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The Keota news., 1915-09-03

walk to the men who were laying the
foundation. 1t was muscle.makiug or
muscle-breaktng work. and for the
hrst few days-or weeks even-it
seemed wholly OF the breaking.
But there was an under element OF
doggedness in Pennington's nature
which had never come to the surface,
and though his limbs trembled with
weariness long before the days were
half over. and at noon he sank into Q
crouching heap upon the nearest board
rather than cross the street to a res.
taurant. he struggled on in some way
until the hour Of dismissal came.
The second day the boss told him
grutfiy that he could not afford to
pay him more than half wages, and
the third day that he should pay him
nothing at all. for he was worth moth.
ing.
This was tantamount to discharge,
and SO the boss meant 1t. but It was
not one in actual words. Pennington
disregarded 1t.
The boss looked toward him doubt.
fully from time to time. but In the
end concluded to let him remain.
Such determination promised good
work. II the man survived the break.
ing In. Besides. he must be In dire
need.
Pennington had q little room over
the secondhand store where he pur.
chased a coarse suit Of working
clothes. but he had not brought money
to pay the room rent. He possessed
a cheap silver watch. however, and
this he left as security. With his
first pay envelope he redeemed the
watch.
In his room were cot, q chair, and
{ rusty little stove propped up with
wooden blocks. But not until the
third week did he start . fire in the
stove and make disastrous inetfectual
attempts to cook his breakfast.
BY this time the blisters had disap'
peared under rough Jumps and ridges.
How he had lived before this no
one knew but himself. for until he re-
ceived his second pay envelope he
did not commence crossing the street
to the restaurant for noon lunch.
When he sat down for few min.
utes at the noon hour he did not double
over In tremulous heap as he had
done at first. and though his face
was thinner and whittier. its flesh was
firmer than when he first came. and
his eyes were clearer.
AS Penningtons hands acquired q
working knowledge Of the materials.
and his mind began to more thorough'
ly grasp the details. the boss gave him
occasional jobs c: oversight or author
fty. for he seemed the best man At
hand for them.
At first an hour or two OF keeping
the Mems time. the stock taking Of
some Of the materials. or perhaps q
commission downtown to purchase
things that required inspection and
could not be ordered by messenger or
telephone: then, after year or 80. he
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become infected with the reform
movement, and was remodeling them
with more regard for the inmates wel'
fare than her rent roll.
Several blocks had already been re.
built and occupied. and recently to
hasten the work she had given . block
to q new contractor. When the old
buildings were demolished and the
new walls were up q dozen or more
feet she went down to look at the
work.
Poised on the very end Of timber
almost above her was an alert. com.
pactly built man. who seemed to bs
directing the work.
Something about him drew her gaze
back again and again: yet even while
her eyes kindled they filled mistily.
He was 20 like and yet 80 unlike; 90
what tho other might have been. and
was not.
Presently the man sprang lightly
across to another timber seven or
eight feJt away. explained something
about the work to q new man. then
crouched and dropped to the ground
IL feet below.
As he turned he stood facing the
owner. and they gased for some mo.
ments into each -ther's eyes. He had
been 90 absorbed in the work that ho
had not noticed her presence.
"Esther!" he cried.
Ralph Pennington" wondertngly.
"I thought you were in Europe"
mo; / have been here all the time"
In work like this?"
He nodded.
She looked at him With the color
rising warmer in her face: IN her eyes
was inquiry. then comprehension. Joy.
exultation.
Ralph" she said softly. after .
long silence. will you come up this
evening ,aud-and tell me- about it,
There was q smile IN Pennins'
tons eyes, though his face remained
grave.
yes, Esther he answered. u viii
come up and-snd ssk you about It.
I am now In the trades"
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WOMEN WHO Are
ALWAYS TIRED
May Find Help in This
Letter.

Swan Creek, Mich cannot speak
TOO highly Of your medicine. When
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~ rette. took one pun, hes
] !: |: ! !: !: ! !: !: ! | !
itated. and threw 1t
~ away. He had forgot
ten the doctors quiet
ly spoken but incisive
~ words. and now remem.
H1 bered them with sud.
den return Of his old
dread Of what might
0< come.
And yet, what odds?
The world was an unsatisfactory
place at best, and II It was to be
hedged In by high walls. what pleas
ure would the little cells be?
A band Of music was approaching.
and his gaze went to It with the
crowds.
Behind the music came . great
block Of marching men. and behind
them another and another. and still
another. Then Pennington under
stood. It was Labor day. and this
was the trades parade.
Under other circumstances Pen
nington's gaze would have turned
away indifIerently: but there was
only the sidewalk or the street. and
Of the two the street was the less
tedious. II was at least . moving
bore.
The drst impression that came
clearly to his understanding was one
Of the strong. stalwart units OF the
blocks: the next, their contented and
even happy looks.
Then he started slightly. for among
the faces he saw one that he remem-
bered at college, man who had gone
in for literature and the higher things.
gentleman of fne and cultured
taste. And here he was marching in
the trades, his figure strong. his eyes
clear. his face happy.
How happy and strong they are"
said q voice at his side. and Penntng-
ton looked down, . quick glow com.
ing into his face. and fading yet more
quickly. It was the girl who had
tinged his dreams, who had since
grown distant and somewhat scorn-
full.
Yes. they seem strong and happy.
Esther" he answered. "in spite Of be-
ing IN the trA0e0.
Because Of being In the trades. "
she corrected swiftly. vibrant ring
in her voice that brought his eyes
again to her face. She was looking
out at the marching blocks. her gaze
steady. but with a tremulousness Of
the delicate lips that somehow remind.
ed him Of the odd note in her voice.
The next day there was . rumor
Of Pennington's going abroad: his
housekeeper had received . note o
close the house. the agent to look
after the Affairs until further instruc.
tions.
Down on ono Of the back streets. q
street unknown to Pennington's old
life. were many dingy otices. meager
In appointments, but representing. .
vast accretion Of labor. At one OF
them line OF men were seeking en-.
p'oyment. passing In front Of . keen.
eyed foreman. who accepted or re-
]ected them almost without . glance.
But the reflections were few. Men
were wanted for new blocks OF build.
nss going up. men Of skin. Of
strength. Of merely carrying capacity
any man Who could add his strength
TO the labor force and hasten the
work. !.
So when . white-handed man OF
confessed tncapscity stepped Ia front
or the foreufu's desk he was looked
az askance, but finally accepted und
set to carving brick from the aide.
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Lead In sospstons Production.
virginia Is the leading state In the
production Of soapstooe. Nermons
ranking second.
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ENNlNGTON lit q ciga.
rette. took one pun, hes
itated. and threw It
away. He had forgot
ten the doctors quiet
ly spoken but incisive
words, and now remem.
bered them with q sud.
den return Of his old
dread Of what might
come.
And yet, what odds?
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began TO be left In temporary charge
during the enforced absence OF both
foreman ami boss.
And by. that time Pennington 8
hands we're As firm and hard as the
aveYAgs p'orkingman s. ald me- R'a
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Caring for the I eet

Miss Stachan volunteered the following advice caring
for the feet
In the first place get the of shoea shoe with
low heel well fitted arch straight flexible sole and wide
enough give the AT this time OF the
the feet need particular They should be bahed each
day which washing soda has been added and
scrubbed with stiff brush the circulation he
shoes should be aired thoroughly If your feet and
tired try having them massaged twice week with oil
And here are few don is she emphasizes:
Don't your oldest misshapen shoes when you
go for long walk 1t particularly essential that the feet be
well shod if they performing unusual labor
Don't take the advice of all the people you tell foot
troubles You wouldn't treat in this and
the feet require $ correct attention.
Don't think because pair of shoes bunion
ingrong nail calus. that you through life with
them change the proper kind OF shoes and intelligent
care Of the feet will correct any of these conditions.
Don yourself with occasional visit chop
ost to have cut down Change shoes and
move the of the corn
Don't let your eye dictate what your foot should
The foot itself should be the Judge.
Don't take much interest foot troubles Take
in your shoes and your feet.
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hands and feet and relieve the shock
to their whole nervous system.
Accept Suffering as Inevitable.
"The deplorable part about it is that
they accept suffering with their feet as
part Of living. Many women have lines
in their faces drawn by pain they suffer
from their feet. They 80 to the chir-
opodist as faithfully as men go to the
barber, and have their corns, which are
really natures protection TO the bones,
whitfield down so they can stand their
misery with a little more comfort.
"And they get perfectly furious if it
is suggested they buy the right sort of
shoes. Most women-it doesn't make
anv difference how deforme- their feet
are from wearing shoes too small-ls-
Dor under the impression that they get
their shoes large. My work is amusing
sometimes, but | used TO lose patience
with the woman who would come to me
for treatment and then fatty refuse to
wear the proper kind of shoes because
she thought them ugly"
Shape of Child's Shoe Most Important.
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feet. ! think the number is increas-
ing, too. I feel very encouraged some
times when see an orthopadic shoe
exposed in the window Of shoe store.
Nearly every firm to-day is selling a
shoe that at least approaches the shape
Of the human foot II shows that the
demand for sensible shoes is grow
ing"
And Miss Strachan is Of the opinion
that it is quite time an interest was
taken in shoe reform. "Shoemakers
have been making shoes for hundred
years over a block Of wood that bears
no sembance to the normal foot. In
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shoe, with its pointed toe and narrow
shank, allowing no foundation for the
foot TO rest upon, and then at the out
line Of the normally developed foot,
you will see just how wrong the boot
makers are"
Miss Strachan has decided to study
boot making in order to construct an
ideal shoe. Until then, however, she
will recommend various orthopGdic
shoes that have already been put on
the market. "But the trouble is" she
added, that persons suffering with
some ailment with their feet are prone
to take the advice OF another indi-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
Spring Flowers
i'm the House
One May Have a Foretaste Of the Bios
soming Season by Careful Tending
of Seemingly LifeIess Twigs.

at time of year when bloom is meet
appreciated because most scarce. Any
OF the peach, cherry and plum t~is'
may be tried, and the Towering al
mond also forces well. In picking the
branches for forcing, choose the newer
wood with buds which seem more sd'
vanced and more perfect. They should
force in about ten days. Apple branches
may be treated in the same msnner
and should repay the thought with pale
and family scented blossoms.
Lilac and Golden Bell Easy TO Force
OF the ornamental shrubs about the
home grounds, perhaps the easiest 70
force and the one with jolliest bloom
the Forsythis, or golden bell. The III"
may be forced in this way, too, but It"
OF more sensitive nature and does no'
always respond to this treatment. Ins
Persian lilacs do better, though they
require more warmth and light.
II you would believe in the miracles
of nature, place in a tumbler OF water
twig from the horsechestnut tree
which has at its tip huge sticky oDd.
AS the days go by see the bud spre'a
wide open, the tender little leaves fold'
ed tight within gradually increase tneh
wrinkles, become larger and larger
until they are the full grown leaves
then the little flower bud timorousy
sends forth its blossoming shoot. Oees'
sonally we may be greeted by the truly
marvellous flowers of the horsechestn's
and all from one bud in a tumoler OF
water
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"Mothers select the Child'S shoe as though it per
intended for dolls foot.

shoes. II the ligaments Of the anhs
are sprained by a sudden movement or
Jump, we at once know that we have
sprained our ankle, but we don't realize
that this same straining OF the ligs
ment structure on the inside the foo.
goes on each day through wearing the
wrong sort of ahoe, and a consequer.
exaggerated turning out OF the FOO,
Instead, we label this pain rheumatism,
and take medicine, when all that 10
necessary is a proper balancing Of the
foot
Large Shoes Not Necessarily Remedial
And / want to emphasize the fact
that large, wide shoes do not remedy
foot ailments. In condition like that
have just mentioned they sggravsts
the trouble. They allow the foot TO
keep spreading in the direction OF least
resistance, until the ligament structure
loses tone entirely.
"The CORE, tive shoe is one that keep;
the foot in erfectly balan d posi-
ton. We have a number Of corrective
shoes that are good, but many OF them
have 70 be balanced to suit the ind.
vidual case. For a chronic condition
which requires special treatment the
shoe must be made 10 order.
This means so much 10 me- she
added, "this gospel of the right kind Of
shoe. see so much suffering, and such
unnecessary suffering, too, that | feel
il is my life work TO stop the causes Of
-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
Bv LILLE SHOSTAC STRUNsKY.


r,HESE days, when the blossoms are
asleep in their encasing bud
scales and the air Is full Of
the promise of spring magic, the full
filment is yet little distance off. But
if we would have a foretaste Of the
wealth of blossoming TO come we have
only TO wander into the byways and
gather a few of the branches preparing
for an early awakening and coddle
them along. If we but place the naked
brown twigs in plenty of warm water,
in a warm room, the gnsrled little
buds will respond with alacrity. This
process is termed by the florists
forcing" the bloom. It is 50 simple
that it can be done by any one inter
ested enough to place the shoot in a
tumbler of water and see that it is
not subjected to freezing.
Some plants respond better to fore
ing than others. But the general rule
is that all those plants y be start
ed which are already beginning prep
arations themselves underneath the
ground to burst forth at the first op-
portunity. The florists windows are
ablsze with the delicate panicle of the
lilac, the yellow bells of the Forsythia
and the feathery pinkness of the al
mond and cherry. What they can do
can be done with equal success at
home.
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stead OF conforming TO the shape OF
the foot, the shoes force feet to con-
form with them. And it is the hardest
thing in the world to get the shoe
manufacturers TO change their meth
DDS. II is almost as hard as to get
women to wear the shoes they should.
If you look at the sole of an ordinary
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vidual suffering from a different cause,
and buy the wrong sort of shoe.
"a shoe that will correct a weakened
ankle, for instance, will aggravate
some other sort Of ailment. Just be-
cause your neighbor finds comfort in
a pair Of far-sighted glasses is no rea-
son that they will correct your near
sighted vision And it is just as inn
portant that you don't take your neigh
boris advice about Shoes" she advised.
you should get prescription from a
specialist for your shoes if you suffer
from your feet"
Women, this foot specialist has
found, suffer far more foot troubles
than men do. And vanity, she insists,
is the only reason for it. Men would
never wear the shoes they design,
manufacture and sell to women. They
insist upon comfortable shoes for them
selves, but they take for granted that
women will wear the uncomfortable
ones.
"The pointed shoe that women force
their toes into Miss Strachsn con-
tinued, "were originated by the French.
They were. Of course, merely for style.
but the French shoemaker added the
point to the normal length of the foot.
Americans, in adapting this style, sim
ply took the point and forced the foot
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essential that childs foot should be
encased in q shoe that will keep it in
position, allowing each side OF the foot
to b. used and developed, rather than
a shoe that supports it,
Mothers select the child's frst shoe
as though it were intended for a dolls
foot and not normal human foot.
Because OF an inherited lack Of devel-
opment, the child's foot has q ten
dency to go in the direction Of the
least resistance. You see most chill
dren toeing their feet out. That Is
because the ligaments on the inside Of
the foot are stronger. For this reason.
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4 ND now comes the foot specialist.
~ She takes her place beside the
oculist, the ear, nose and throat
surgeon and the dentist as necessity
to the child's proper development.
For the children Of to-day have feet
like jellyhsh, and poor, sagging liga-
ments that refuse TO hold the foot
bones together. And If they do not re-
ceive proper care from the foot special
ist they suffer when they grow up from
rheumatism, neuritis, indigestion, sciat-
ica, gout and weak eyes, not to mention
such trifes as corns, bunions and in
grown toenails. II is such serious re-
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Chinese women. who bandage their
feet, because the high caste woman OF
China never attempts to walk on her
poor stubs. She is carried wherever
she wishes TO go. But our women bind
their feet with shoes that are too mar
row and too short, and then use them
20 walk with. Look at the women walk
ing along Fifth Avenue. They totter
along, their whole bodies out of line
because their feet are unbalanced and
CONSTRUCTED. Sometimes feel like Civ
ing some of those women little push
forward so they can walk on their
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Generations Of shoe wearing, and OF
the wrong kind Of shoes at that, have
changed the structure of the human
foot. According TO Miss Strachan, we
have walked on stilted heels so long
that the heel now does the work for
the ankle. That is why feet to-day are
out of position, and that is why it is
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too. IL Is not wise 10 let children wear
sneakers"
Many mothers, Miss Strachan ex-
planned. consciously ruin the shape OF
their children's feet by buying shoes
that look pretty rather than those that
correct a defect or allow the feet to
develop naturally.
Our False Standards Of Shoe Beauty.
at just shows how false our stand
ards OF beauty are" she went on
There Is no beauty 10 pointed, high
heeled shoe that is deforming the foot
It encases. It just shows how far we
have gone from the Greek ideal of a
perfect body. To them beautiful
foot was of infinitely more Importance
than the covering that protected It.
But women to-day don't mind de-
formed, hideous feet If they can
squeeze them into wnat they consider
pretty shoes.
az should say that most women pre-
FER beautiful shoes to beautiful feet"
.h. corrected, "for there are, you
know, a few who have respect for their
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suits as these that have attached new
Importance to the foot specialists
work. Miss NJ. Lola Strachan, one Of
the best known foot physicians in the
country, believes her calling of even
more importance to the child's we'll
being than that Of oculist and dentist,
and il was with great seriousness that
she discussed present day foot troubles
and their cause.
at all comes from our wearing the
wrong kind Of shoe" she explained
bit YEARLY. Miss Strachan has been
preaching the right kind of shoes for
the last sixteen years, and her converts
are few.
Women Governed by Foot Vanity.
Women are governed in their shoe
buying entirely by their vanity. 1t
makes little difference if their feet are
contorted out Of shape, if toes are over
tapping or drawn up in a psralyzed
condition, IL they can only squeeze
them into a pointed, high heeled pair Of
shoes three sizes too small for them.
"They are much worse off than the
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into that. Now, as matter of fact, when
the feet are CONSTRUCTED in shoes that
deprive them of action, the circulation
is stopped and waste material becomes
clogged in the feet and causes pain.
Ones toes should be able TO move as
freely as ones fingers. 1t is not neces-
sary to say that on most women's feet
they are practically paralyZed'
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Catkin Bearers the Earliest Group.

The earliest group of plants Cor this
pretty pastime is what are called the
catkin bearers, they with the pendulous
brown curls that sway in the breeze.
The alder by the river and the birch
with paper bark will both fatten their
dull brown catkins into soft green bios
SONS and shed their golden pollen over
your table. And nothing is more de-
lightfu to observe than the daily trans
formation of pussy willow bough into
fatter and fatter pussies that change
finally to beautiful green and gold.
Then there is the group of fruit trees
and ornamentals which the Japanese
have taught US use so effectively.
Their art delights in a jar holding a
few Towering sprays of peach bios
SONS, or bowl from which arise the
fragrant blossoms Of the Towering
almond. 1t was from them we learned
shA feasibility Af r.al sa.ntAl dA-.r.
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Shoe Vanity Among All Classes.

The vanity that leads women to en-
dure foot torture in order to wear small
shoes is not confined to any class. The
servant girl as we'll as her mistress, in
s;sts upon shoes that please her eye
rather than her feet.
at is difficult to understand" Miss
Strachan laughed. "A woman with the
plainest face imaginable will refuse to
wear the right kind of shoes because
she thinks they aren't pretty. And the
maid is even more difficult than her
mistress. Girls employed in depart
ment stores, and in industries where
they are required to stand the greater
part of the day, consistently wear high
heeled, pointed shoes. and then COM
plain about their feet. and blame their
trouble on their occupation. II they
wore shoes that fit their feet they
would have trouble
There are many individuals who go
through life suffering from what they
believe to be rheumatism, when their
pain is really caused by badly fitting