The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-21

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portance of Wearing the Right Kind OF
Shoes Something About Corns and How
to Treat Them.
Very few seem to realize the impor-
lance of giving.the feet proper attention
IN order OBSCURE better h,Ath as we'll
rs general comfort. 1t is almost illcon-
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 and
suffer tortures for tho 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-
lightened 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 extravaganza shapes contrary to ease
and comfort, and as too many people
have felt it incumbent upon them to
bow to the demands Of the tyrsnt fash
ion, no matter how unreasonable her
demands, tho result has been for sue
ceeding generations untold suffering i'll
the form of corns, bunio,ls and other
deformitios, until now it is comparative
~ rare to sec, except amcng savage ma
tions, perfect, we'll shaped foot. But
moro sensible fashion allows the wear
ing of various stylos Of sensible shoes
that aro adapted to the ease and COM
fort Of tho woarcr, with thick solcs,
wide, low heels and plenty of room for
free expans on Of the toes and muscles,
and the numerous corns, which are not
only exceedingly painful, but often seri-
GUS affairs, arc gradually disappearing
from tho feet Of tho sensible ones and
the ideal foot is no longer tho cralnped
and tortured foot.
The celebrated anatomist, Professor
Hyrti of Vienna university, opened one
of his lectures to his class with the sim
gular question, (which is the most beau
tiful foot, considered from the anatom-
ical standpoint!' and then continued !:
sit is remarkable that there are SO many
divergent opinions on this subject.
While tho sons Of men look upon q
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 writers Of antiquity, Horace, Ca
tallus, and othors, 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 meny--their small feet.
"The people belonging to the Celtic
race have small feet; tho Hindoos es-
peoially have such feet and hands that
they may bo cnvied by many European
countewes. The native troops Of the
English army in India possess in Eng
land their own armory where peculiar
kinds of weapons aro constructed for
them, and the sword hilts made for
them are much too small for us to grasp
with ease. The greatest beauties of Eu-
rope, tho Italians, have really long and
broad feet.
But even If we do not care to be con-
vinced that the ideal foot is the foot
that 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 shoe too small for it, and
such shoes soon become unshapely from
undue pressure, giving anything but q
pretty appearance
On the other hand, we should not fall
into the error Of buying shoes too large.
These are quite us apt to cause corns as
small ones by rubbing certain parts Of
the foot. II any ono has the misfortune
to fall into this mistake, it can be reme-
died to u great extent by inserting II soft
wad Of cotton batting in the too of the
shoe or III the part that rubs against
the foot
The same caro- is necessary in buying
shoes as in buying gloves. They will
last much longer and have better ap-
pearance whom made of now, good skins
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