Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-09-14
BEAUTY M THE FOOT.
Fee an Unimportant Matter in the Hais
 up oI a Perfect Woman.


 up or Perfect Woman
 1.-The girl of the period" generously says prominent chiropodist, lis devot- ing 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 terlns) as her hand. She knows that the splendid exercise of piano playing. iR which each finger aud every muscle of the hand, wrist and arm is developed to the greatest state of elas- ticity and to beauty's 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 a lot of gymnastic exercises with them. She sits on the bed every morning working her toes. then she walks around the room on her bare toes. and straightenirg 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
 Presently that becomes easy. In week or so the exercise will accomplish that much Then she grows able t7 lift herself off even the balls of her feet ,)n to the very toes alone for moments at tinlo. Then she sits down on the bed and gives them lighter exercises, just by working them until they will move in- aependently of each other. At first she has to pull them with her hands g. f;.I as possible in all different directions, like the pianist practices his hands oI ...s technicCn- They are very awkward :-! first, just as the fingers would have been If not practised, and, indeed, as many peoples fingers are. She is no longer victim to the foolish prejudice against spreading her foot out on the floor. She ls no longer victim of the illusion tc the eye, ignorant of art, that ittleness is beauty. She no longer desires set of crsmped toes, but spreads them out ou the floor and tries to make them assume the square, beautiful proportions of the haby'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 tng 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 girl who 6 proud of her new sensible, progressive idea will hold the toe of broad shoe in view for you in the street cars, at home and elsewhere.
 Many jokes are cracked on the COTE 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 a 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 1t can cor rect it to great extent by practice. advised several young ladies in practice which they say has greatly improved them. That is to get before mirror in their dressing rooms and walk toward It, 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 its movements. They thus see how the legs 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. ng."-Philadelphia Inquirer.