The Washington times., 1906-10-21
HowCIever Woman
Cares for Her Feet

NHaAg Av sSA7r III ndFluB pair OF un-
attractive ankles over q pair OF fat, III
shod feet.
All feet may not be naturally small.
but all can be made 70 lS5k small. All
feet are not naturally slender, but all
can be made TO look slender And all
insteps can be made to i.5k srehed.
II Is said that the French women have
the prsttiest feet in the world though
they do not wear the best Of shoes. The
American shoe beats the French shoe,
IL Is claimed, BY a great deal. Yet the
French feet look natter than the Amer
ican feet.
The woman who wants to make her
foot look small should try to wear the
high heel At first il Will make her
muscles ache. But after a few days
they will adjust themselves to the new
state Of affairs And the high heel VIII
be more comfortable than the low. IL
viii support the instep better.
There are women who cannot wear
high heels. And for them Is not very
much hope. The feet will never look
very small unless, indeed, they be nat
urally little
II you want your feet TO ICok small,
you must buy your shoes very care
fully. Shoes in-bought will look big and
ugly, no matter how small they may be.
The woman who wears ''No. e. shoe
can, II she buys her shoes correctly.
make her feetAook as though they were
clad In No. Is. And the woman who
wears a No. 8 can make her foot posi-
lively tiny. There is even hope for the
woman with the No. g.
Don't settle down to a state OF big
feet even il yours happen 70 be large,
says a dealer Select shoes with low
vamps: wear your heels high and broad
and don't forget that pointed toes are
always good"
one great way to keep the feet good
looking is TO keep them well. Sick,
tired feet can never look natty. They
have an aching, crippled look which
shows right through the shoes. And
feet that hurt injure the constitution.
They bring wrinkles and ruin ones
beauty; they make one walk badly and
so, they ruin ones gFa5Sfulness. And
they injure one from all standpOints
To make the feet feel comfortable. and
to keep them from swelling, there is
this advice from a healer OF feet: dip
the feet every night In hot water and
rub them afterward with vaseline.
Don't wear the same pair OF shoes two
days in succession; ard don't think
your feet can get along with any old
kind OF treatment Treat them as
though they were human beings, not
as though they were cripples.
There is one set OF physical cultur-
lists who believe that the feet should
breathe every day. They wear their
bare feet. so TO speak, for a great part
OF the time No sooner dc they come
into the house than they strip OF shoes
and stockings and rest the flesh. They
enjoy sitting IN bare feet so that the
feet can breathe.
All feet should be massaged once a
day and. II there is any pressure, the
shoes should be changed. Corns are
created by pressure upon a certain part
OF the foot. After awhile the skin har-
, dens and there is a corn. Changing the
shoes before the damage is done viii
avert many a corn and many a hard
spot
Shapely. well feet would always be
pretty II one knew how to handle them.
Few women handle the feet prettily.
They may handle the hands Alright. but
| they do not know what 10 do with the
/ feet. They sit in all sorts Of uugrace-
/ ful attitudes. and they do not under
| stand the conduct Of the feet and an
kles. so 10 speak.
When a woman seats herself she
| should always teke note of the lines
/ OF her gown. This should be gracefully
/ hung across her knees, so as to bring
| out The line OF the figure. A woman
| should seat herself IN such a manner
that she locks icng, so 20 speak The
. skirt can be so arranged over the feet
| that one takes on a nice height even
| though one be built short.
Crossing the knees is never permissi-
| BILE unless one be OF the very petite
| type. The little girl OF five feet one
| or two, slender as a reed bird and grace
| ful as a little swan, can cross her
knees and look pretty But the tall
| slfl cannot do this,
| Cros sing The feet is apt to be pretty
II one does 1T prettily- 1t Is a graceful
| thing 10 stretch out ones feet SO as to
| show the line of the skirt and TO cross
the fees. This gives a very pretty pose,
and one that makes the feet seem
| smaller.
| Feet placed close together always look
smaller than feet that are stretched
! wide apart Feet placed at right angles
| - each othef look smaller than feet
that are placed side by side. Feet.
prettily posed IN any Tosiuon, look
Smaller than feet carelessiy posed or
awkwardly placed.
If the feet ache and feel bad IL is a
good thiEg TO let them rest higher than
the head. II this is impossible IL is
: well 10 place them upon high stool
or upon the seat of a chair. Men al
| most always lift the feet high when
they are resting. The object is to bring
| a different set of muscles into play,
, and make the feet feel better.
II the feet are hot lift them so that
the blood can run out Of them. And, IL
| rcs~!i.le loosen the tops OF the shoes.
} II The fest still feel tired take of the
shoes entirely. put on a fresh pair OF
p stockings and begin all over again.
Fresh stockings act Ike magic upon the
feet.
| To dress the feet attractively wear
low vamps or short vamps and heels
: rs high as is comfortable. Then try 10
decorate the shoes. Stitching, big fiat
glossy buttons, fancy bits OF leather,
and all things OF that kind tend 20
- make the feet look small But remem-
, Der TO keep the shoes natty. II half
worn they will look big and shapeless
: In spite OF everything.
The woman with little feet should en-
gage IN a psalm of blessedness. But
! even she who has big feet can get along
nicely. for this IS a time when every
artifce IS at hand To make the feet look
/ small. White shoes or contrasting shoes
Z have q rad effect upon the apparent
: size Of the feet But shoes that match
, the gown, or are made of a piece OF II
: are more than ideal from the standpoint
, / - making Il naturally biR foot loolz . 8