The Washington herald., 1914-10-13

!" High JinkS" Girl Dances 20
Miles of Tango Epery Week
Warns Women Against High
Heels and Improper Walk
ing-Advises Daily Prac-
tice of "Tiiptoe'' Exercise.

IL a Hiseacre warns you that the Tango
craze is running your feet, girls, don'i
belieye him. All this talk about the Tan
20 foot is sheer foolishness, according tc
Emma Francis, of the High Jlnks
Company, which is at the Belasco Thea
ter this week.
Miss Francis is thirty-two years old
and for twenty-siX years has been
stage dancer, appearing throughou'
America for the past fifteen years "heh
the modern dances came into vogue a
few wears ago. the actress adopted them
as a mart of her repertoire and, although
she figures that she dances the tango
more than twenty-nine miles each week,
she AYERS that the new dance strengthens
the feet of its devotees and II palnful
feet follow long ng-cOntinued dancing 1t Is
not the fault OF the dance but OF lack
OF previous exercise Of that kind.
Miss Francis, who regards herself as
an ortheopedic expert says. High heels
and improper walking are the cause
Of all feet troubles"
Listen to her: walk with the weight
thrown on the outside Of the foot-not on
the inside When the foot is turned out
At an angle the center Of gravity OF the
body is not in the foot. Turn the foot
straight ahead and the point VI equlh-
brium is then in the center Of the foot
of-door girls to wear shoes built on the
lines of the wide-toed mans shoe is a
hopeful sign according to Miss Francis.
what the fashionable girls do others Will
copy. and the first step in banishing the
pointed-toed, high heel horror Is on ITS
way.
practically all cases of fat feet, broken
arches weak and painful ankles and Nor
tons Toe" Zone Of the most painful foot
ahiictions known are caused by incorrect
shoefnC and incorrect walking. In other
words. practically no one walks correctly
in our modern civilized life. Shoes are
being made to sell, not to wear. The
curse of commercialism has been the
cause of the bad feet Of the city people
Of today. It is not so much hatness OF the
foot which is harmful, contrary to the
popular idea. A useful foot may be nat
A foot which is very inefficient may not
be fat at all. The test Of foot is its
usefulness, not its shape.
Spoiled Millions.
''Our grandmothers used to poster the
life out Of us to compel US TO adopt the
polite attitude of tOeing out at an angle
Of forty-five degrees. These two sources
Of enforced instruction have spoiled mil
lions of feet.
arch supports plates and all artificial
braces for fat feet and broken arches are
relics of the unscientific treatment of the
past. Practically all cases Of weak and
painful and inefficient feet in children can
be cured by scientifically prescribed ex-
ercises.
IF you want TO know how not TO walk
observe carefully the average adult
crowd of the city Observation-Disclosures
women.
III you want to know how to walk
watch some animals running or some
athletes some children playing, some In
dians or some other aboriginal people
who have never worn shoes. You have
perhaps, noticed that the faster any ami
NAL or barefooted person runs the more
they turn their feet straight ahead or
even in. You will see also that when
fiat-footed person runs or even raises on
his toes the arch becomes elevated.
The normal foot should have as little