The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-14
LOOK AT THEIR FEET, GIRLS.
A New York Mis-. who TIA. . w.v q,

A New York Miss Who Has y way Of
D~isconcert,ng impairment Admirers.
Why Is 1t that the average flop who Is
bent upon Irritation with a woman
whom he does not know can be COM
pletely disarmed and put hopelessly out
OF c~ountenance in about three seconds
II the woman simply fixes her stony
gaze upon his feet? I had never OBJ
served this interesting fact until l
chanced to overhear a conversation be-
tween two unusually attractive young
women. both Of whom | was acquainted
with. The younger OF the two was a
pretty little Quaker miss from Phila-
delphia. The other was the New York
giri whom she was visiting. They la
Deen out shopping. and on the way
nome In an 81" road car. It seems one
OF the male type commonly known IA
"Johnnies." struck with the Priscilla
ike freshness of the Quaker maiden's
beauty, had offended her Rittenhousc
square sense Of propriety by the rap
turous glances which he lavished upon
her from his seat opposite. all the way
"NhtN " o'S
dredth and Fourth street.
Are all New York men like that"
asked the Philadelphia Priscilla OF the
New York Diana, with delicious mai
vete. This was after they had reached
the security of the New York girls
drawing room. what can n girl do
when a man ogles her like that?"
"Iln ~ .,l-nI shz NJ, va,ly utrl Ia
the superior wisdom of her twenty-five
years, "Ill tell you what | do, and |
seldom have known 1t to fail. When
a man acts like that and you want him
to stop 1t, just call up your most stony
glare and fix your eyes upon his feet
with a sort of surprised Did you ever?
expression of the face, and II he doesn't
stop annoying you in three seconds 1t
will be because he Is awfully short
sighted"
saw the New York girl put her
theory into practice a few days later.
IL worked wonderfully. The youths
footgcar was Immaculate. His patent
feathers fitted him to perfection, and
they were polished in the highest style
of the art. His trousers were properly
creased and not pulled up too high.
No portion of his hosiery was visible.
He did not turn his toes in. nor was
there anything else physically or
artistically abnormal in his appear
ance. And yet the moment that stony
glare was fixed upon his feet, with just
the faintest suspicion Of an amused
twinkle in the girls eye, that youths
confidence collapsed. He shifted his
position. fidgeted nervously, fumbled
his cane, and finally yielded to the in
evitable and deliberately leaned over
and surveyed his feet uneasily. Then
he Strengthened up with an apparent
sense of relief, but after that he kept
his eyes off the New York girl, as a man
might who has been hypnotized n
doesn't want il to occur again.
The youth did not know that he was
being observed by one Of his W sex,
as we had been obliged to occupy seats
on opposite sides of the car and he had
entered the train afterward.
Il can do it every time" said the
New York girl, with a toss of her opera
bonnet, as we left the train at Thirty
third street, land so can lots Of girls.
Why Is it? l don't know exactly. but I
suppose they think there's something
wrong-shoelace united, patent leath-
ers muddy or split or something Of that
kind. Anyway the method is simple
and generally effective. and it doesn't
attract the attention of others, as a
rule. / know plenty of girls who al
ways treat them that way"