Wichita eagle., 1888-05-20
The Boston Foot-Women OF New Orleans.
LouisvflIe's Confession - Philadelphia.
Girl Of Gotham.

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foot makes up by being long and narrow
Now tobserve the animus), in New York the
feet are shorter than ours, perhaps, but wide
and fat. Out west their feet are large all
over" 1t is said the Boston women are moro
fearless walkers than their New York sisters,
being balanced on foot.
The Washington woman has q small and
exceedingly pretty hand and foot The
latter has not the thickness common to some
parts OF the south, but which ever way ,-ou
look at it, shows the absolute arch that is tho
test of perfection and the stamp of thorough
breeding The Washington woman varies
from one and a half to two and a half in
boots
The women Of New Orleans have feet not
excessively small, but 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 a great deal to do with this. and like
her Partisan cousin the New Orleans belle
Is most 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 sculptured out
lines No. 3 is the average size worn by
the women OF New Orleans
This is size larger than Louisville con-
fesses TO, and about the Louisville foot there
can only be only one opinion. 1t is, as Dick
ems would say, tiny, precious, blessed little
foot, that traInples on a mans heart with iIR-
punity, and is given to all manner OF fasci-
mating boots The Louisville girl is better
walker than her sex further south She has
bit upon happy medium, a combination of
the graceful languor Of New Orleans and tho
sprightly, springy gait of New York
The fair Philadeiphian likes good boots,
well made, but she is not SO particular as to
the style as the New Yorker She inclines
rather to the English idea of low heels and
comfortable toes, takes short but not sprine
steps, and is lamentably Indifferent to miss
ing buttons on her boots. According to the
testimony Of half dozen shoe dealers, three
and three and half are the sizes most worn
in the Quaker City This is better than we
would anticipate in place where the paye-
ments are prone to make griddles of the
pedestrians feet.
1t is with a tinid pen one approaches the
Chicago foot. To show how utterly morbid
and infaned the Chicago mind is on the sub
ject, the correspondent there, instead of con-
timing himself to facts, begins his communi-
SaliOll WIN bihot os tIio St. 1OCJo
ear, and follows it up with whack at ''the
intellectual instep of the bean eating school
of Boston" He continues: "The Chicago
foot is solid, and withal does not average an
excess of one-eighth over the size usually
credited (by Chicago to the eastern foot"
"This one eighth, however, becomes insig-
nifcant, when, instead of the average, the
actual sizes sold are considered 1t win then
be found that only in two out of eight cases
the aristocratic dirninutive of three is
reached, while the happy medium of four OBJ
tains in but one case In four cases out OF
eight-fully so per cent.-the generous pro
portions of four and helf prevail, and in
one case the solid figure five presents itself,
suggesting the largeness and unqualified
superiority of everything pertaining to Chi
cago, even ia foot wear"
Two ST. Louis correspondents write on the
subject. Our regular, who has visited tho
large and popular shops; the other lady,
who confined her inquiries 20 the moro exclu-
sive and expensive shoe shops. The first
says that three is the average size; the Sec
ond that two and half prevails in fashlona-
BILE society She adds: ''Two Is common
size among our good families, and in the
custom made orders there is a plentiful
sprinkling of one and half. The st. LOUIS
girls have little, gemlike feet, and dress them
with exquisite taste There is one young
lady hero w.o never has less than twenty
five pairs of boots and slippers in stock, and
never wears the Same pair twice in success
sion, one Of the secrets for keeping both boot
and foot in shape
The Omaha correspondent places a con-
struction, western in its hberality, on the
word average He says: Ladies average
size in shoes ia from three and half up to
lime In one instance twelve was worn"
Here comes the saving clause, ''The latter
sizes are sold to Bohenians and Swedes.n
Another resident Of the town adds: Omaha
girls don't bother much about their feet.
They use them to walk with, and they can
beat any girls dancing l ever saw, because
they don't wear tight shoes"
Coming nearer home, to Brooklyn, we find
f:s women preserve happy medium. Let
stranger stand at any Of its big chuI1h doors
on fine Sunday, and ne viii watch WITH an
interest not strange TO his sex the legions Of
we'll shaped, well booted feet that peep from
under the most immaculate OF s.arclled skirts
The Brooklyn woman is essentially neat in
her house and toilet, and In nothing does that I
pleasing trait show more taan In her boots. /
Never a button missing OF trace Of mud
about them
To SEQ or 20 adrnire-it 10 quite the same
New York foot one s1aSt frequent
Fifth avenue and hover about the theatre
entrances On c sunny Saturday afternoon (
AS the multitude Of little feet pattsr over the 4
Stone pavement one Is reminded Of q Cock os
tiny black birds Now they advance, now
they panse, turn this way and turn taat 70 4
finally skim the ground and hop into candy .
shop or a waiting carriage. Tho New York
gxi knows good boot when she seee n. end
10 see With her means 70 have Seven dollars .
l. : modes. r1rn 70 pay for her choice, and
t8 or sB sss t6inks reasonable.
4 good deal abroad, and hATing brourht
Gotham has imported osse sohd title chunk
Gne her ANAL foot IN q Smaller shoe, hsI: 70
let e be q. ease In g cover made to order. oue
that viii cares but newer squeeze the little
1oes that ought 20 Be a. straight, rosy sad
Tree frcn biezniEh - the delicate finger rsrs
shs Il prosd Of A perfect ou.s. o. Preach
boots, say t<s and q Aao IA ssza azd box
q Swsis slippers, number two. are tie DE-
hght OF sew York glrl, especially Tire
sEyTers, for they fs and fed ike gloves. aid
"a them every Toe can be made 20 talk with
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