The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31
HER WALK TELLS IT ALL,
ONE Way To REID THE CHIRACrEH
or 4 WOMAN.
A Lecture ON the Art Nv n Tniior.Mnde GIrk
nj II Lunch Countcr-oualIiics Indicated by
the Careless walk, the shunls and Othep
nrrmlInr IIIrs -EIrkIrnraa I'm All. She anna.

nj II Lunch C~OuntCr-QunlUIc Indicated by
the Careless walk. the shumo and Othsp
rcculln rifles FickiencsS In All. She says.
"By their walks We shall know them" sole
cmnly remarked a girl in a stunning tailor-mad0
suit, rs She pulled herself up on u high stool al
the lunch counter.
"What On earth are you driving at now ~
asked her companion, u dainty creature, wear
ing one OF those new plaid silk blouses.
Just what l said, " replied tho tailor.made
girl. by their walks yc shall know them. BY
them | mean women. They walk their charao-
tors into plain view just us much as they talh
them into evidence
"Nonscnsc!' calculated tho plaid. WASTED
girl. "rhc idea of Judging any woman by her
walk! Some women walk badly out of pure
carclcssncss, others through some slight de-
formity or physical weakness, and 1t isn't faip
to pass sentence on them. Waiter, bring mo
two snrdino sandwiches, some pickles, a glass Of
milk, and "A strawberry TART
The same for me" said the tailor.msde girl
ana then she went on: Eyes, that's just il
Some women walk terribly just out of pure caro-,
lc-snces, and il that isn't an index to character
Id Ike TO know what is. OF course I'm not TALK
Ing about the walks of dcformed or sick women.
but ! stick to it that 1t is a very fair way to judge
u well wOman's character, by her walk. Look at
that young lady going around the other side OF
the counter now. See how sho jerks her hcad
when she walks. Now. think Of all the womeu
you know who do that"
The tnilor.madc girl turned her attention ia
her sardinc sandwiches for n while to give he1
friend "A chance to think, and then she continuedt
"NOu can think of any number. of course r.
YES, indeed. answered the other. "Indeodu
since it has been brought to my mind, I realizd
that the habit is not an Uncommon one"
VERY well" said the other; NOW I'll strikd
Off the character of the young lady over theres
and you sec how it ilts your friends who jerln
their heads when they walk. That girl is given,
to 'icklCnuss. She trilus with love. She doca
not properly value the affection of men or the.
friendship of women. Did you never observed
how many oldish Jingle women have this jerk}
ing habit in walking MOI Well, it's easily
explained. They triile too far with love, and
are just the women who miss good husbands and
regret il aftcrward. She regards the love OF AMI
honest, plain, manly fellow lightly and throwA
it aside for the attentions OF the first Johnny,
who happens to pay her n little attention. Aa
soon as the newncss is worn Off the Johnny she1
is just as ready to cast him aside, and so 1t goesd
She isn't true to herself, and, of course, she can'W
be true to any one else. Am I not right o. shq
broke off as she struck a rich find in the piCklA
bottle.
81 believe there is something in what youq
say admitted the girl in the blouse. "Nowd
there's Ella jenkins, Ella Jones that was, YOU
know. She has always walked with that jerA
OF the head. and if ever n girl threw over a loi
of fine offers and made Il sorry match in the enda
she did. And the same is true of Mamie Brown
and SadicSmart and Dottie Dalrymple, and they
all jerk their heads when they walk. Ncverthe]
less there is such q thing as n coincidence, YOU
know. my dear"
pish - calculated tho tailor-made girls
i've made IA study of women and their walks
for yeas. Hear how this woman coming in the
door now digs her heels into the floor as she
scurriCs along. She looks rs If she might be
running n race or as If the Splinter who holds
the world > record might be after her. A quiet
man, who loves home life and children, could
never be happy with that woman or any other
one who walks like that. She is prominently
business.likc, and I'll venture to say would sue
coed in any trade or profession. She is eXcccd.'
ingly independent and inclined to be aggressive
and her manner is one OF those simple
things that worry the quiet man TO death. A.
woman with a walk like that succeeds in tho
work.a.day world. but never in the family. She
is most dutiful to her children, but she gives
them little enough sympathy and affection, and
she would give her husband forty kinds of con.
niption fits when he came home in the evening,
telling him how incompetent her servants ara
compared with Mrs. Observation-Disclosures. and
how i~ll-tltting her gowns look and how unbe-
coming her hats are beside those of Mrs. ACROSS
thc-streei. She'd nag him, too, If she didn'6
What about a girl who cannot walk withoub
skipping = asked a white-haired woman. who
occupied the stool next to the authority on
walks. She had been interested in the conver.a
sation from the first and was plainly amused,
The girl who skips when sho walks" ans
us a cheerful girl. She, enjoys life with the
same gVsto as the girl with an elastic step who
hope and does not know what it is to be despon-
dent: She looks on the brisht side Of life and is!
4" @%o sSfs Fl person ead 12 h%Sd "f tRe mhire.haired
woman. Why, you've struck my little girl of
years, She's in, Europe now studying music,'s
she Volunteered with frank friendliness;
what about these women who walk with q
noisclcss. cat.like treadl = asked the plald3
wasted girl, nipping further confidence on the
"Bcware Of EN-. advised her chum earnestly.
Their ways arc Just as cat,iike as their walks.
r these mean, snipPy little insinuating remarks.
all the while making declarations OF friendship
a Walk ike that makes one shndder to meet her.
The catlike tread is so different from the walE
i. too, but YOU can hear her when sho |:
coming. and though she stands erectly and
Of 6frP nyT f 6ST and %i'f Moves l'F WITH a on Slow she ev Ssa,
graceful motion. Ihsre IS nothing stcnlthy in her
SGa holds lsf h S9sFfS Wcil i IN al h sisi" s i%t IS IS s asT ie.i 81:
} is sensitive, she is sympathetic, she is loving and
If y s & isa %H@ p"' { isH' and Sff ne k1 hsr IS IS f tsts Fina n
the children who miss being her children"
: some women have such sloppy walks" as
, serted tho girl in the blouse.
> "Of course they do" answered the otherss
but that is no index 10 character. is it2 Oh
| no! That's what you said at the outset of this
l conversation. Wen, / just want you to under-
+, stand that it is. \. woman with a sloppy walk,
az You call II, is IA careless creature. She shut.
} Hes her feet along and waddlcs about instead oE
f walking. and she does everything in that sloven-
, Is way. Her house il never in order, her clothing
l il never ship shane. and heaven help her chill.
! drcn il she happens 10 have any. Like Topsy,
/ they have 10 les grow, for their mother will
certainly never look after their little wants,
j and neither viii she instruct them in the small
e things of life. Tho woman who throws herself
/, well back and walks with n rather heavy tread
like n peacock is altogether n different type.
She il vain. hut she Is very kind.hearted and
4 unsclfsh, and ia continually doing for others
+. even If she does have the hnd taste TO tell about
y, It,. Sh" Is. ninc times out of ten, "A little apt to
! he y iriilc tickle. and il always impetuOus."
| lit seems To me- unused she Of the plaid waist,
THAT, according 10 AOu, no matter what Kind OF
M-lk N MnlnAM hlr- shn Is hOMnh 10 be either very