The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-13

That's not the worst of Il. Womens
feet, as well as those Of young girls,
are growing larger Now, the women deny
that are growing larger, and that they
shoe themselves more comfortably and
sensibly than they ever did before. There
is A great deal IN this, too, but still the
tendency Of women to physical culture and
athletics has increased the size OF their
feet. The college women, who jump hur-
dies, run races, do pole Vaulting, play bas-
ket ball and tennis. and exercise an
hour or two a day on the field or IN the
gymnasium one way or another, all wear
shoes with no heels, or very low ones. OF
course, their feet spread out and develop,
and know Of nothing that increases the
size of the foot like playing golf. / can
name a dozen women whose feet have
become two Inches broader and longer
since they became so en0mored with golf
ing two or three years ago. Bicycling
also makes the foot spread some, but
perhaps not so much. 1t Is natural for
the fore part of the foot to spread when
the entire weight is thrown on the ball,
as IT is when pedaling over car tracks
or up grades"
what Is the proper way to shoe ones
self in order TO preserve the natural beau
~ Of the foot?" asked the customer.
LAS / said before, as soon as a childs
woman, make her discard shoes with no
heels. Let her wear a shOe-and this APP
plies to women, too-which FITS well up
under the arch OF the instep. because then
the weight Of the body Is distributed
evenly in three parts instead OF two. one
falls on the heel of the shoe, another
on the shank, and the third on the ball.
Heels should be not higher than an inch
or an Inch and a quarter, and as for
these exceedingly pointed shoes, why they
would have deformed the foot of Venus
herself. Avoid pointed toes and wear
those that are rounded, taking care 10
give plenty of room to the web Of the
foot and favor an extra broad sole on
the outside Of the shoe. The woman who
wears a shoe that is the least bit too
short does her foot irreparable injury.
Short shoes enlarge the Joints and once
the ball of the big toe leaves the socket
of the foot and becomes hardened there
Is no getting IL back. Chiropodists claim
to cure enlarged joints, but they can't
do It. How can they? The socket fills
up with cartilage and the ball can't get
back. There is no room for II, and so out
It sticks looking uglier than sin and eaus-
ing women more physical and mental
pain than almost any other ailment.
The Spanish and Cuban women have
exquisite feet, and 1t is because shoes with
no heels are unknown to them. Instead
Of pulling nature down by wearing spring.
heeled shoes. they assist her to build up
the arch Of the foot by supporting It. WO-
Corsets were designed not TO squeeze and
compress women's figure, but to support
and hold II up, and thus 1t is with a
properly made boot.
Western women are becoming more
hat-footed every day. Take the cities Of
st. Louis, Cleveland and Cincinnati and
also Boston. The feet OF their women
should by rights be put in the same class
with those Of the women of Chicago. 1t
would be a neck and neck race for the
blue ribbon for bigness and fairness. The
reason for this Is plain. The western
woman has naturally a broad fiat foot
She wishes 1t to look long and narrow. so
she encases 1t in a shoe three or four sizes
too long and one or two too narrow. The
southern women have the loveliest feet in
the world. That Is because they ride so
much and walk 80 little. Naturally this
preserves the well rounded, high-arched
and then as a rule they have a great aver
sion TO shoes with heels that are TOO low.
and as for these long, very narrow shoes
so popular here nowadays, why, the wo-
men of the south hate them. A southern
customer came in the other day and told
me in great agitation, that She now wore
a 3j5 = last after being here for a year
and that she wouldn't dare tell her broth
er when she went home on a visit. for
fear that he would be tempted to .disn-
herit her.
Why you know we people down
south think that If a woman wears a No
81 shoe, her foot is perfectly huge She
exclaimed, with great emphasis.
The southern women are beginning TO
go into athletics, too and so they cannot
long hope to preserve their Cinderella
like feet The majority of New York wo-
men have exceedingly stylish, handsome
feet True they are not small, but they
are well shaped and we'll shod. Never be-
fore in the history of the shoe business
did women pay so much attention to