The morning times., 1896-05-31
FEET NEED REST.
When Properly Treated They Remain
Small and Shapely.


Can you call some other time, I'm
busy now" said my usually ob.ising
friend, the beauty specialist, when /
dropped in on her last Saturda my news
gathering morning
What Must Talk TO you now or never,
All you news women!, Then talk it must
he, but upon the subject / have in han1
I'm too busy how 10 branch off, even for
you, cherie.
RESTING THE FEET.
The trouble with a womans feet =
that she does not rest them propcrly
They spread without any necessity for
spreading Even society women, wbo
i've like dolls aud DO not work, suffer
from enlargement OF the feet. AT twenty
they wear iwos, and at thirty they wear
threes and at forty they wear rours. Their
feet do not grow. and they don't wear any
more sensible shoes than they once did,
but they have rested their feet wrong, and
tney have spread They haven't sup
ported them in time of trouble, and they
have let the muscles take wrong dIreC
tions-falSe ones, and they suffer fer it
in having big feet.
w hen woman has trampcd all day in
hccled shoes she is tired across the ball
of tic foot and on the instep. The latter is
sore to the touch. II the foot is placed in
hot water the muscles OF the instep appear
to soften. Ii the feet re then put flat upon
the ground the muscles actually do fall, and
the trim. round foot is Just so much lower
and broader than il was.
wv hen the instep OF foot is tired the
wcarcr should strip the feet and clOthe
them in thin stockings. Upon her feet she
should place slipper with totally differ
ent heed from the one just worn higher or
lower, as the case ma Y be. S he should then
lie down and rest the tired part of the foot.
II the instep, she can turn upon her face
and spread the foot out until the inStep is
resting upon 4 pillow for every iDch of its
breadth. The foot is now at ease. The
muscles rest and strengthen, and the foot
at the same time preserves its adorable
arch-the arch priced by all who love a
pretty foot.
SLENDERING THE FEET.
Il am recommending spring cure for
the broadening of the feet, or which SO
many women complain in summer. This
broadening is a swelling from heat and
walking. but unfortunately ii docs not al
ways go down in the fall
When the heat of the day is over,
and before time 10 dress for dinner, the
visitor al any country resort can slip
away 10 some cooling brook near by and
there give the feet the spring treatment.
1t is what we call the 'slendering' pro-
cess.
Select spot along the bank where the
water runs fastest. Take off the shoes
and stockings, and, dipping each pink
tip in the water, allow the cool stream
to run over the feet us high as the ankles.
Be sure TO point the toes Il little and
move the ankles gently in the water 10
make the friction OF the water greater.
Let the cool stream flow over the tired
feet for an hour, hold them in the sun for
fifteen minutes, dress, and go back to your
| boarding place, ready to dance all the even
| ing in the smallest party slippers in your
| summer wardrobe.
Il have a letter here from a young art
student studying in Paris. Before she went
away last fall | treated her for frecklrs
| and sunhurn, and now that she is in
| trouble again she writes to me.
= Il do not know what shall do with my
| feet. From standing at the easel so many
| hour sa day, they have spread until can
| only wear d very loose pair Of house-tieS I
| brought with me from home. Must
| pinch into little shoes or shall reconcile
myself to big feet and buy big shoes?'
| Isn't that pathetic for Southern girl?
| Now, l shall take up my pen to write to
J her. Stand as many hours as YOU please
| | shall say, but learn how TO rest your
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| little parlor evenings, do not allow the balls
| OF your feet to spread upon the floor. For
| get grace and repose for an hour or sc
each evening, and rest your feet prop
1 erly. Change the muscular balance.
'''Dnring the day you stand upon the
! soes of your feet. In the evening, then
rest upon the toes. Let your feet fall
| lightly to the floor, so that only the toes
touch. Rest the full weight of your limb:
| upon the toes. You will get tired the first
evening you try it, but next night you vii
not notice the position.
A PRETTY POSE.
% Per haps you don't Think the toes
strong enough to bear half the weightof the
body. Dispel that fear and think of the
ballet dancers, who pirouette nightly upon
| the yerf tips OF their toes. You will soon
! find it very restfui to be able to change
YOUR muscular repose at will. Ishould also