The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-25

sensitive. important and Wen developed as
- Ahsers- Inat Is the foot of the East
lhuldn woman, for example who viii
reach out and pick a needle from the floor
wan her toes, or with her LETT foot on her
tisht knee hold the end OF long hem be-
tween her great and second zoe and sew
away with the ease Of a creat 1lre owning
~ instead Of 10 fingers. Take her foot into
SOuI handS and you win ind lt as strong
Win ana prehensile as a human hand +;
"std' thdi IS what our women's feet should
- IKE, nut short Of the bound loot Of the
,,lliilSse' Know no more depl5rabl@ object
man the average small or large feminine
1901 L am called in 10 treat
iou see, my mission is particularly to
i lsINous women I've a list of patients as
Ivhs as my arm 10 WHOM / gave foOl mas
s15e, ana l can almost guarantee to
sntooth out half the neurasthenIc tantrums
~ stripping the poor MANNED feet OF
lHelF coverings and rubbing gentle and
regularly up and down. back and forth
on the soles where so many important
nerves; blood vessels and muscles lie. Az
yer Ihis persuade the patient to give
her rect fresh air daily. sun baths, if she
cah get them, and then [ struggle with
the shoe problem.
NO patent leather and no dancing shapes
do ! allow to be worn by a patient who
suffers from cold feet, from sleeplessness.
aud even, if you will believe me. from
wrinkles, and every day L come to rub
and battle the feet but particularly 10
cure sore joint by massage and corns by
poutucirg and manipulation with my
tnumbs. Mn main effort is to draw the
toes apart as toes should lie and especial
ly 10 develop the little toes that the mod
ern shoes of civilization has reduced to a
mere stump preyed upon by callosiles.
Whiie ! rub and battle, ! keep up run
ming fire of explanation chat gradually in
terests my most Indifferent patient
II tell her of the Venezuelan native who
walks like Diana and whose foot is as
Pleasant 10 the touch as the dainliest
most intelligent hand, who sleeps like a
baby, rarely gets q wrinkle till she Is 80
and chiefly because of the sandal she
wears. l explain the meaning and i'm
portance of those sole nerves. mat might
be truthfully written soul nerves thar are
almost the most sensitive IN the body and
that ore racked and tortured by the hot
Jared joints, crushed nails, corn infested
toes. and. worst of all, by being crushed
together TO fit shoe bottom that is only
one-half as wide as the foot itself. 1t Is
a powerful argument when ] show a wo-
man her naked foot in all it's objectionable
knobs, and ask her If she thinks she
would bear the pain of subjecting her
hand to a vice that could reduce IL to such
a shape of anguished ugliness.
"She is not apt to doubt my word when
I prove that her bodily fatigue, the wrin-
kles between her eyebrows and her hop
and-go-fetch-it gait are all the result of
her valiant efforts 10 steer herself along
and ease the pressure as much as posi-
bic on her tightly clenched feet that have
neither air nor swift circulation of blood,
and yet on them is cast all the weight and
work Of the body.
Some women know by instinct how near
ly the nerves of their feet are related to
the nerves of their hearts. stomachs and
brains, and Nine CnlVe is one of them.
When anxiety and hard work press upon
her she puts off slippers and stockings
Letting her feet breathe is what she calls
sitting long hour wriggling her pink
toes delightedly in the sun or running up
and down the rooms to stretch the soles.
After this she les down and her maid
gently chafe the bottoms of her feet till
she drops into a deep sleep, whence she
comes soothed and vigorous for any
amount of work
Just try taking your feet out of a jail
some day when the world is too much with
you" concluded the little woman, land
If In the end you are not a convert to,
pedology then all I can say is your feet
have been mangled beyond redemption"