The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-17
Samples of Some of Birmingham's Aristocratic Feet
and Those Who Possess Them.

There are feet and feet There are
all sorts of people and they own all sorts
of feet. Between the cramped and dis
torted foot of the female ministrant to
the pleasure of a Chinaman ard the
solid, beetle crushing foot df "a police
man lies a wide world of feet of diver
gent types.
Every man will admit that there rs
nothing on earth so fascinating as a
pretty little foot in a pretty little shoe.
Tiny feet OF pretty women have undone
more mon than speculation or wine-ab-
sorption. The unwritten law prohibits
newspaper articles about the feet of
mankinds darlingS, for women are not
supposed to have neither extremities so
this article rnlist deal solely with the
feet of Birminghams noted men.
Mems shoes indicate the character and
standing off their wearers. No matter
what a man may wear as coat, vest and
trousers, ule is socially acceptable If his
hat and shoes are all right. A tramp
is generally known as such by his dilap-
idafed shoes, for he uses that portion OF
his attire more than any other The
business man, the farmer, the dude, the
preacher-all wear different styles of
shoes.
s. Virgins, the state quarantine Of
ficer, wears a No. s shoe. He laces it up.
He says he would have bought a con-
gresS shoe instead If he had known the
yellow fever scare was coming along
to deprive him of time to lace a shoe.
Sheriff O'Brien has fat feet, but nc
s9ueees them into No. 6 shoes. russell
shoes at that. He wears out soles and
heels impartially which shows that he
Is ION the dead level. p
Ex-Mayor A. o. Lane wears a russell
lace shoe with stamped on the sole,
and a, public appearance. He also
walks evenly.
John w Tornlinson is a good politi-
clan, but he has to wrestle with the
difficulty of a No. shoe, russell at that
He walks evenly but feels burdened in
having to carry that much shoe around.
DR.. Gfllespy the new chairman of The
Democratic committee of Jefferson coun-
ty, rs dead on the square, for he wears
a square toed shoe of the IL denomina-
tion. His shoes must be the correct
thing, because they walked him into that
Craftsmanship.
Professor Phillips is sadly abused by
school dues-payingi citizens, but they
have overlooked the fact that he wears
brindle colored shoes. The number of
them is III, but to satisfy the DIRECTORS
to his salary of 81 $780, Phillips should
encourage local trade by buying Fights.
B. Steiner the banker rejoices In the
comfort of square toed pair of mines.
Cool and comm odious;" that is how
he describes them. His shoes indicate
his disposition to take things easy and
eyjoy life nationally.
Ben M. Jacobs, the weather cnan,
wears a russet shoe with a pointed toe.
When he asks for shoes his shoemaker
pulls down a ~. Jacobs doesn't do
much walking, because people go to
him, so his shoes show little signs of
wear.
F. Caheen has 71k foot encased in a
russet French toe shoe. He also stays
mostly indoors and wears his shoes down
but little.
Thomas C. Mcdonald. chief of Bir-
mingham's police, wears a shoe which
matches him. 1t Is only 7k, although
he weighs over 200 pounds, but is as
square as himself, ard is worn as even
as his daily demeanor.
Mayor Evans wears a No. Z shoe with
a sensible toe. His common sense crops
out in his shoes. He also walks with
gait which precludes undue wearing OF
any part of his shoes.