The Washington times., 1919-10-18
High Heels and Low Sinks
They Are Both Bad for the Women Who Use Them.

There are two things responsible for pain and dis
ss for American than all other causes put togener
They are HIGH HEELS and Low SINKS
Either one Of these subjects is sufficient for an editorial
t since medical men are Just at present calling attention
10 the evil Of high heels viii talk about them To-Day ana
about the evil Of the low kitchen sink some other time
In the meantime the men who read this ought TO see
today that the sinks in their kitchens made the night
height to work at with comfort
ACCORDING to the Governments statistics, more than 60
per cent Of the men examined for army service suffered from
some form Of foot trouble Many Of them so seriously
affected that-thsY were refused for service.
The best authorities estimate that more than ninety
Der cent Of American women suffer from troubles directly
attributable to wearing high heels.
The American woman is generally supposed to be par
tiCulaEIy subject to nervous disorders,
Nervousness IS the national disease,
The very great majority Of nervous troubles is directly
attributable to the efforts Of TO balance themselves
nnssuths Of the time that they are walking on one heel
and one big toe.
Ninetsnths Of the time that are walking we carry
the weight Of our bodies on one foot
There is only very small part Of step when both
feet bear weight.
Nature intended that when We stepped pressure should
come at three poins-the ball Of the foot back Of the big
toe the portion Of the foot Just back Of the little toe and
at the heel.
The woman wearing the fashionable, lOngtOed narrow
sosd hghhseled shoe tries walk with her foot touching
at only two points instead Of three
You have seen a threeIegged milking stool You know
how firmly it sits on the floor and supports you.
Suppose you cut of Of the legs do you think you
could sit on It comfortably?
No woman ever walks comfortably easily safely
the first time she tries to walk around with her heels two
or three inches above her toes.
IL is only because she persists practice that she
gets so she walk with any comfort and that comfort is
at the cost Of SbnOrm physical changes which are the
direct cause Of great variety Of troubles.
What would you think Of a man who put shoes on
horse with pieces Of iron attached that made the back part
Of the horses foot inches higher than the front?
DO you think that horse would be able to pull any load
or travel very fast without falling down. be able to
stand Stin without good deal Of discomfort?
The highheeled shoe is combination relic Of the bar
barism Of China and the silly vanity Of French King.
Il is Of the results Of the practice Of foot binding
that Tor centuries Of the most mdeous and painful
Of human crstOms.
The Chinese woman with the foot Of a child could not
walk about in rainy weather without wetng the bandages
which confined her feet.
To protect them shoe on stills was devised.
At the toe and at the heel fastened high blocks of
wood and these blocks kept her feet clear Of the mud and
There was a French ruler-a little undersized, unim
presVe who wanted TO be tall and kngly In appear
anC he took the idea Of the Chinese ranyday sandal
and the two blocks made it perfectly evident that he
was trying to make himself taller he eliminated the front
ons and with his heels high in the air walked round his
toes for the rest Of his career.
Women who we're just silly and perhaps short or
shorter than the King adopted the style and since then
French heels have been fashionable foolish and
Portable.
The western adaptation had not the virtue of the
utility Of the Chinese custom for does protect the
foot from the mud and water.
you want to see some Of the things that hghheeled
shoe accompishes compare the foot Of who has
worn to the foot Of baby and the difference be-
tween the broad substantial foundation which the little one
has step and the bunChedup toes broken arch and
generally distorted arrangement which the average
woman gets about
Then you will know why most women say: II knew
ought 70 take exercise but it just kills to walk"
s. The good Lord who made women did not intend them
TO be bound up in iron eOrsets walk around on their
toes.
Nobody do it without paying the cost in i'll health
and distorted bodies and natural body and good health
constitute real beauty.
Don't think you look more attractive with pinehed up