Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-15
ETHELYN
FOOT COMFORT.

Social Corner Sisters: There are few people who do not know some time in the year where the shoe pinches, and it is hardly too much to say that in nearly every case this is pfeventable, and is produced by ignorance.
 Bathing the feet daily, cutting the nails and going now and then to the chiropo- dist prevent many ills, but there is more to be done in order to promote the good appearance of / feet and their absolute comfort
 Special things from which people suf- fer are corns, bunions and ingrowing toe nails. What is more painful than an in- growing toenail. and how quickly it im- proves when it is attended to The trou- ble with us poor mortals is we hate to bother with our feet or any other part of the body if we can get along without 1t. That is one of the chronic frailities of human nature. It is necessary to be very careful in the selection of stockings. as also in boots and shoes It is no economy to have S1ly one pair of shoes or boots in constant wear three are more beneficial. It Is not good for the feet to keep one pair. and three pairs will last much. longer worn together in change than one pair after the other I know from experience. It may seem a hard doctrine to preach when shoes are so high, but they are not as high as. they were about two years ago. When my son came home from France he had been wearing shoes that were supplied by the government, and his were about two Sizes too small for him, and his feet were up against tough proposition I told him the situation was q very complicated one bu thought by getting shoes to fit him and looking after his feet with determine perseverance we might get them we'll so he started with redoubled work on his feet, He has 8 phenomenal capacity for begging away at anything and Is pretty sure to succeed in his undertakings. He found during the day that his feet wen, through various phases. They would he slightly swollen in the. morning and a loose chauss1re was worn, the size being sufficiently ample to allow his feet tc spread and have perfect ease. the heels being moderate height He continued pretty consistently looking after his feet and after going to business, where he had to be on his feet his ankles pained hin continually. suggested his buying three pairs Of shoes, and good firm shoes IF. ] bought one pair Of shoes for work which cost. only $6 and wore them a week. but 1 his ankles achsd But held on with de termined perseverance and said to him
 Now if you will get you two good pair. of shoes for work, and keen. these vo, have bought for Sunday, you will be sur, to have something that will give you aid l, also suggested shoe trees to keep in thI shoes. All of sudden, upon an inspira tion amounting to as fixed resolve, Ii, bought the shoes and consequently hi i ankles have improved and his feet hay, been helped.
 Changing your stockings every da, will help things on wonderfully. I hay
 him change his stockings and shoes a
 night when he comes home. and put O a clean pair every morning. His Stock
 ings last twice as long, and this bot
 cools and airs his feet. The leathe dries, and gets aired and well cleanef
 too. A doctor told me that we did nc
 sufficiently realize that our bodies ar
 ever giving ont exhalations of some -kiri or other. sand 1t is necessary to get ri ! of this altogether. Every pore of tn