Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-21
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 up of a Perfect Woman.

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 1.-The girl of the period, generously says a prominent chiropodist, lis devot- hg herself more and more to the study of her foot She has found out that this Instrument is capable of almost as much development for strength and beauty .really synonymous terms) as her hand. She knows that the splendid exercise of piano playing, iR which each finger and every muscle of the hand, wrist and arm is developed to the greatest state of elas. ticity and to beautys own holdings, con- tains the very hint she wants to follow in the development of the foot No. she is not going to play the piano with her feet, but she is going through lot of gymnastic exercises with them. She sits on the bed every morning working her toes, then she walks around the room or her bare toes, and strengthening out her ankle. like a ballet girl, with every step She finds at first that she can hai lily raise herself on the balls of her feet and walk on them
 
 week or so the exercise will accomplish that much Then she grows able to lift herself off even the balls of her feet on to the very toes alone for moments at a tinl9. Then she sits down on the bed and gives them lighter exercises, just by working them until they will move in- dependently of each other. At first she has to pull them with her hands aa far as possible in all different directions, just like the pianist practices his hands on the techniccn. They are very awkward at first, just as the fingers would have been If not practised, and, indeed, as many peoples fingers are. She is no longer a victim to the foolish prejudice against spreading her foot out on the floor. She is no longer a victim of the illusion to the eye, ignorant of art, that ittleness s beauty. She no longer desires set of cramped toes, but spreads them out on the floor and tries to make them assume the square, beautiful proportions of the baby's sweet foot.
 "In fact the foot development craze with the fashionable progressive girl of the period may be called the baby foot craze. These exercises of the foot and tees make them able to spring twice as far off their feet. She is constantly seek ing better shoes. She is doing just the reverse of what she used to do when she fought with her shoemaker because the shoe was not tight enough. She is now constantly fighting with him to get them broader at the toes, and many a girl whc Is proud of her new sensible, progressive Idea will hold the toe Of a broad shoe in view for you in the street cars, at home and elsewhere.
 Many jokes are cracked on the corn doctors in the papers, but we always ad- wise people to wear anything but pointed shoes. The foot and toes should have all the freedom of the hand and fingers. A great many girls also ask us for advice about curing pigeon toe. It is curious thing that many girls live all their lives and are laughed at by the boys for walk ing pigeon toed, wheE they never notice that they walk differently from other people. But those who have it can cor rect it to great extent by practice. advised several young ladies in a practice which they say has greatly improved them. That is to get before mirror in their dressing rooms and walk toward 1t, stepping high and extending the leg straight out toward the glass at every step. They thus find when the foot lights how it crosses in upon the vertical plane which the other foot must reverse for ih movements. They thus see how the less are not hinged quite properly, and learn to move them in parallel planes. Step ping forward and backward toward the mirror will frequently correct pigeon toed walking. Philadelphia Inquirer.