Evening journal., 1900-01-01
HOW TO WEAR SHOES
CHARACTER LEARNED BY MEANS
OF THE FooTeEAR.

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1T gets ne said the man, 10 know
why women and girls are not more
particular about the way they dress
their feet. II they knew how much
people noticed them. they would take
more pains in buying their shoes than
they do in buying their gowns. Every
one knows that the man is more par
ticular about the way he keeps his
boots and shoes than a woman. As
for me, the woman / marry must have
pretty, well-dressed feet l have new
er found any one yet who came up to
my standard Of excellence, and that's
why I'm not married, suppose.
Il did think / had found her once. !
fell in love with one foot That was
where / made the mistake. It was
some kind of an art exhibition. There
was a screen OF the door from one
room to another which was few
steps higher, and happening TO look
across the room, ] saw below that
screen the daintiest, most ladylike-
looking foot. slender and delicate and
refined. and wearing Just the right
kind of a shoe for that occasion-not
great heavy walking boot, and not
a dancing shoe, but just right. OF
course. you don't expect me TO tell you
just what it was. ! am not in the shoe
business. but know when girl wears
q shoe that Is in good taste.
This foot that / fell In love with
] saw Just for an instant as the wom-
an to whom it belonged drew it mp to
the other step and the screen hid her
so that / hadn't the slightest idea who
she was, young or old, hideous or
beautiful. But / made up my mind
I would End out But you know how
il is ia room filed with people-it is
not always easy to get across It, es-
pocialiy II all your friends are there.
Bv the t1me / reached the screen
almost CAV up my foot for lost You
can't see woman's foot in these long
skirts she W ears unless she is on the
street. ] suppose my divinity must
have raised her dress as she went up
the steps.
Il did find her after a time, but
had made n mistake. A man shouldn't
fall in love with less than two feet,
and he should see how they walk.
There IS every thing in the way wom-
an walks. The woman whose foot
had admired-hor feet were beauti-
ful. too-walketl in a listless way.
She drew one foot after the other, Ian
guidly. That might mean that she
was selfish, indoient, delicate or a
number OF other things. Just notice
women who walk that way and sec if
] am not right.
"Thcn notice the woman who walks
not exactly with a heavy step, but
comes down natf0oted every time.
She would make good business man
ager. and she might know how to man
age n housefull of servants, but she is
TOO aggressive to be q comfortable
person to get along with. lt is all
right for o woman to have opinions OF
her own: / like to see q woman who
knows her own mind, and l would
rather enjoy having her look after my
ideas IL she cared to, but you don't
like to be knocked over even with
ideas
"Then there Is the woman who has
rather d heavy dragging step. That
woman is sure to have round shoulders
and stoop when she walks. She has
to take time to think when she an
swers. and 1t takes her long time tC
see Joke. She has large feet and
her shoes DO not fit trinity. That !!
not the kind OF woman care to know
Then there IS the woman who shakes
tho room when she walks. She ma.
not be over plump, and she is yer,
likely cheerful and Jolly. You lilV
her. but her chubby feet-they ar
sure TO be short and broad-are no
Tor YOU. She is a nice kind Of wifi
for some other man, and you like &
90 and take dinner with him occas
ionally when you are in the mood 70
it. but she is not the ideal woman.
"The ideal always wears trim, sui
able shoes, and she walks just as
woman who has the ideal feet, IDEAL
dressed, should. She is sure to hav
rather slender feet that look fexibl
and make you think somehow of
pretty slender hand well gloyed. He
shoes always flt her like a glove, an!
way. She does not wear great maj
nish shoes around the street all III
time because they are said to be fasl
ionable She only wears those wit
a heavy, rough walking suit For I'll
street she has a medium weight, trir
looking boot, and for the house sf
wears pretty, soft, thin ones or preti
slippers, anything, according to n
occasion. There are times and Sc
sons for all kinds of boots, shoes az
slippers.
II was on the Broadway car dow
near the Battery the other day when
plainly dressed woman was crossiI
the street. When ] saw her first eve
one In the car, men and women, we
looking at her. What was the troubl
do you suppose? She was holding
her skirts little and so exhibited
pair OF what do you call EN-, with hi
heels and a buckle in iront?-Lot
Quinze slippers, isn't it?
Now those are the prettiest thi
a woman with a pretty foot can VIC
IN an appropriate place, but they we
out of place down there, and the
was not a soul in the car that did
notice them, and there was nothi
about the woman otherwise to attr;
attention. remember seeing a WON
wearing low slippers on Fifth aven
not long ago, and every one W
passed turned to look at her.
my ideal girl wouldn't think
wearing a pair Of shoes inappropria
~ Her shoes always fit her so Il
she walks easily and well. with
rather quick, light step, and mo-
over the ground easily without lei