The age-herald., 1900-09-23

waist is especially adapted for slight peo- pie, for the scroll design Is very broad and gives width across the front of the waist.
 The little gold buttons worn last year will still be used and their bright little eyes wink and twinkle in the sunlight
 It Is during these delightful autumn days that every woman glories In the daily con- stftutional. During no season of the year, not even in the springtime, does she enjoy her favorite exercise as she enjoys it now.
 And this brings up the subject of fash ionable pedal belongings.
 For the past three years we have been wearing very sensible shoes; but now fashion has revived the Louis Quinze heels, and the little, narrow pointed toe. And, though, of course, we know that nothing Is more injurious to the health, the high heeled shoes are donned, and a great deal of discomfort with them
 How does it injure one's health2" impa- tently asked young girl the other day. She did not wear high heels-was was con- tempting doing so In the first place the shoe with more than a moderate heel is very hring to walk on for any length of time, and the high heel-that is the ex- tremedy high heel-throws the body for- ward, and 1t is impossible for one to keep ones equilibrium. The foot Is forced for ward, and nine times out of ten corns are the result.
 There is a cord, a muscular development, extending from the foot up the back of the leg to the kidneys; the raising of the heel throws a strain on this muscle and many times causes serious illness.
 Into the narrow pointed toes the foot is crowded, and the instep raised; the circu- lation is impaired by the tight lacing of the shoe, and the wearer walks painfully even on the softest of carpets. What then must she suffer when she crosses roughly paved streets
 
 shoe" some pretty mouths are twisted into scornful curves.
 A "common-sense shoe' does not neces- sarily have to be a broad, square-toed flat heeled affair, nor does it have to be made from pebbe-goat, or even have the buttons on, that some dislike so much.
 "common-sense shoe' may be just as pretty, just as dainty, as the extravagantly pointed and heeled slipper.
 There are two or three styles of heel in this shoe. The Spanish heel, which has been worn much of late, is perfectly straight but high enough to give a pretty taper toward the bottom. The heel-called by some the Opera heel-curves toward the center, some in the shape of Louis Quinze, but it is not so high; then there is the heea known to the ordinary walking boot; it is between the Spanish and Opera, and is very comfortable and suited especially to tramping about the coun- try.
 These three heels are moderately high; they are perfectly harmless and take away the stiff, uncomfortable appearance that the spring" and French heel give.
 As for the toes of a shoe, there are all shapes, from the very broad Dutch toe to the narrow pen point.
 There is happy medium in the matter of toe points as well as in everything else The rounding point is always graceful and pretty, and above all harmless to the toes.
 An example of what the pointed shoe will do to the foot was brought before a well known chiropodst not long ago. The per- son who applied to him for treatment was young girl. She had worn very pointed shoes all her life, and her toes had been forced back toward the center of the foot. Her whole foot was the exact shape of the shoes she had been wearing. The toes were crowded close together the littlest member of her foot being almost doubled under. She had to undergo a long course of treatment before her feet could again be put in proper condition, and this all due to the pointed shoe.