Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-24
WISTFUL AND SWEET.
ARE THESE DAINTY FEET OF THE STAGE.
Some Champion TOoisies-Many Actresses Think
They Can Out-Triby Du Maurisrs Heroine
In Beautiful and Artistic Feet.

While the Trilby craze is agitating
the literary world, the swagger world
and all other kinds of worlds, the Tril-
by foot fad has broken out IN mad
fashion among the women OF the stage.
So great is the interest in Du Maur-
ier's heroine that the foot will proDa-
blv replace the hair as the browning
glory of woman. In future descrlp-
tons of great beauties, instead OF dwell
ling on the Venus-De Milo form, every
attribute of feminine loveliness Will
be summed up by saying she has
Trilby foot" Palmistry and phrenol-
ogy will give way to pedalogy and foot
ology. Already there are students OF
the foot who are endeayoring to show
that peculiarities of the toes, the heels,
the instep and the general formation oil
the tootsie-wootsie have some weighty
influence upon the character and dis
position of the owner.
Among the women of the operate
stage there is an unusual interest IN
Trilby because of the powers given her
as a vocalist. Mines. Melba, Ecalchl,
Emma Games and NOrdica think her
musical impossibility, no matter what
the hypnotic powers of the weird
Syengali might have been.
But possible or impossible musically,
that peep at her foot should enslaVe
the heart of a young man is sufficient
reason to give that member deep con
sideration. Actresses, who naturally
have more vanity than ordinary Wo-
mankind, have taken the foot question
ND in dead earnest. Their culture Of
beautiful feet, however, hasn't reach
ed the point yet where pointed shoes
and high heels have been discarded
and replaced by the loose, shapeless al
fairs worn by the original Irilby.
Many of them, though, have had
their feet photographed, and right here
it might be observed that rich har-
vest awaits the photographing profess
sion when the fad of having ones foot
taken" reaches the general world out
side the stage. 4
Miss Kidder's Fine Toes.
Miss Kathryn Kidder, or Nine. Sans
Gene, thinks She has an ideal Trilby
foot 1t is long and slender, and
great pOint in its favor is that the sec
ond toe is separated from the first, a
unique thing in toes, particularly In
this age of tOothpick pointed shoes.
But Miss Kidders foot lacks the arch
beneath, although the instep is high
Miss Lillian Russell hasa pretty foot.
but nature has been too generous with
her to make it an ideal Trilby affair.
1t is short, pink and dimpled, delicate
~ arched beneath and above, but the
toes are too close together and it is al
most too plump. It's a very nice foot
and Miss Russell need not be ashamed
Of il, even if it doesn't come Up to the
high standard set in Du Maurie's
heroine.
DOESEN'T FANCY THE TRILBY
FOOT.
Il can't say that L fancy the Trilby
foot" said Miss Russell, in speaking
recently on the subject II think
length in a foot an undesirable quail
ity. l like a short, neatly put together
foot, viii a good tnstep, and one which
shows OFF we'll in shoes of the present
mode. Women are not going to walk
about barefooted. Their feet are always
covered and hidden from view, even
when they go in bathing. The Triiby
kind of a foot is like having a lot Of
diamonds and keeping them hidden
from public view. The beauty Of hav-
ing anything beautiful is in the eXhi-
bitiOn Of it.