The Washington times., 1895-05-21

Some of the young husbands hold their con-
sorts hand to be with her and to help her
bear the pain and at the same time jealously
watching the doctor as he operates and
quickly resenting even the slightest un-
needed carreSsing OF the affected part. AL
most all of the trouble in this direction, and
it is considerable, is experienced with per
sons of the female persuasion, and of that
class commonly known as old Inaids. The
usual mode of preparing for the dreaded or
deal % of allowing a man to treat her foot,
is to adorn her lower limbs in the gTandiest
kind of gaudy silk stockings, out oil which is
cut small piece covering the affected part
and the doctor must touch the little patch
OF flesh visible and nothing more.
In this connection there is a story told
of an eccentric old chiropodisU who was pos
s7ssed OF sufficient means TO be independ-
ent. a lady patient on removing her stock
ing disclosed the fact that she had on
another one underneath which was fixed
as we have described above. He. without
a word of explanation, went aud procured
pair of imE1a culately white kid gloves
and in these performed the operation.
In the shoes and stockings of the patients
money aud jewelry are often found. Re-
Gently man who follows The races came
into an office TO have his foot treated,
and in his shoe was found a rabbits left
hind foot, which is commonly supposed
Ia bring good luck To the pOssessor.
Ii is an ill wind that doesn't blow good
for some one and this saying holds good
even in the chiropodist's business A
long, damp rainy spell, which almost
every one else looks upon with dread, is
hailed with delight 10y the foot specialist
he Knows that the corns Will then begin
to hurt, aud as be sits in his office he
chuckles with delight at the thought. for
it means money to him. Both extremes
of cold aud heat give briskness 10 the
business. 1t is one of the few pursuits
that are almost entirely unaffected by
hard times.
CORNS ARE JEALOUS THINGS.
10 times Of financial stringency persons
try to economic by having only one Of
two corns removed, but they rarely get
outside before the remaining one "gets
Jealous and to procure that ease of mind
which is only accompanied by an easy foot
they must have the rest attended TO.
The human foot, as far as the bones are
concerned, is remarkably similar TO that
Of some animals 1t is said that in a
recent examination in anatomy at one Of
the Washington medical colleges a bears
foot was given TO the students, aud that
without exception it was described and
explained without any pupil discovering
that 1t was not that OF human being.
The destructive feature which makes
mans foot distinguishable from that of
the lower orders OF creation is the instep.
In the most intellectual and highly cul-
tured races the iustep is very high, and
the arch in the sole very pronounced. As
the grade Of refinement and mental attain
meuts descends, the disparity from the ami
NAL type becomes less marked, until finally
in the fat-footed negro the difference is
scarcely noticeable.
The great cause of trouble with the feet
is in wearing shoes that are loose in the
iustep This allows the foot TO slip up
into the narrow portion OF the shoe, thus
crowding the toes, causing friction, and
giving rise to corns and banions. Tight
shoes are not. as is commonly supposed,
the most potent factor in causing corns,
but rather, as has been stated, shoes that
are loose in the instep,
Corns are no respecterS Of persons; they
visit the rich and che poor, as a glance at
the following list taken from signatures
in the register of a long established Penn
syivana avenue chiropodist viii show:
Grover Cleveland, Chester A. Arthur, Stuart
Robson, Fritz Emmett, John Philip Sousa,
George Bancroft, E. Berry Wall, u. S.
Grant. James A Garfield, Walt Whitman n,
Joe JeffeHpn and scores of others. This
volume rep Nses on modest little table in
a small bac office, but it is a most valu-
able and co. pplete collection of the bona
fide SIGNATURE of the great authors, artists,
soldiers aud t'atesmen who have figur i
in the past Il irty years history of our
country.
What tales i could tell of ambitious
dreams that ha been killed, and what
great plans fors Nken through the pains
caused by paiI pg foot.