Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-16
as though search was being made
among them for the secrets Of the inner

as though a search was being mad.
among them for the secrets Of the inner
At the table where the lamp stood SAT
q student, ousily writing. Pm writing
! for posterity," he said, as a friend w
shown into the room. Pm getting up -
ge" seienee. Ask for it in the book stores
ence OF the Foot, and you win be handed
bulky volume.
What will be in it? The first steps
exact as that of paImistry They say
palmlst:y is lost TO US n3w. PeGistyy isl
newly found. Ii was an art in the ". Of
G1eopaira when the C2n"n extended her
ualHty Sdhlai to be Te4u - Inc Wise WouI-
en- OF tD!H". 1t viii be ali art aetIn
stem Wk!le ,ead yCu extracts from
ole OF my cEaptera, conde:.aing as l Sc
along. You will ,,@nder when / tell YOU
thet a society woman .lways has a snort
1T loot. If she is il: her fr@L may be thin
70 Sympathize with her body. But it Nil.
sun De tatter IN prop<l sion than il ouSil
70 De 10 Mt Venus de NJ 10 statue Tha
short, fat foot denotes good nature dci.p-
crate movements an! grace. The shorter
the loot the better the social qualities Of
the woman. ShorL-footed women are qujck.
pleasing takers. They are accomplished
Ihey are good home women and they have
t the peculiar facility of looking pretty.
They are Womanly women. Mrs. Cleve-
land S foot draws a &C. width, but can be
crowded into three length.
Not so the straight-footed woman.
oAAC 40 lIlS HOuldn OIL talent. Her loot
looks beautiful in a shoe, for it lies flat
along the sole and refreshes you whee
II peeps out from her gown. But THU
long, narrow foot means talent, and tire
owner mas more or less amiable DISPOSE
ton according to how the wind is that day
Actresses have these feet. Bern
nardts is not wider than two straws. You
wonder that stage women walk so grace
fully and present such bewitching glimpses
Of foot from under their flowing robes. 1t
is because they have the long, supple,
talented foot. 1t can glide like a eats
foot. The talented foot can and should
wear the sandal
There are two types that come before
my vision without lifting down the casts
to show you. They are the opposing types
OF the lazy and the Industrious woman.
The lazy woman has useless feet; the latter
is the living example Of ali that's useful.
Lazy women seldom have little feet
Their feet draw long shoe, but it is be-
| cause of the selfish big toe. This toe in
much longer than the other toes and de-
notes great thought of self. Such women
can wear pointed-toe shoes. for that big, big
toe sets well into the point OF the shoe.
Their feet look smaller than they really
are. You will often see a selfish woman
with a foot pulling a nine-inch last; yet
so pointed are her toes that her foot pass
es for a trif1ing little affair. This opinion
she promotes by declaring that the long,
pointed toes of her shoes are stuffed with
cotton.
las an aside. but a proof of this as
sertion, will cite a case upon the med
Y.
with such foot applied to a surgeon to
have her big toes cut off. She said, with
these removed she could wear a No :
shoe At present she required a four.
The surgeon refused to perform the ope-
ration. The third doctor TO whom she APP
piled cut them off; and, after learning 10
walk, the woman proudly sailed FOL
i'll No shoes. This illustrates the van a
and selhshness of a big-toed woman.
The useful women have Hat Iect, rather
broad. Like horses hCofs they are spread
for working purposes, and have great en-
durance. They are prosate ard lacking in
sentimental emotions, thotsh capable If
dog-like affection Such feet never rest.
The popularity of the working foot is that
the heel is smaller than the loot by COM
parison. A narrow heel that slips IL the
shoe and a low instep generally SO with
a broad working foot. These tgct do DOT
take the very large shoes OF the stores.
They need the wide ones but not IN" .ong
ones Elm Terry has the broad Goot.
The athletic foot is to my eye the low
Hest of all 1t has the grace of faW MS
leg The foot is a continua,!oa OF the
ankle and calf, so narrow and delicate is
it in it's slopmgs.
The athletic foot is the one ;aar calls
for the No. 6 shoe, but if athlete women
would have their shoes made 10 order Tor
them they need not wear such G.S ones.
The athletic foot is very long, but lis heel
is straight. Most shoes, have rounding
heel extending back of the foot The ath-
letic foot is chopped off, as it were, at the
back With a shoe made to tit this pecu-
.iarity that immensely long look would
disappear.
pointed-toed shoes, pretty even as to the
length of toes. 1t is an Aphrodite foot.
and might easily be fitted to Greek stat
ue Women who have these feet are not
very domestic. though extremely pleasant
companions. The eccentric ankle, broac
as the instep. shows lack of convention
atty.