The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-21
Talusology:
The Cult of the Ankle.

tnlusoogy!' repeated Nile. Zie, the ankle
| cuiturist. "Bccause | was stranded In
Paris and driven TO answering the ndycr-
| tisemcnt OF an American woman for an
| American mnsseuse. She WAS amazed
! when suggested beginning with her
ankles OF our countrywomen neg
lcct their ankles shancfully
! that they were half nm inch too thick
and then proving that statement by meas
/ urrmepts.
THAT matchmaking is not new, but
recently revived. cult is evidenced by the
| nnkets left by the ancient Greeks and
Romans who probably devoted time as
| well rs money 10 their ankles. No doubt
Anthony gave Cleopatra more than one
| pair OF anklets during the course OF thclr
! Irritation.
Considerable time Is required TO get the
| ankles into good condition, aud unless
| some women begin shortly they won't be
able In appear with bare ankles next sum
| mer ut the Nnrra2nnsett. Bar Harbor and
! southampton bathing beaches, and u GER
| tain maids and natrons wear stockings
| into the surf people VIII say that their
| ankles are unpresentable. a prominent So
| clc,y woman living on Sixty-seventh
| street, near Madison avenue. has decided
to pass next summer inland, Simply be-
| cause her neglected ankies cannot be re.
| formed in less than year.
Society women with pretty feetl No
eIlu tlIEll. AT Ait i>ubs to'.tl'i 'ip''2N+f
shows you must have noticed Sirs. cass
| Cantieid Mrs. Reginald Brooks and Mrs
| Norman Whitehouse as they stepped from
| their carriages or caught II glimpse OF
| Mrs. William X. Vapderhllt's tiny feet.
| To be sure. these women are from the
| South aud West. but New YORK can boast
OF sIrs. Clarence Mackay, Mrs Peter
Cooper Hewitt and Miss Natica Riyes
| Mrs Ernest iselin has lived here so long
that she seems Ike a native, and there
are those Spanish bcauties-Mrs. Philip
Ludis and the Masses De Acosta--all with
| faultess feet and some Cubaus quite as
| fortunate are Mrs. w. Scott Cameron anu
| her sister. Mrs August Belmont. Jr.
Every woman should criticisc her
| ankles as pitiIessly as though they be-
| lonsed TO some othe. woman, or else get
| the opinion OF relatiye--relatiyes are so
! brrtnIly frank. The morning after
| dehutante danced at the Junior League
| entertainments her aunt said 10 her: Ny
dear child was positively ashamed OF
| your ankles yesterday They are an inch
| too large and almost square. You must
see Nile. Zie Immediately.
THE ankles mast be OF good color.
! That Is. as white us the rarely exposed
upper arm, md as smooth and free from
unslsbtly marks and bruises
Sometimes simply rubbing with the
hand or with q glove will restore tone
and color to the cuticie, but many women
complain that their ankles are roughcned
and Redeemed and otherwise discolored
Ishy wearing low.cut shoes In cold weather.
kFor mild case, vasel!ne cnmphor Ice
will serve. but II the ankles have been
long neglected. 1t IS we'll to rub them
every night with almond cream and then
wrap them In the tops of discarded kid
gloves go that the cream may thoroughly
work into the fesh. Afterward the cut!-
Gle may be blcached with diluted perox-
tde of hydrogen.
"If freckles appear. as they are apt to
ON fair-skinned persons who have been
exposed to the sun. frequent appiica-
lions OF lotions containing lemon juice
and other ingredients may be used, II
they agree with the skin
"For moles we use plaster which In
duces suppurat ton. but It must be re-
menlbered that moles are not to be
handled lightly or unndvisedly by ANA
tours.
"Do not have dark hair on your ankles
II you want them to look pretty. Even
II you are exceedingly brunette, bleach
your ankles with peroxide of hydrogen,
which Is harmless or, better still. remove
the hair with a regular depilatory. One
OF the best Is OF sulphydrate of soda.
100 grains; chalk. 500 grains. Make into
q thin paste with water and apply 10
hairy part: let 1t remain for few
! moments and then scrape It of with u
blunt blade.
.rrhick ankles are an abomination In
the sight of all men and are not In
frequently the crumpled rose-enf of SONS
slender womnn's existence, whereas hes
stout sister may bemoan thin legs. 1t
is Infinitely easier to round angular ankles
than TO reduce fat ones, but both defects
can be rcmedied. Every woman Knows
that her ankle Is too large II she Is nn.
able to span 1t with her own thumb anu
md ont of proportion
II 1t is not precisely the. size OF ner
arm directly above the elbow.
I'm buy pair of anklets TINS morn. /
Ing" announced one of my clients tue Z
other day. She Is II loyal New yorker
who believes that anything worm having
may be purchased between Fourteenth
and Fifty-NInth streets, but she's ate
lunch ana drank ten in the shopping
district and returned home ankletess ana
With the report that few OF the jewelers.
clerks knew. what she was taking about about. 4
continentais city, ana while auttomoblling
oTer Europe this winter another r, client
collected tint W maze th me IrH
green en- With envy. One design is u, 4 ser;
pent Of finely spun gold dd %l hns eR tomna
e eSas, nig;l and Il third IS of pink coral
WITH silver teinss ana ruby ~ e eyes
with THY diamonds. rubics or emera!ds-
cmeraltls will be exceedingly popnlnr-
Of dull Jet With tiny diamond or silver
i'Green ana rcd enamel ones studded
reproductions of vnrlously colorcd snakes.
like the RATHER. At Osttnd last summer.
Lime Cayalieri wore Mercury ,nnklets Of
said to be the gift OF tho King OF Bel,
Sluln,