The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
JUST A PAIR OF PRETTY FEET
NAMES 4 VAST DIFFERTNCE
~ 4 WONiN'S LOOMS.
wisdom From Parts and New York About
the care and GOVERNS Of the Feet
The French NomanS Way oT Making
the Nest of Her Pret-Rules for SHOES

the Most of Her Pee,- Rules for SHOES.
I've seen the beauty business overdons
this summer said wonlAD just hack
from Paris 4 went ia raris to Ia
amused but | ended hv being amazFd.
l found myself In CITY where all the
women seem to he devoting themselves
all the time to the art Of being beautiful.
Take for instance tho way the French
women get themselves up for the street.
II isn't an accidental thing with them,
this matter of street costuming. hat
rather something that IL worked upon.
studied and prayed over. French
woman confessed this much TO me.
My dear. said she. I make my street
appearance q matter of rayer. actual
PRAYER
But WHY do YOU specially study TO
look pretty In the street, | asked.
Because, my dear. said she. II is
more difficult to be good looking in the
str>et Street clothes are more severe:
stree' costumes are more set and regu-
lated. and what il more. the street cos
tune requires more grace
I'm the house any woman can be
pretty She can put on something soft
and light and she can shade the candles
strect-oh IL IN different Here one must
toe really good to look nc n one would
be admired.
II went TO call upon . lady the other
day She looked At me aud said: you
are . beauty Yet I knew that I was
not II was only that had learned how
to wear NV street aud calling clothes
Tell me the secret OF your prettiness.-
said she
She was friend Of mine 40 gave her
the secret. Leaning toward her I whis-
pered the one magic word II was
Feet
II repeat. the French woman went
on. that shoes PLAY a much more impor-
tant part in the dress Of woman than
most women suppose Until learned
how 20 have pretty feet and how to show
them was no beauty
will you impart some % your
knowledge 70 me'- I asked.
Yes. said she though YOU will not
believe me. II is first Of all the possession
~ pair % pretty feet Second. the owner
ship Of as manv pairs OF shoes as can bs
bought And third. the carr OF the shoes
aud the trick Of showing them
i remained with this French woman
some time and I came away much the
wiser now know how To make my
feet win out in any beauty contest
4 learned that there IL a right wav and
q wrong way Ia show the feet. When tho
American woman wants TO show her feet
rhe simply lifts her skirt a little bit hi CHER
This u denoralizinz TO the gown and in
bad taste The French woman when she
wants TO show her feet puts on her
gathered in shirt. her hobble skirt. This
il 50 tight around the feet that her ankles
show II ia a way OF displaying the feet
without appearing 20 do so.
The American woman wants shoes in
which she can walk far and wide This
IL good common sense. hut IL IL not beauty.
There are few feet that look pretty and
catchy in walking shoes.
The woman who 10 up in The game Of
having her feet look smart will have q
few pairs 81 very foolish looking shoes
They will have tall heels becoming toes
and pair Of soles 80 thin az 70 be impos-
sihle Those are the shoes she wears when
she wants 10 charm. Ther~ IL something
very tewitching about these prefectly
impossible shoes They are so chic and so
bewildering They suggest such trim
nes- of foot and such smalnsss
| There l. In town a plac. where women
are shown how 20 make their feet pretty.
The propri.tress studies the human
foot and the test method 81 dreseing e.
Her ideas would hll volumes Here are a
f."
4 tell my ladies' that thew must learn
cartAln things before thew can have nice
feet she saws Tho first thing Ia to
- too heavy will never have graceful feet
The ankles will turn ard this makes the
feet ugly. Or the ankles will sag and this
broaIens the feet and hattens the instep
"A
normal and littl~ under.
How shall | keep down 10 the right
weight? asks-i a customer OF me.
-'Starve down. | replied.
But can | nOt walk my excess of7'
asked she.
Yes. il YOU starve y the same time.
| All the walking in the world will not
make n woman lean unless she IL willing
| And she can y walk ANYWAY when she u fat
Tn" woman went away disgu-ted
| But | stick Ia the advice You think this
hasn't ANYTHING Ia do with the feet But
II has Look NJ the trim neat looking feet
| ~ the thin women you meet IN III" str-e'
! II Is because they ar' slim that they have
nice feet. Now look at the feet Of the
heavy women
-Ihave govt. said a stout Gust mer 70
| me. And | cant take exercise and
| can't wear pretty shoes
| "'Of course Won cant. ] replied But
| try going without your luncheon for
awhile and don't make IL up at dinner
/ either. and -..s what that will do for you
She promised. but she never did
| i have some rules for women who want
pretty trim little feet One il Go harn-
/ foO,el part 81 each dav The French
women sit with their toes curled in a fur
| rug half the morning This gives the
/ feet the sun bath they crave
! The feet arr very sensitive. They
know what they need. and when they get
u they RESPOND by feeling comfortable
| Give your feet an air bath each day and
: max" Il az long a. you can.
-Thsn there are the kneippists. In
, this country they were laughed down
| Bui you ought To see them in Paris.
4 al-o tell fmv customers TO soak their
/ feet II is stupid work until one learns
10 put them in foot tub while one reads
b the newspaper In this way the fifteen
minutes night and morning passes quickly.
This j. to restore the moisture sucked
ont bv the stockings. Then I say rub
them with beauty cream. This i TO put
hack tho residence into the flesh. And
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