Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-01-11
ABOUT YOUR FEET.
Tight Shoes not Always the
Cause of Corns.

Don't step on my corn, whatever you
dol" exclaimed a woman to her compan-
ION, as they crowded into the standing
room of street car.
81" Well, what do you have corns for?"
asked her husband, who stood on the other
side Of her. IF you'd quit wearing tight
Shoes you'd be all right"
The woman's eyes flashed.
~ don't wear tight Shoes she said,
tartly, and looking as though she didn't
think it very nice of him to say such
thing in public place
Rememhe ing the many people who cry
out from time to time, Don't step on my
corns!" one comes to wonder if tn all
wear tight shoes Also, as women have to
bea" the brunt of the blame for this state
of hings, whether women's feet are less
peri ct than mems. They go limping
al ng, or mincing as though the way was
paved with eggs, loosing every bit of grac
of carriage they could ever hope 10 pos
sess, and all for what? A foot viii APP
pears smaller than it really lisp Nonseos,!
Surel women have for the or at part pas
sed through that foolish age Shoe deale s
say that women do not dote on tiny foot
as once they did. That they have become
more lndepe dert and more choice of their
own comfort The question was put to a
chiropodist in this way:
care mtn's feet more perfect than wo
mans as regards defectsPn
mo-" h. said, "they are not -
"but some Peep claim they are because
OF wearing tight shoes F." The chiropodist
n laughed and looked wise,
'Some man said that-didn't he? Mer
always say such things about woman
: who has corn, They forget thai
: men suffer from the same trouble In nv
n experience l find as many men as womer
n with defects on the feet. And men ar,
never accused of wearing tight shoes y
n "Well, if it MT tight shoes, what is i
that causes the widespread trouble?"
Its ill-ftiing shoes; that's what it is
n A slender, narrow foot is no more INTENDED
to wear so-called common sense sho
u than it is 10 wear any other foot GOVERN,
. that does not fit it The common sense
;, shoe has done more to ruin feet than an
other thing invented. A woman with
n high arched foot needs the opera heel ant
n Spanish inst p. A broad sole and loy
n heel does not set well on her loot, aud tn
moment she begins to wear such shoe sh
n begins to cultivate imperfections of tn
n FOOT
n Then too, large majority of wome1
n wear shoes too short and too wide and d
not kr ow why their toe joints continue t.
grow large and are always sore and in
, famed.
As a usual thirg when persons foot be
n gins to be sore, especially on the joint. i
n is the suit of i'll fitting shoes 1t is eithe
the wrong shape of last for that pc som
:. :. foot, or the wrong c. mbination of size ant
;, width.
n We always recommend e-ple to be fit
n ted at he store for there are so ma
styles owdays that it is usually ecessar,
n to see he foot in order to prop rly fit it.
There is ore thing that always amuse
n US 1t happens often A lady will sem
n In for hoe, or perhaps take them out her
self and y them On at home They d.
not fit She sends in for another pa an
n h the same re ult Then he become
). firmly convinced and even tells her lend
n that she cam OF get properly fitted at GU
n sto,e
1t is like doctor prescribing for pa
tiert tn t he has never seen.
n We give our personal attention TO fifth,
customers. We would rather loose sal
n any time than to sell pair of hoe tina
do not give perfect salts act on in ever
way. Mhyp Because if they don't Civ
comfort to the wearer that person ual.
J. wants to try some other Ilace the mex
# time pair of shoes are wa If the,
/ please that person Is sure 10 come again
v We are having great success in our Gus
tom departmert A great many peopl
i who have had trouble in the past in getti {
;, ] st the right fit are in this way able to sc
d just the right thing at a vely reasor abb
# price. We receive orders almost every
e day from people who have moved away
= but whose record we have, and in this wa,
: we are able to make just what they hav'
n had, ard they have no bother of trying or
. new shoes
We ask all who have difficult feet to Fl
J. to give us call We will do the best W,
n can to please you.-DUNHAM BROS.
Bellows Falls and Rrattleboro