Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
This Type of "Toothpick" Shoe
Is Now the Rage in London.

80 W." TIC mage In London.
tunes. presented difficulties for English
wear.
English women liked the shoe. Ther
hdo no criticism TO make of II, They
u'u' "ahtst 70 change 1t. They changed
their feet instead
ne only formal and official English pro.
houncement from medical circles on tho
toe-cutting fad comes from the Na,ion,,
orthopedic Hospital:
zoe cutting is not dangerous n done
oS competent surgeon Sometimes q &.
even necessary when the toe is ar,ictoJ
u! uiScase or has been severely in.urod hv
100 tlght shoes. In our opinion bowovo,
IL Is not justifablc 10 have tho ,it,,o ,oo
'u, OH merely to follow fashion
"hc'hcr II is 'jusliGablc" or mn, MO
naci are actually doing it-just as in All
ages ana all countries, civilized and I'm
ontii%ru, women have voluntarily undor.
gone fantastic tortures. mu,iIatio,a w.,
distortions to make themselves mr. ",a
tractiFe 10 their suitors or more nlaa,,at
10 their own eyes fins
impaired with what the unner.c,.s,
~oiiien Oh CHINA have done to their foot
t LOT more than three thousand wears tha
cut,;no me o,e u,.ra-modern English woman in
opTration as visiting the manicure.
Inc practice OF foot-bindinp 10 n.,do,,,
,uia.ouraged now in the Chinese ronmhii',
tue majority OF its most beautifuI and
aaistocratic women. Less than 100 veara
still practiced. Ao'uay IL Is
After Chinese girl baby &c bor, IT,.
an aristocratic home, If the narents Ivy
sliii ADVOCATES OF the old sfandards 80
Lla.e beauty, she is taken when scorceIv
anie 10 toddie to an expert foot binder a,
s. ase tne tehdons and muscles arc stilI
JIer I'LL me zones are not yet firmly ser.
iier niue toes are bent backward ,,,do
me lnstep and each foot IS tightly $3.50,
III tape Dandages. From thai momant nn
"htii she reaches full womanhond ~
;D ,s arc never removed, except 70 no
.iiIiiieu'a'eIy replaced by equally tight ~.
ans,,,.,t oi'es. me feet are compressed and
CROWN is almost completely s;onnod Tic
result is the tiny golden lilies"Htbe ,;,,ie
reformed feet less than three incbes ion~
"hich mandarins for ages have rego rded
as an exquisite and dainty mark of femi
nine nm, ioVeiiness An additional result is
.nat the Cninese beauty" by Western
standards OF activity, is a cripple all bnr
life. pp'o OH her
Extremely high heels are another IN.
stance or distortion Of natural lines IN
civilized countries for the sake of styje nr
beauty. '''ie vi
Advocates OF the toe.cutting fad in Emo.
land declare that because of the shane 70
modem shoes for women the little too i.
OF scarcely any use, and that il wouid
naturally disappear or become atronhind
IN the course of time by natural eyoIution
even II 1t were not ampntated
The little toe is degenerating. OWN,
to tght-ftting shoes" SAYS ono nm,h umns
and babies born hundreds of years hnr ,s,
viii not have any little toes at ali Wha1
difference can it make. then, If soma -
our women now, for the sake of sfvln and
comfort, hasten natures process by call.
'hs III tne ara OF the surgeons knifo?"
So apparently, if you happen TO fail IN
love with an English beauty who has man,
ticuiarly narrow and stylish feet. VIM
needn't be surprised. when you take hn,
ior day at the seashore, TO find that vou
nave iallen in love with an eisht.tocI