The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-06
Wearing Footgear Like Mems
May Save the Twinkling
Little Tootsies.
SO SAYS AN EXPERT.
He Also Asserts About All
New York Women Have
Deformed Feet.
Are We soins 70 lose our toes,

Are We goin9 70 lose our tossf
That's what they're saying st the
Chiropodists' Convention out In Chi |
caso. DR.. Ernest Gran Of New York
voiced the alarm over tho wearing Of
tight shoes. and declared that II women
did not change their footSsar the sex
would some day be toeless. Or. I. J.
Refs. vice. president OF tho Illinois Asso-
citation OF Chiropodists. asserted that
shoes are responsible for the bad oondi-
ton Of most women's feet. The pump
Is the worst" he added. The woman
Ii balanced on her toes ends. and her
toes are ali crumpled up like little
dogs In . basket" And somebody else
made the startling assertion that % per
cent. OF American women are affected
with various Ills Of the feet through
wearing shoes that are too small.
WHY WOMEN HAVE DEFoRMED
FEET.
All OF which sounds exceedingly dis
NAL. And unfortunately II 10 con-
irrned on solid local authority. The
Chicago despatch was shown to one Of
the most eminent surgeons connected
with the Orthopeddc Department At the
Now York Hospital for the Ruptured
and Crippled. This gentleman. who
did not wish his name to be used. new
ertheless based mis- statements on a
wide professional knowledge and ex-
perience. He declared:
practically Ill the women IN
New York have dsformsd feet,
ana the only reason for their oou-
Mtion 10 the unnaturally shaped
shoes which they wear"
And DO you really believe there 10 .
likelihood OF their toes disappearing ?"
he was asked.
Tho toes have already begun 20 dis
appear" he replied. They have been
squeezed and crowded together for so
many generations that they are weak
er and smaller to-day than ever before.
But what's the use Of dwelling on the
possibility Of their complete disappear
ancs3 That 10 the future. II we con-
fine our attention to the present We
shall md conditions bad enough.
IAN you have to do u to go and
walk on Fifth avenue II you have any
doubts a. to the way women maltreat
their feet-snd the results. Any woman
knows the shape OF her unconhned foot.
What q difference there 10 between that
and the extensively shod result trip
ming down the Avenue! But one need
not confine oneself to the fashionable
quarter of tho city. Go to n public
bathhouse and see II you can find one
perfect, undistorted pair Of feet II you
are lucky. you may find one pair; I
am sure you will not discover more"
NEEDN'T GO BAREFOOT OR
WEAR SANDALS.
DO you think women should 20 bare
/ foot?" was suggested. "Or wear san
dais3"
Neither violent innovation 10 At all
necessary" the Doctor p<otestod. rather
impatiently. who would think OF go
ing barefoot on our snowy sidewalks?
Absurd! But why should not women
wear ,hoes exactly like those worn by
men?
"A woman's foot and . mans foot
are exactly tho Same shape. unless. IN
aeed. the womans has been srtincially
deformsd. The only difference 10 that
mana foot, Ike the rest OF him. 10
IN a larger scale. But No wears son
.,bl. and well-shsp ped shoes, with heels
high enough to give proper support
| 10 the aroh and low enough not TO de-
stroy balance.
"a womsn's shoes should be modelled
m the same plan. instead OF curvins
simlessly and arbitrarily az they 90
want 10 make this clear--a woman VINO
rs,u.ss TO buy shoes too small for her
4. vet likely to defoSn her feet. because
nearly every model offered her 10 ut
tsrly wrong In shape.
Fiat foot tho painful dsform'ty
which In 20 rapAdly increasing among
liz. IL made worse, II II 10 not originally
caused by improper shoes. The broken
arches. instead Of being supported are
thrust still further out OF position
Womens shoes are simply impossible"
WoMEN's FEET INCREASING IN
SIZE.
And yet tho head OF a big shoe store
rebels against the medical verdict. This
man carries In his stock both expen'
siye and low priced footgear. That II
TO say that both wealthy women and
working women arc his customers
Every one connsoted with the shoe
business knows that women's feet are
growing large he declared. "Fntoer
years ago the size OF which we solt
most was No. 8. To-day II IL No. .
That 10, tho average woman's foot Il
full, two sizee larger than II was for
merry. j.,
the fact that women have gone into
business. The woman who 10 on
her feet all day behind the counter
or in the factory must be comfort
ably shod. And she cannot wear
the old worn-out slippers by means
, OF which the housswortsr used to
comfort her sching feet. The busi-
!, ness woman must wear neat, new
shoes, but they must also be CON-
Portable.
, "The weli-to-do woman has taken u