The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
SPOILING BABIES FEET.
TIE VaSITY or MOTHERS DOES
SERIOUS HARM.

A Woman Says COfsefs are n HeIc OF
Feminine S~ervitude-How Manners
Vary in Various Countries-The Wrong
House.
Now stamp down your foot, dear.
That's it. That shoe is toe large. Let
me see a size smaller"
Really, madam, if you take my adj
vice. began the shoemaker, but
madam cut him off with
II want a smaller shoe. That one
fits like a sack.
The smaller shoes were put on the
child, a pretty little tot of about two
years of age. They fitted tightly and
showed that the foot was a very small
one. but they pinched the child and
made it cry.
Mothers exhibit more vanity than
Judgment in their selection of shoes
for their young children" said the
shoe dealer, after the lady had disap-
peared, to a reporter who wanted a
pair of russell ties. zone will bring
her baby here and try q pair of shoes
on it that will look real sweet !
know what that means and am always
sorry for the baby, who is usually in
it's first short dress, and as skittish as
an old maid about having its feet in
terfered with. l don't say | am going
to put a shoe on it q size larger than
the foot seems, but | do; at least l get
it on as well as n can when the foot
is operated by a perpetual motion
power. Then / trust to the mothers
sense for results. If it's her first baby
she will be indignant and say that she
does not want the treasure to look
sloppy in his shoes. They must fit ex-
actly or she won't take them. / tell
her that the child's weight will push
the foot out at least ~one-fourth OF an
inch and that the shoe is just right.
If she objects again | give up and find
what she wants. The little foot is
squeezed into a tight shoe and the
baby objects by squalling. She says
the seraph is teething or hasn't had its
usual nap, and declares the shoes are
just lovely and papa will be delighted.
THE chances are that when she
wants another pair she will leave the
baby at home, and bring down the old
pair literally burst out at the toes.
She wants several pairs to take home
for trial, and | notice that the only
ones / consider unsuitable she selects.
Children would have better looking
feet it they had wise mothers, and the
fault ties iii the first shoes worn. One
pair too short will ruin the feet, no
matter how loose subsequent ones
may be-"
''Then some women accept your
advice?n
Eyes, after the little people have
laid the foundation for corns and
bunions. | know many children be-
tween the ages of two and three years
who have both these Affections be-
cause their mothers wanted them to
look cute"
rs there no change in the shape of
children's shoes?"
None. There can't well be, be-
cause the sole must be sufficiently
broad to stand the wear and tear.
Square toes are preferred to round,
because they allow freer development
of the toes. In European countries
they make very stylish shoes for chill
dren. They will have heels, pointed
toes, patent leather tips and so forth.
Some mothers buy them here, but the
plain common sense shoe is the best,
and the children, when they grow up,
will appreciate the fact by having
perfectly formed feet, free from corns.
''The spring heel introduced a few
years ago is now worn by children as
young as two years old, but is more
fashionable for children in their teens.
1t is nothing but a strip Of leather in
serted between the sole and that part
of the shoe pressed by the wearer's
heel. 1t is seldom that q smaller than
No. 8 is made with a regular heel, and
that ON the III sense ~plan-low
and broad"
"How are babies shoes numbered?n
mo. 4 is the first size out of baby
hood. No. 0 has a soft sole Of white
kid and pasteboard, and is the success
sor of the knit wool boots that are
worn by babies in long dresses. Nos.
/, 2 and 5 have what is called the
turned sole, sewed together on the
wrong side and turned out. There
are from four to five buttons on the
side, and a black tassel is now fas-
tened at the top in front. The latest
is to have a vamp of French kid, with
calf uppers, or, what is still better, a
half boxed round toe, tipped with
patent leather Mail and Erpress.
The Wrong House.
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