Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-06
FEET or THE FAIR.
INTERESTING STATISTICS GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS RIVAL ciTlEa

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chicsgo's Classic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Girl ~ Gotham.
inougn ayerse to rousing any sectional
feeling, it will be necessary TO nsake soma
odlous comparisons between the pedal prod
ucfs Of the different parts Of the country.
Our Boston correspondent went "a half !
dozen Of the best and oldest establishments
In his city. The senior partner Of one arm
says Of the Boston foot: ssIt q the font Of
~ New Engiand-very long and narrow; In
TACT, the narrowest in the whole country. In
the south the foot Is not 20 long, but Il 4
broad and thick. Oh, yes, it's fact that the
shape Of feet differs in different parts Of The
country Any wholesaler known that
Another firm, sensitive on the subject.
says The average size il four and & half
ms sounds rather big, but the New England
loot makes up BY being long and narrow.
NoT sobserve the animus), In New York ths
feet are shorter than ours, perhaps, but wide
and hat Out west their feet are large all
over. 1t Is said the Boston women are mors
fearless walkers than their Now York s;sterx
being balanced on foot.
The Washington woman has email and
exceedingly pretty hand and foot. Ths
latter has not the Thickness common to sons
parts OF the south, but, which ever way you
look at 1t, shows the absolute arch that Is the
test OF perfection and the stamp Of thorough
breeding The Washington woman varies
from one and half to two and . half In
boots
The women Of New Orleans have feet not
excessively small, but beautifully nodded and
free from the bumps and excrescences that
spoil many foot nature meant to be perfect
French ideas and French traditions have no
doubt great deal to do with this, and like
her Partisan cousin the New Orleans belle
is most exacting as to her foot gear. On
special occasions her satin shoes are sewed
together upon her foot, that neither wrinkles,
buttons nor laces may mar it's scuiptured out
lines No. IL the average sizs worn by
the women Of New Orleans.
| This is size larger than Louisville con-
| fesses to, and about the Louisville foot there
can only be only one opinion. 1t is, as Dick
ems would say, a tiny, precious, blessed little
foot, that tramples on mans heart with i'm
| punity, and is given to all manner Of fasci-
mating boots The Louisville girl Is Z better
walker than her sex further south. Che has
/ NV AR'Sh a hnPRJ Llc~4lultl, CUIllU1t16tlDu u
the graceful languor Of New Orleans and the
sprightiy, springy gait OF New York.
| The fair Philadelphian likes good boots,
| well made, but she is not so particular as to
the style as the New Yorker. She inclines
rather to the English idea Of low heels and
comfortable toes, takes short but not springy
steps, and is lamentably Indifferent to miss
| ing buttons on her boots. According to the
testimony of half dozen shoe dealers, thre<
and three and half are the sizes most worn
in the Quaker City. This is better than VI
would anticipate in place where the pave
ments are prone to make griddles OF the
pedestrians feet
1t is with tinlid pen one approaches thu
Chicago foot. To show how utterly morbic
and infamed che Chicago mind is on the sub
ject, the correspondent there, instead of con
timing himself to facts, begins his communi
cation with a mighty blast at the st. Loui
ear, and follows it up with whack at sths
intellectual instep Of the bean eating schoo
of Boston He continues: THE Chicago
foot is solid, and withal does not average al
excess of one-eighth over the size usual,
credited fby Chicago to the eastern FOOT
This one eighth, however, becomes fnsig
nifcant, when, instead Of the average, tn
actual sizes sold are considered 1t will thel
be found that only in two out of eight case
the aristocratic diminutive of three
reached, while the happy medium of four oh
tains in but one case. In four cases out o
eight-fully 50 per cent--the generous pro
portions of four and half prevail, and Il
one case the solid figure five presents itself
suggesting the largeness and INEQUALITIES
superiority of everything pertaining to Chi
cago even in foot wear"
Two St. Louis correspondents write on tn
subject. Our regular, who has visited til
large and popular shops; the other lady
who confined her inquiries to the more exclu
siye and expensive shoe shops. The frs
saws that three is the average size; the sex
ond that two and half prevails in fashions
J BILE society. She adds: 1.-TWO is q commo
size among our good families, and in til
custom made orders there is plentify
sprinkling of one and half The st. Lou
girls have little genlike feet and dress theg
with exquisite taste. There is one youn
lady here who never has less than twenty
five pairs of boots and slippers in stock, an
never wears the same pair twice in succe
sion, one of the secrets for keeping both boz
and foot in shape"
The Omaha correspondent places a col
, struction, western III its hberality, on I'll
5 word average He says; Ladies' averas
J size in shoes is from three and half up I
/ nine In one instance twelve was worn.
Here comes the saving clause: "Ths Latte
sizes are sold to Bohemians and Swedes
$ Another resident of the town adds: "Omah
r girls don't bother much about their fee
l They use them to walk with, and they ca
beat any girls dancing | ever saw, becaui
they don't wear tight shoes"
Coming nearer home, to Brooklyn, we fir
its women preserve happy medium Let
!. stranger stand at any of its big church doc
on a fine Sunday, and he will watch with q
:, interest not strange to his sex the legions
= well shaped, well booted feet that peep fro
under the most immaculate of starched skirt
: The Brooklyn woman is essentially neat
her house and toilet, and in nothing does tn
, pleasing trait show more than in her boot
il. Never a button missing or a trace of mi
n about them.
To see or to admire-it is quite the san
> thing-the New York foot one must freque
= Fifth avenue and hover about the theat
|. entrances on sunny Saturday afterroo
!. As the multitude of little feet patter over d
= stone pavement one is reminded OF flock
. tiny black birds. Now they advance, nc
= they nause, turn this way and turn that,
:, finally skim the ground and hop into csnS
u shop or waiting carriage. The New Yo
:, girl knows a good boot when she sees it, al
q to see with her means to have. Seven dolla
III is modest sum to pay for her choice, al
e St2 or SIS she thinks reasonable.
!" A good deal abroad, and having broug
d home many bits of foreign folly, the girl
: Gotham has imported one solid little chul
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