Telegram-herald., 1888-04-29
THE FEET or THE FAIR
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Urts of shs d1Hespns ssrts os The esaNlry,
t>ur stoSton csr,<cporaeaa wsst u half =
cezes Of tls t<sf >ne o.assa <ss< sl1ssE.snls
In his cit. TIE saaisF pssSner as cue arm
s1yr sf the kosioa feoI IA l. The fsof ok
eli Ns~ Easisaa-sesy long ana nzrre~; in
fscl. tns nssrowsss IA tha ~sols css1nsfs IA
shs south ths fooi is not - isnr. s.as IA il
brsas ~nd ltick Ca s.s, a : a fsc4 thai the
shsps 81 fsst diser IN dlasssnt part Of lAs
oountry Any ~hele~aler kae~s that
Another frza sensitive ga The sufjscr.
says, ''1'hs aserass sizs i foar and .sl<
Tbis sounds rather bis, bus shs Ase knsla1a
foa makes up BY heing long aud nasrsw-
Nov sobserss ths anisaasl. n New Yorl the
fset are shorter u1zn ours. perhags. bat wide
ana fat out ~esI tl.cIr lset are larss al
over lt Is said ths Boston women 4rs laors
fssrles walkers than thciF ks~ lors s.stsr4.
beng naisneed o. foot
The Washington woman has . small and
exoeedinsfs pretty hand aud foSt The
later has not the thjcsnesA common tc some
parts Of the south. bist. which ever way yoa
loof at IL shows The absolute arch that 10 The
test Of perfection and the stamp of saoroagf
breeding The Washington vonlsn varies
from one aud half 10 two ana bali IN
boots
The women OF New Orleans have fe<f net
excessively small. hsa besulifully nodded and
free from the bunlF< ana excrcSccnces that
spoD many fOot nature meant - be p~sfsct.
freBcs ldeas and French traditions nave ne
doubt great oeai to 90 with this, aAc lils
her Partisan cousin the New Orlaaum belle
Is most exacting ~ 10 her foot gear. On
special occasions hsf satin klsors are sesee
together upon hes foot. snaf neither ~riliklas
bcttons nor Lscae may mar its sculptursc eui
lines No Is the average sa2s vera by
The wonsp OF New orlesm.
This - . sizs large than Lsuiss liis con
fesSes 10. and about tks Louis vile foet fherr
oan onls 10 oaly oss opinion lt A., &c flck
sns would say. tiny. precious. blessed htt.s
feet. thai trssples ea = mans heart ~ltf am
pupity. sac ~ giysn 10 ell manner Of fascl
oating boya Toe Lou1<vilis rlrl h . bett-s
wsik9 snAn bee sss further south. She IA
bk aVss hspry medium. combination q
tte graceful ianru0r ~ New Orissns And In
sprishtly, springy gait of New YORK
The fair Philadelphia likss good boots
well made bat she IL not 80 particular {.
the sfyis a. the New Yorker. shs incline
rather 90 tl1s Engi.h idea 81 lev hscls an
comfortable toe. takes short but moi spring,
stsps and IL lamentAby indifferent 70 mis-
fng buttons on Der boots According " Lbs
testimony Of half a oozeD shoe dealers, tare.
and three and a half are the sizes most wol4
In the Quaker City This is better tbnn
would anticipate an plsce where Tie pave
uaenfs are prone % make erlocles % ths
pedestrians feet
IL is with tsmid pen ons approaches The
Chicago foot To show how utterly morbid
and lniisAied ths Chicago mind ison The sub.
jecL the correspondent there, instead ~ con
Enips hiaSif 10 facts. Scsins his cosnmufi-
czfSas with a mighty blast AZ the st fsouis
ear. and follows IL up with . whsck st ''ths
intellectual inSiep Of the bean eating scboo
OF Boston, He continuess The Chicago
foot n solid, and withai does not average ar
excess Of ons-cigbth ever tie sze ususils
credited 10y Chicago 20 the eaziern foot
This one eighth. however, becorDss insie
niscant wbsn. instead OF TIE average. GA
actual sizrs SOLD are considercd II vi tbet
bs found thai only iD t~o 0ut o. eight case
tbs aristocfafic dlrauutse Of three D.
rescbed. while the happy medium ~ fonr Oh
tAsss In but ore cas4 In four caves out -
esgkt--fullJ 90 per csut--ii5s generous pro
portions Of four and half prevail. srd a.
one case the solid figure bvs presents itssif
suggesting ths iarEopesa aud unqualified
superiority Of everything pertaining 70 Chl
csso even ip foos war
Two ST. Louis correspondents write on tlf
subject Our regular. 100 has visited SO
large and pornlar shops' the ofher isds
who confined her inquiries % the more exciD
ave and eSpepsivs shoe Ehof& The ffr
I ~ vs. that thres 10 the sverafr si1s. the sec
ond that t~o snd hsH prevails Ia fsSlions
Die society she adds "Twc is q common
size among our good faniilles. and In thf
e1storn made orders there IL q plentlfr
sr1nkling 81 one and bali The 81 iogit
eiris have httie. genilke feet. sne dn~x tbssn
with exquisite taste There is one younf
lady bore = 10 never hss - than twenty
eve pnirs of boots and slippers IN stock. and
never WEAR the sarns par t~lcs In ssioscs
sion. one of tils secrets for kepins both bo0i
and feot IN ssspss
The Omaha correspondents plso>~ . con
sxuct5on. western ia i-s 8serslify. ou Ga,
word svsrag. Hs sn1s. "i.6ie<f s.srsg.
sze in sboe~ IL from tl1'es sns hsf up =
nine In one inssancs f~siss YES ~orn.'
Bere comes the sariLg clsn-ss 'srlss latie'
sssss are sold % Boleminle ano s.eas<
Another resident u ti,e to~n addr, ''on,shs
xsris souf bother fnocb sbout their fsst
T'bey use tnesn 90 vaik witb. and they cs,
beat any gfris dsBc.nr : sref snv. bscaus'
they don't weaf tigbf sboes'
Coming oearsr home. r. Brooklyn. 80 fn'
its vvrsen preserve a harry MEDIUM iet
strangsr stand ~ sus II iis bis church door
90 zee ssufsdsY nu5 ~ ~ia ~stch ~itb ~
ipter-st nos strssrs ~ his ~ tsis lsgioi.f .
well sharped. vel t,sstee fset hat pea, iron
un3sr ths rnest iusinacallets ~ sfsrcbea skiftz
The Ersokirr woman b sesenfiniiy nent !,
fser besz> spd toiiet ard A. 8othine ooes ths
rleassias tr7st siio~ Wore than iD be- roots
Never button missing o. trsos II no
si,out thena
To sse ~ = a1ulrs-ff - quite tie rerr
thins-ths Rev York Fec one nsnst frequer
ysftb avsnas and berer sb~1t tiss thsss
enr-usr-s 81 |. sunny isstestisr sffernosr
A. to - 'sstHsie q lee 10 f-et r,sff<r sr<f q,
ornos f~-rr~~nf ens y rssninsed - fnck q
ffrv bisck ttres Nts. fter sdvnfaes mo-
th.v .nrea. turn this 49, and tlIrs tsst :
GfsiiT 81 ~ To- sre1nd apo rop iute enuc
ss,x ~ ~sitins ssrfisgs. u. Few Yu
eirs kno~s s,,ssd ssu. vice 49, se<z a. en-
sos~ wrt 90 s,ssns .. hsve sever soiia,
Is no sp~t ss1ir a. f,ey f~ 49, cioics az
ff2a ar 3ft o. triHkF -nerrrffIlf
a epss ssr sfw.sad nr5 haviuz lrcari
; i.-~.e rsrs isfs - fr~egr follT ia r1rf
f,tfiasa as fniputeG o1is giiid ftis ftur
81 svsednrl q is NJ - eslir efs ED 80
fIns hf- slnefl fas71 ~ essnfiisr $40 iYrIf
{ iet a - et rsss ir RIVER f1acs - nraer %
ftst ei rEress tut ns~er s70eszs t8e iist