Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-08-09
CARE OF THE FEET.
THE cRAMPED AID TORTURED FOOT
NO LONGER THE IDEAL.

NO LONGER THE IDEAL
Views Of Celebrated hnatomixt--The I'M
portance Of Wearing the Right kind of
Something About corns aud How
to Treat Them.
Very few seem to realize the impor-
tance Of giving the feet proper attention
in order to secure better health as we'll
as general comfort Tt is almost ipcon-
ceivable that in our civilized nation in
the modern age there are still so many
otherwise sensible women who are will
ing to MAIN and cripple their feet aud
suffer tortures for the sake of wearing
shoes just little too small, or which
are, as they imagine falsely, pretty or
more fashionable. We see the folly Of
the cramping process upon the feet Of
the Chinese women, but how much more
inexcusable it is for women of this en-
hghtened country
In former times it has been the fash
ion for shoes to be made with high
heels, narrow, pointed toes and all sorts
of extravagant shapes contrary to ease
and comfort, and as too many people
have felt it incumbent upon them to
bow to the demands Of the tyrant fash
ion, no matter how unreasonable her
demands, the result las been for sue
ceeding generations untold suffering in
the form of corns, bunions and other
deformities, until now it is comparative
" rare to see, except among savage ma
tons, a perfect, well shaped foot. But
q more sensible fashion allows the wear
ing Of various styles Of sensible shoes
that are adapted to the ease and COM
fort Of the wearer, with thick soles,
wide, low heels and plenty Of room for
free expansion Of the toes and muscles,
and the numerous corns, which are not
only exceedingly painful, but often seri-
GUS affairs, are gradually disappearing
from the feet of the sensible ones and
the ideal foot is no longer the cramped
and tortured foot
Tho celebrated anatomist, Professor
Hyrti of Vienna university, opened one
of his lectures to his class with the sin
gular question, (Which is the most beau
tiful foot, considered from the anatom- |
ioal standpoint and then continued:
ut is remarkable that there are so many
divergent opinions on this subject
While the sons of men look upon a |
small, slender and graceful foot, lady's |
foot, as an ideal one, the anatomist ut
terly rejects it as beautiful and only
the large, long and broad foot is the
ideal one in his eyes. Even the greatest
classic writer's of antiquity, Horace, Ca
tallus, and others, who had great appre-
citation Of the feminine beauty, never
mentioned in the descriptions of their
beloved-and, as is we'll known, they
had many-their small feet.
1.-THE people belonging to the Celtic
race have small feet; the Hindoos es-
pecially have such feet and hands that
they may be envied by many European
countesses The native troops of the
English army in India possess in Eng
land their own armory where peculiar
kinds Of weapons are constructed for
them, and the sword hits made for
them are much too small for us to grasp
with ease. The greatest beauties Of Eu-
rope, the Italians, have really long and
broad feet. -
But even if we do not care to be con-
WINGED that the ideal foot is the foot
chat is long and broad; we can certainly
realize the Importance Of care in select
ing shoes Of the proper size for comfort
as we'll as beauty. The foot never looks
pretty in a shoe too small for it, and
such shoes soon become unshapely from
undue pressure, giving anything but a
pretty appearance.
On the other hand, we should not fall
into the error of buying shoes too large
These are quite as apt to cause corns as
small ones by rubbing certain parts Of
he foot. If any one has the misfortune
20 fall into this mistake, it can be RENE
lied to great extent by inserting soft {
Tad OF cotton batting in the toe Of the {
hoe or i'll the part that rubs against {
he foot
The same care is necessary in buying c
hoes as in buying gloves They will
asst much longer and have a better ap-
'earance when made Of new, good skins t
Did leather or kid is not soft and elastic C
nd does not easily shape itself to the e
DOT or the hand. This is not only a t
natter Of comfort, but of economy. In t
his, as in many other things, the best o
s the cheapest, and as few women, or
men either, for that matter, are good Z
judges of leather it will be wise to buy
My Of honest, experienced dealers, in
whom we can confide, for we cannot N
ford risks in a matter where so much
) involved. An uncomfortable shoe is
eally very serious matter when we O.
axe into consideration the pain and Il
iscomfort, the probable deformities in Ii
ne way of coIns and bunions, the wear v
n the nervous system and the unpleas- Il
ut consequences Of our irritable tenn Il
ors because Of personal discomfort. OIL
1t scarcely seems necessary to speak fl
the importance Of frequent bathing ia
the feet and pairing of the nails, and CT
ct many are surprisingly careless in Ii
lis respect. Corns are simply composed h,
a great number of layers of cuticle, fc
scarf skin, one above another, each til
layer being larger than the E
50 that the whole assumes l..
e form Of a grain of Indian corn; m
snce its name This is constantly press ST
g its point upon the tender flesh when
e shoe presses or rubs against it, and tn
this cuticle is easily dissolved to a pr
eat extent by the warm water and Of
ap we can see that bathing is the most 70
ady and harmless remedy as we'll as lit
eventive. Exchange la
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