The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
The TriIbN Foot.

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The Trilby Foot.
That Trilby is a fad is a pretty well es-
tablished fact. Commenting upon the sub
ject metropolitan journal says: 1T was
not until about six weeks ago that the
mania broke out in it's greatest virulenee
and wrought havoc in society circles. And
now no private entertainment is complete
unless Trilby figures in it," The Trilby
foot and voice are, of course the salient
features OF the entertainments, with the
greater attention paid to the foot.
There may be some question as to Trl-
by's morality, but there can be no doubt
that her foot is all right. And a vast
amount more of good than of harm will
result from society women, or any other
wonderland men. too-seeking to be like
Trilby in the matter of feet. If women
are going into putting their feet on exhi-
bition, a great majority of them must
first put those members into training, in
order to make them presentable; for it
will hardly be questioned that perfect
foot is an exception. Nor is that the fault
of nature. When the average human
being arrives into the world, the feet
are all that they should be. But straight
way their abuse begins, and by the time
maturity Is reached it is too often the
case that the foot is but a caricaturs of
what nature intended it to be. The toes
are piled upon one another, the curves are
rudely broken with excrescences, and the
owner is to a greater or less extent a
cripple. Warts. corns, bunions, and In
growing nails as the cornsalve man
says, "are the curse of civilized society"
1t isn't worth while to say how the feet
are abused. That is too well known al
ready. Nor is 1t worth the space to say
how many ills the doctors attribute to
feet that are day after day crushed in
shoes that are too small or have too high
heels, or are otherwise constructed to con-
form to fashion" in defiance of comfort
and health The family physician win
give information on that subject. 1t may
be said, though, that if Trilby should have
the effect of producing a pride in feet,
rather than a pride in Shoes and cause
women to give those members the atten-
tion they should have to make them per-
feet, Du Maurier will have accomplished
enough good to more than offset any evil
that may arise from the reading of his
book.
The Syracus IN. " Post tells of a Pc
culiar amusement that the young folks
of that city indulge in to pass away the
long winter hours. The function is called
an "onion social" Six young ladies stand
in a row; one of them bites piece out of
an onion. The gentlemen. who have been
shut out of the room, are then let in, and
pay 10 cents apiece for the privilege OF
guessing who bit the onion. The correct
guesser kisses the other five girls, and the
fellows who failed to guess correctly are
condemned to kiss the girl who really
did the biting. For robust flavor, this
function deserves the blue ribbon. 1t could
hardly be improved upon unless limburger
cheese and saurkraut were substituted
for the onion.
r The new man, Cy. galloway, who has
come out of New Hampshire to take a
seat in the next congress as the successor
to Henry w. Blair. is attracting some at
tenton to himself. He has declared in favor
of free silver, which makes him unique
among the New England congressman.
He is also opposed to the issuing of bonds
to sustain the governments credit, besides
which he is said to be infected with other
populistlc political bacilli. All of this,
however, merely goes to show that New
England can compete in growing politi-
cal cranks with any other section of the
country.