The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-17

Thetis, the silver footed queen; and Paris,
beautiful maidens brought before him, did
not forget the attractions of their feet.
Their gait be marked. as gracefully they moved
And round their feet his eye sagacious roved'
=. Poets and romancers have ever raved
over the beauties Of the human foot di-
vine How beautiful are thy feet with
sandals, o princes daughter was the
greeting Of the bride in So1omon's song:
and IN spite of the rich adornments Of
Judith's dress, her sandals 'ravished the
eye" of Eolofernes, their buckles being
studded with precious gems, a fashion
which later was forbidden to the Roman
matron
above all else. He counts it chief Of her
four principal charms.
Dryden too. Is not proof against the
charms OF the female foot and walk:
"1n length Of train descends her sweeping
gown,
And by her graceful walk the Queen of Love
Is known"
The mention of the foot in poetry
has often been used purposely to express
reverence, as when Ben Jonson declared
that his love for his mistress was so great
that he would adore the foot, and II
| slipper was left off would kiss it, too
Every one Is familiar with his highly
| poetical
"And where she went the flowers took thickes
root,
AS she had sowed them with her odorou.
foot"
| Or a similar reference by Butler:
| ''Where'er t.ou tread, your foot shall set
The primrose and the violet
! fo-
ness, arrant coquetry and rigid virtue
Nine. Recanier, .worshiped her own
beauty It is on record that she pre-.
| ferred dinners to any other form Of -en.
| tertainment, not for the sake Of the
pleasures Of the table, but because hel
feet, which were not pretty, were bidder
and her exquisite hands and arms were
well displayed.
| She was a coquette to the last, keep
ing UP her platonic flirtations till the day
Of her death, and she lived to be yer,
old woman.
| woman's foot, when perfect. is l1ol
| lowed out well, both inside and out, will
a high instep, short heel and long, straigh
toes. slightly spatulate at the ends
! This is the type of the most beautiful
foot. It is, on the whole, a foot not fire
one or the other element Of beauty Il
wanting. The rarest point of beauty Il
the following Of the outside Of the foot
| 1t used to be that shoemakers' last!
were made upon the Greek principles, bu
now a hump is made on the outside o
the last just above the point where TIL,
slight hollow should be.
| If any one would convince himself tina
the hollow on the outside of the foot i
rare. let him watch the prints that sea
Eside bathers leave when they step on
dry plank walk. Most Of such footprint
show a greater or smaller hollow on TIL
inside of the foot, but nearly every on
shows a straight, wet mark on the out
| side.
. That water could flow under the arc
Of the foot without wetting it, Is an oil
rule where feet are concerned. That tn
foot has an arch, under which an appl
could be rolled is said of one well KNOW
beauty Of the present day.
She Is so proud of her lovely feet tina
she has them photographed in every pos
sible way--in twentieth century slippers
in sabots, skates, Louis Quinze slippers
Japanese and Russian shoes. She ha
also any number of plaster casts showin
every graceful curve and dimple.