Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-12
Neither High Hceled or HeclIess
Shoes Good.
AS TO THE AMERICAN lNSTEP
II Always Has an Arch AND Unless it
is Supported Is Quito Liable to Fall,
Spring Heel Nonsense Generally Is
Carried Too Far.

From time inmcmorial, says the
New York Herald the high hec'cd
shoe has been Of absorbing interest
not only to the people who wear it. but
to those who do not and every year
the subject is revived and made the
topic Of heated discussion. When
woman is seen going about in absurdly
pointed ocd shoes. with exaggerated
high heels, there are no end or sensl-
bic people who point the finger OF
; ScOrn at her
But those who are louGest in their
praises OF fiat solcs and low heels have
not taken into consideration the TACT
that the American foot is not fiat anu
! that every effort to make il SO throws
it out OF shape and brings a strain up
| on the homes OF the instep and the ten
| dons at the back Of the leg. Falling in
steps are far more prevalent now than
| they we're: in fact. it is quite COM
| mon form of suffering, but it is only re-
Gently that physicians and surgeons
have been frank in their comments as
| to the cause.
! If the human frame is thrown out OF
place by the foot being posed on an alb
normally high heel and the toe squecz-
/, ed into the pointed vamp which makes
|
!malformation none the less when it is
thrown out of place and out Of shape
by being encased i'll one Of the social
ed common sense shoes large enough.
to be sure. to accommodate the foot.
but without any support under the in
step and heel, throwing the whole
weight OF the body on the heel. -
All reports to the contrary. the
weight does not rest as 1t is intended
to on the ball OF the foot. SO that the
search for hysienic shoe goes Onwith
undated interest and the shoemaker
who will invent something that shall
prove satisfactory to all has a fortune:
within his grasp. The American foot
for generations has been noted for its
arcrcd instcp, the absolutely fiat foot
being almost unknown, ana even when
the natural beauty OF thc foot has been
destroyed by wearing bad shoe too
small or too large as the case may be-
it is still almost impossible to find an
instance where the sole Of tho foot
corresponds to the sole Of most Of the
| common sense shoes.
/ The first symptoms Of the falling i'll.
steps are in most instances the pain
through the back of the legs and even
in the knees. for oddly enough the lin
steps themselves give very little warn
ing Of what is the trouble. Upon in
| vestigation by an expert the bones of
the instep will be tound-to have fallen,
I, While the arch is there to all appear
ancc. and any attempt TO walk except
in a shoe that will properly support the
foot is absolute torture. Many physi-
clans and surgeons say the disease is
( ncnrablc: others advocate the use OF
a shoe that in many of the mi1dcr
cases will in time obviate the difficulty.
but this shoe must be worn all the
time, slippers not being allowed even
in the bedroom
This shoe is built on Il com ,inatiOn
OF sensible and fashionable lines.
There is steel spring in that part Of
I it which supports the arch Of the foot.
and while the soles are broad and the