Year: 1869

Chicago Tribune, 18th.


Ihere lives on Wabash avenue, in a house
OF highly respectable exterior, young lady.
the pride Of her mother and the JOY of her
papa. She is, or rather she was, in every
respect, an attractive, graceful and accom-
phshed girl; and so thought young Mr.


-, to whom she is engaged, and who,
LOOKING at her with the eye OF lover, could
see, OF course, no blemish in her.


Yet there 25os one little defect, one small
lnfpertection, which was said to mar the
symmetry OF her otherwise perfect form.
Nature had given her pair of wonderfully
small feet, but although in length they were
all that Chinese beauty might have adored,
they were just little too broad ia proper
ton to their size. But for this little over
sight OF Natures they would have been the
most ravlshing pair of little feet that ever
''tWlnkled' beneath petticoat. The young
lady often sighed as the bootmaker took
the measure of them, and thought how she
might have dazzled the world, and her
adorer particularly, had Nature been ? lit
tie less liberal She adopted variety Of
expedients in order to pinch and squeeze
those rebellious little toes into proper at
titude. Like Cinderella's sister, she did
her best to crush them into the glass slip
per, but the wicked fairy always put tbs
screw on and punished her sorely for the
attempt. In short, her feet gave hernorest
by night or day. She was about to be mar
1ied, and. in view Of that event, she re-
solved to make a double sacrifice


A few months ago sne visited an eminent
surgeon of this city, and made q proposal
which caused the practitioner to shudder.
He at cnce declined to accede to her
strange request; and there the matter
dTnnYp6 I,
young lady renewed her proposition. ex-
pressing her firm determination to have it
carried out, and so persistentlv did she
cling to her resolution that the Docter was
at last prevailed upon to comply with her
wish. This was nothing less than the am
putation OF the small toe of each foot,
which would reduce the member to a size
exactly proportioned TO It's length The
operation was one demanding the incest
skill on the part of the surgeon, and few
days since was successfully performed, with
the consent of the young lady'8 relatives
and friends. The obnoxious toes have been
extracted just like teeth leaving the
feet somewhat disfgured for time, but
suited to fit into the smallest, daintiest lit
tie boot that can be fashioned. The young
martyr is now in bed, waiting patiently for
the wound to heal. The operation has cost
her pang. perhaps, but only think what
she has gained (what she has Iost) by it !
Two small fantastic toes Many a victor
has lived long, honored and happy, with
one foot in the grave. This courageous
little heroine has achieved q victory which
the fashionable world will delight to honor,
and she can now walk abroad in midday
weather wiIput trailing her skirts =
Doubtless ~ is aching for the next even
ivrr yuh foct t;Eril loszo
hibited as triumph of art over nature
The young lady has boldly put into prac-
tice the scriptural precept, 'sIf thy small
toe offend thee, cut it off. -


The two little offenders should be buried
with great pomp and ceremony IN the back
yard. Peace to their ashes, and may the
corns press lightly on the survivors,