Evening star., 1937-12-13
When Selecting Christmas Cards Respect the Tastes Recipient
Make Certain
That Shoes
Fit Foot
Watch Your Child
Walk to Detect
Any Trouble.
By ANGELO PATRI,

II oRETTA, stand properly" The
teacher spoke sharply. 1t was
the fourth time within the hour that
she had spoken to Loretta about the
way she stood. Loretta looked ready
to weep. Il am standing properly"
she said, trying hard to keep back the
tears.
Standing on the edges of your shoes
Is not standing properly. It's bad
habit. You're wearing your shoes out
and making your feet look ugly. It's
just a bad habit you've gotten into
and you'll have to correct it. Turn
your feet in
Loretta did her best, but when she
marched out in line the teacher saw
she marched on the edges of her shoes
just the same.
There must be something the mat
ter with the child's feet or she wouldn't
persist in walking like that. I'll stop
in and speak to her mother"
Il know it, said Loretta's mother.
Its been getting worse and worse. I've
had to buy that child a new pair of
shoes about every two weeks this term.
Talking doesn't do bit of good. I'll
just let her wear the shoes as she
makes them. See how that works.
Shame her into looking after herself"
mo, we can't do that" said the
teacher. 1T will surely ruin her feet.
Hadn't We better ask the orthopaedic
surgeon to look at her?"
"Vp,, ;S,ly
pie, do you?" asked mother, none too
gently
No, but I'm certain she doesn't walk
on the edges of her feet because she
wants to. My guess is that she has to,
and she will have to have help if she is
TO walk properly"
"Of course" said the physician, the
poor child. How she ever walked as
well as she did is mystery to me.
Those feet needed braces years ago.
They won't show much. But she has to
have them right now. I want to see
her every two weeks until her feet are
corrected. It's going to take time,
but it can be done"
Children's feet are quite as impor-
can't as their heads, or eyes or ears.
II they are wrong the whole body is out
OF condition and suffers accordingly.
Somehow, I suppose because they are
covered by shoes, they get scant con-
slderatlon. Unless child has posi-
tive limp, foot trouble is overlooked.
That is serious because any foot trouble
IS serious for the growing child.
ESret lyoo -, ~,
the childs foot. Don't buy pretty
shoes unless they are suited to the
chllds foot. A shoe that fits its foot
vel is good-looking shoe. No amount
Of trimming will make an ill-fitting
shoe look right. Comfort makes for
grace. Notice how the child wears the
shoes. If he runs over, one side or
the other, have the feet and shoes ex-
&mined by an expert physician and so
save yourself and the child a lot of
trouble and expense.
Corns are expensive in happiness
usefulness. time, grace and beauty
Well-f1tted shoes make corns impos-
slble. Fallen arches, fatfoot, weak
tendons, dislocations in the bones of
the instep-all sorts of foot defects are
found in school children. If their
shoes were properly selected and flt-
ted, if their feet were examined regu-
larly during their growth, the children
would be relieved of much pain. They
would be healthier and happier and do
better school work
Mr.. Patri has prepared a leaflet en-
titled, "Convalescent Children" in
which he tells parents how to help such
children to entertain themselves with
out fatigue. Send for it, addressing
your request to Mr.. Angelo Patri, Child
Psychology Department of this paper.
1nclose self-addressed, stamped g.
cent? envelope.
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