The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-11
The Human Foot Divine.

Some Wisconsin girls nave formed an
organization called the f" Society of the
Heavenly Foot,' so it is said. 1t is not a
charity organization, as one familiar with
the Scripture text about the beautiful
feet of those who bring glad tidings
might suppose. On the contrary. it is a
society for the growth OF literally beanti-
full feet. The girls have concluded that
the Almighty understands his business,
and knew the laws Of beauty as well as
use, when he made the human foot.
Consequently, they are going to encour-
age the human foot. just as the Creator
shaped it.
If there is anything more hideous than
another, it is a foot that has worn high
heeled, pointed toed shoes, two sizes too
small for it, twenty or thirty years.
Knobby, horny, misshapen, one toe point
| ing upward in helpless appeal to heaven
against the Disagreement to which it had
been subjected, another crumpled down
| out of sight and ashamed to show itself
the Chinese woman's foot is not O whit
more ugly. The reason why women wear
| stockings, and often shoes, into the
water at bathing resorts is said to- be be-
| cause they are ashamed to show their de-
| formed feet.
Corns and horns upon the foot and toes
| are produced largely because the toes do
not obtain exercise. They are cramped
and stiffened, and so form degenerate
growths. If you can work every joint in
every toe freely, spreading the toes far
apart so that they do not touch other,
YOU will not be troubled with corns or
bunions. This is IN excellent exercise
for athletic girls and women, as well as
men and boys. A little practice evening
and morning, limbering ankles and liber-
ating the toes, till they are as flexible as
the fingers of a pianist, will in time cure
the worst case OF corn or bunion.
Likewise wear shoes broad enough to
give the toes a chance for life. Give them
even half a chance and they will reward
you by becoming pink and rosy like an
infants and perfectly shaped. Small feet
there are in plenty, but beautiful feet
there is not one pair in five Thousand. So
! let us welcome the heavenly foot society
with rejoicing. Let us hope that in time
we shall have a generation of American
bellies who need not De ashamed to show
their beautiful, classic bare feet. A belle
with really aesthetic, artistic taste is
prouder of the perfection of her bare
foot than Of the small size of her shoe.
She can both walk andrun with the grand
free step of the ancient Greek beauty
Plaa'vseld Eveniag Ncaos.
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illustrations for stories, poems, etc.
where the artist must rely upon the re-
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o writer on travel sends to an editor the
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