The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-29
FOOT READING,
A New Method of Determining Human
characteristics.

uays OF brain reasoning. The new sci
ence sees character in the shape and
lines of the foot as wise men have for
years seen it in the palm.
The sole of the foot is marked with
myriad of fine lines Conspicuous
among these are the strong middle
lines. These, like those of the palm,
are almost creases and appear in pho
tograph of the hand and foot. PedisLry
reads these lines.
Starting from the base of the big toe
there is distinct line that is the ';fe
line. In one foot it will curve along
until it terminates under the ipstep,
far to the lower base of the little Toe.
This means long life. If broken in
the hollow of the foot it denotes a
sickness at middle age, and if il termi-
mates in the hollow of the foot it means
short life. This line is the most in
teresting one on the foot. The cx-
periments that have been conducted
lately have proven this to be al almost
unfailing reading of longevity.
Next to the lines of life are he ding
onal lines running from one side to
another at what is known as the hollow
of the foot, below 1.-The BALI of the feet.
These lines are the lines of love. All
the home and moral sentiments are here
found. A pronounced cross line means
that a good domestic woman OF good
family man is here. And if the lie is
broken it means domestic estrange-
ment. The originator of pedis'ry SEEK
ing to bring the occult in his new sci
ence has tried to show that there will
be as many transverse lines as there
are to be husbands or wives. But this
is not followed by the true ped.sts, " no
refuse to see more than character traits
in the lines.
Line reading is one part Of pedistry.
The other is in the shape of the loot.
Beautiful women of marvellous tn 'ent
have the Greek foot. You should hear
Greco. the Paris photographer, rave
about Bernhardt's foot, the toes sep
arate," he says, and there is a space be-
tween the first and second
That space means great talent. You
never saw talented woman with The
/ first two toes hugging each other. The
toes are square at the ends, and the
owner cannot wear pointed shoes, be-
cause of that square second toe. But
you'll forgive this foot its square shoe
because it is such talented ore!
/ The ideal foot of a woman is n%iy
TO look at, but very charming to know
! the foot that is irregular. This foot
can wear the pointed shoe, because The
big toe is half an inch longer than the
other toes. The foot is high IN instep,
denCting caprciousness to certain eX-
tent, and it has the incurve at the hol-
low of the foot that denotes aristoc"a:lc
tastes. A foot like that belongs 10 Il
person easy to get along with and
good to know. \ curve at the ankle
means a love of fun. Those slender,
curying ankles that cross the sire ct,
giving you peeps of prettiness. belong
to just such feet as the "idCnP md
they mean a good nice little woman
above them.
! The solid foot boasts of IT'S instep.
I 1t is the step of the worker. The So
called instep is no instep at all. II is
! a thickening of the ball of the foot with
out beautiful curve. Women with
i these feet are industrious. Notice the
next thick-footed woman you see. She
will wear shoe that fairly Icons up
on the instep, and her heel will come
! down as straight as can be in a foot.
This means a truth-telling instinct and
! all good. moral qualities. The foot is
| that of the woman who has done pio-
neer work for the sex, and who VIII
/ DO it again. The feet of the 'stl ong
man" of the family. Seen il a man,
this foot brings respect and dignity.
The short-toed woman has a loot
! as short as her temper. The short-toed
man is the man who swears easily. 1t
| is the abominable temper that goes
with short toes. The toes are 10 blame,
not the man. People with short Toes
! get through life easily. They meier
| borrow trouble. They literally let
Brown do the walking" Their loi is
cast in pleasant place, for they go
through life getting what they went
and enjoying it. The quick temper
serves to discipline the world and keep
it in order.
The long-toed foot belongs TO the So
ciety woman, the woman of many ac-
complishments and great tact. Long
toes belong to orators. They mean
ability to talk, to argue, to bring out
nice point. All the diplomats OF the
world have these long-toed feet. Beauty
and talent are shown by the instep and
the hollow. The compact shape OF the
foot means mental balance and YOU
can be sure of finding the owner of that
foot here when you come back. The
evenness of ones way cannot be dis
'urbed, that foot is sure to say.
Pointed toes are the toes of an artist.
Du Maurier would have liked to I, ace
these pointed toes upon his Trilby, but
Greek models demand the square ,ocs,
you may be sure. Toes that come down
to little sharp points mean talent
for looking into minutiae, but The
slight points denote the artist. The
foot is beautiful always, and the Tr'ihy
foot might be claimed for the whole
world of art, so universal is it wh,re
strong talent of this kind is found.
The shape of the foot has a vol0me
in it. Broad feet mean common sense,