The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1890-09-18
THE FEET OF ACTRESSES.
6oubrettes Discuss the Size and Dimen-
sions of Their Pedal Extremities.
A feature in feet

A feature in feet,
What visions of corns, bunions chill
blains and ingrowing nails arise be-
fore me as | write these words. Not
that am afflicted with corns, bunions,
chilblains or ingrowing nails. but Eve
heard all about them. Last night at
the Highland House. disguised as
second trombone. | overheard several
soubrettes and leading ladies drinking
-tea-and talking about other SOU
brettes and leading ladies. From
Pauline Hall the conversation drifted
into feet.
'I'll bet I've got the smallest feet in
the gang" said Eugene Nicholson.
who wears number two and half.
And I'm equally certain that mine
are the largest, admitted Jennie Ref
ferth, who wears skies.
An examination showed that Reif-
ferth had sized her foot up correctly;
but there were three or four smaller
feet than Miss Nicholson's in the party.
Laura Willard wears number three and
half shoes; Alice Verona sports num-
Der two; Marietta Nash wears ones
and half; Mrs. Alexander Spencer
wears charming smile upon her pref
ty face and number two shoes, D. last
on her feet.
did you know" said the soubrette.
''that Sallie Cohen has about the small
est feet in the business? She wears
thirteens. And of the beautiful wom-
en- of the stage Mary Anderson proba-
bly, has the largest feet. She wears
tives and a half. Her feet are long
and slim. Tragic queens usually have
pretty large feet. Modjeska. for in
stance, wears tours and half. while
Janauschek and Ristori have unusual
ly large feet, Julia Marlowe slips bel
well-proportioned feet into number
threes and Il half, while Margaret
Mather wears half size smaller"
''And how about the comic opera
queens?"
well, they usually have nice clean
feet of average size. Pauline Hall,
for instance. wears fives-n
why, Lottie!n demonstrated the
leading lady, she doesn't no such
thing. She only wears fours and 3
half"
well. perhaps you'd better cut Hall
down a half size then, and don't say
anything about her being knocked
kneed."
Is she really knock kneed9 How
then does she conceal the fact?n
''She doesn't conceal it. Its an
impossibiity. The only way for a
knock kneed lady to appear unknock
kneed is to be knock calved and knock
thighed also. | mean by padding the
calves and the thighs the little pro-
tuberances on the insides of the knees
are concealed.
''Ah! And how about Halls rivalsp"
''Well, Lillian Russell wears threes
and half; Fanny Rice wears i smaller
size. and the poor dear suffers terribly
with corns; Marie Jansen wears threes;
Marion Manola slips her dainty little
foot into number four shoe, and
Isabella Urquhart, who has piano legs,
wears the same size shoe: Madelaine
Lucette wears threes and a half; Della
Fox and Helen Bertaam each wears
threes, and Garcia Highlander and Gus
tie Zimmerman, the noted German
actress, finds no difficulty in slipping
in number two shoes; Nine. Cottrellv,
who ought to wear snow-shoes, has a
number six foot
''And Susie Kirwinon
"She wears twos and half By the
way, did you ever notice Herr Helm
rich Conried's feet? He experiences
no difficulty in putting on ladies'
number thirteen. small size. Tim
Murphy wears the same number, only
it's of the large size. George Lauri
wears tive-and-a-half shoes Charlie
Campbell wears skies and Travernier
number twelves. Cincinnati Times
Star