirt.
y The Brooklyn woman Is essentially neat i
her house and toilet and in nothing DOGS tina
pleasing trait show more than in her boot.
Never u button missing or trace Of mu
about them.
To see or to admire--it Is quito the sam
thing-the New York foot one must frenuer
; Fifth avenue and hover about the theatr
entrances Oh sunny Saturday afternoon
As the multitude Of little feet patter over I'll
stone pavement one is reminded of fk.k {
tiny black hiris Now they advance, no
they pause turn this way and turn that,
finally skim the ground and hop into ,and
shop OF u waiting carriage The New Yor
, girl knows good bes,t when she sees it, an
to see with her means to have Seven duiiul
Is modest sum to pay for her choich, au
xl2 or kl5 she thinks reasonable.
A good deal abroad. and having brpugl
home many bits of foreign folly, the girl
, Gotham has imported one solid little thun
o. wisdom 1t is not to cabin, crib and coi
fine her small foot in a smaller shoe, but
let It lie at ease in q cover HIade TO order, OF
that will caress but never squeeze the iitt
toes that ought To be as straight, rosy al
free from beinish as the delate finger III
she is proud of. A perfect outfit OF Fren,'
boots, say two and half IN Size. and a bo
of Swede slippers, number two IRE the d
! light Of o New York girl specially th