The Washington times., 1919-08-07
Adams Apples, PinChed Toes
Men Insist On High Collars; Women Must Have High
~ Heeled Shoes


:: Women pointed shoes with high heels because
they make the feet look slim and nseps highly arched
- In China the women bind their feet and press the toes
back underneath to make the feet look short In America
they squeeze the sdewe and put stills under the heels
Mrs. Court r Wood, one of Washington's best known
club leaders sends the editor article from War Work
Bulletin outlining the program Of the Y w. c. A. which
win try to get to sensible shoes She writes
X It is conundrum to me how some of girls
walk-they could not run. Yet if we say anything to
them, the invariably that their feet
comfortable than In the shoes with the extremely
high heels.
What can we do with those who plan the shoes and
suppy the tradef To extent the purchaser has to
buy that which the dealers have in Stock and the pur
schaser cannot always wait until sufficient demand has
. been made for styles.
One of the reasons for the outandsh styles of shoes
worn by American women is that they don't know any
better
X The young lady who says her feet were never more
comfortable may say in good faith She probably has
worn, since childhood shoe large enough for her
She doesn't know what foot comfort is
The Chinese lady does not realize that she is being
unduy tortured when her feet bound tightly in strong
fabric She thinks it's all in lifetime and it doesn't
To- her that there is any such thing as foot ease.
Your American woman has never a low heeled
broad toed SHOE and she doesn't try because she
satisfied that she has the maximum Of foot comfort in her
unhealthful squeezetoe footgear.
And anyway she thinks they look pretty and women
seem to believe that they have to make almost any
fee to beauty Of these shoes pretty They
silly. Some day we viii realize that beauty lies in
nature. not in deformity.
Mrs Wood says that the shoemaers are fault for the
kind Of shoes that wear The manufacturers would
not make shoes of certain type unless there demand
for that type
There is in Washington today one shoe shop which
specazes sensible" shoes It is patronzed chiefly
By men, and by persons with foot deformties Women
don't go there.
When women demand lcw-heeled broad-toed footwear
manufacturers will make them.
The health division of the Bureau of Social Education
Y W. A., has begun campaign of education in the mat
ter of shoes.
This division hopes prove to women that shoes ord
nay worn are conducive to incorrect posture and there
fore to iu-health
They have enlisted the cooperation of shoe manuac
ters In placing the market shoes following the lines
Of the normal foot These approved by the officers of
the division and lists of dealers in these shoes sent to more
than thousand local associations throughout the United
States.
pointed out to her the lines of her and the lines of the
properly made shoe She will be shown that the pain in
the calf Of the Leg the knee the hip and in the back
may be traced to badly fitted or highheeled shoes
She will be shown that incorrect footwear causes sag
gng arches pinched toes and rigid joints atrophy Of
muscles frazzed nerves. and various other painful or GRIN
ping conditions.
Men who high tight collars can i'll afford to laugh
at women with their silly shoes.
The high collar curais the work of the big vessels of
the neck which carry blood to and from the brain.
Here is advice to thin necked Study the statistics
Of the in the navy who no collars at all You
viii find that their necks grow sdewise and the Adams
apple becomes less prominent after they quit squeezing
their necks.
you sailor with scrawny neck TRY to recall
one he hasn't been in the service long or he is an officer
who is forced to collar just to make him different
from the enlisted men.
The in the army have not been fortunate They
lave to wear fitting stiff collars Some day they too
VIII be freed of this barbarous uniform
In parts Of Africa they stretch the necks of girls
to nearly foot by adding each year metal ring
If you wear high collar to hide your scrawny neck
next year you may have to a higher one.
you would promote healthy circulation of blood to
the brain and make your neck grow sdswiSe instead of