The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
American Women Have Prettier
Feet Says Rockefeller.
Finds the Upper Class of French
Charming.
IRE NOT SO PRETTY.
But More Fivacious Than Ameri-
can Sisters.
French Consul Laughs at Mil
liOnaire's Statements.

New York. Aug. John D. Rock
efeler has put his foot in it! Or 10 be
more accurate, he has put the Amer
lean woman's foot into the white light
Of temporary fame. He insists that
& is about the only thing that gets
smaller by comparison with things on
the other side.
He prides himself on his American
Ism, and while abroad he studied
everything in sight with a view to
comparing it with the same product
Ia his own native land.
Whether he began with the foot or
the hat OF the French woman in draw
ing his comparisons Is not known, but
that he observed both is quite beyond
discussion, for this is what he has to
say on the subject, or at least what
DR.. H r. Biggar, who accompanied
aim on his recent trip to France-to
Compiegne-states that Mr.. Rookie
Teller said regarding my lady's foot:
THE upper classes MT Rockefeller
found charming" says DR.. Biggar-
1--WE were agreed that the French
women are not beautiful, but they
have a vivacity not found in women
here They know the art of dress,
the exact angle of a hat for the most
becoming tilt, the proper blending OF
eolOrs in everything they wear.
Here Is the Awful Criticism.
'tBut their feet! Oh, dear, their feet
distressed US. Their shoes are too
large and they do not fit. If they
dressed their feet as wei as they do
their heads they would be the most
charming women in the world
Now American women take that as
me piece of gallantry-of 1OyaIty-on
Mr.. Rockefeller's part. It Indirectly
states that the American woman has a
a nd
fitted shoe.
He must mean to compare our feet
with those Of the French women, - said
q woman in discussing the matter yes
tercay. FOR what other women can Mr..
Rockefeller draw comparisons with
That means we have pretty, we'll
formed feet. doesn't it?'' she argued.
On the other hand, the acting
French consul general, Monsieur Lu-
Glen Bonzom, laughed heartily at Mr..
ROckefeller's opinion Of the French
woman's foot.
ma fol" said he: what to begin
viz, does M Rockefeller know of ze
American woman's foot? He has been
all of his life only wiz re American
money. what you call it, and Eat ees
all. Ze American Woman's foot we
Frenchmen perhaps can pass an opin-
len, for in France sings are very much
more obsairved.
The Pride OF the Parisieune.
our women pride themselves upon
re hand re foot. When I say our wo-
men, I mean re Partisan woman for
zey stand for re chic. ze smartness of
France. And what does Mr.. Rookie
Teller know of re Parisienne2
He was in Compiegne-a delight
full historic city, to be sure, wiz ze
fine castles; but re WOmeni Zey do
not stand for re F'renchwOman any
more IAN re women of=what you saw
-Squeedunk stand for re American
woman.
Perhaps he obsairved re peasants
wiz zeir sabOts. I do not know, any
way not ze Parisienne-nevaire
'Zey have very much smaller feet
IAN re Americana Pourauoi2 Well
because zey are not so large as your
own women. In America everything
is larger-your harbors, your cities.
your fruits. your ideas=what shall I
Bs.y-everything including re ladies'
slippers. It is no misfortune=not at
all-but re feet must be larger to be
in proper tion to what zey carry-com-
prenez vous?
but our women, zey are petite zey
wear re small shoe. ley 1uf re small
foot and zey dress it in re charmont
boot.
Mr.. Rockefeller is wrong. He
knows not his own women's foot,
neizer does he see re real French foot
re Partisan foot. Non, non: say
Standard OIL, but he does not know
FrenchWOman.