. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . nal to that of the body. A small foot lookswell only when it is a part of a small body. It isexquisiteness of shape, not diminutive size, whichgives beauty to these members. A graceful walkdepends upon the elasticity of the arch and thestrength and mobility of the toes, which help toraise the body. AVith immobility of the muscleswe must have an uncertain, heavy thud, instead of alight, springy, elastic step. In childhood, when the bones and cartilages aretender, the feet are especia
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . nal to that of the body. A small foot lookswell only when it is a part of a small body. It isexquisiteness of shape, not diminutive size, whichgives beauty to these members. A graceful walkdepends upon the elasticity of the arch and thestrength and mobility of the toes, which help toraise the body. AVith immobility of the muscleswe must have an uncertain, heavy thud, instead of alight, springy, elastic step. In childhood, when the bones and cartilages aretender, the feet are especially susceptible to has implanted in the child a love for thehopping, skipping, and jumping movements whichstrengthen the muscles and make the feet barefoot rustic has an immense advantage,because the foot has opportunity to spread, and themuscles can play freely. When the delicate footof a little child is put into the modern shoe, themuscles of the toes, sole, and ankle are restrictedin movement, and this means an arrest in their de-velopment. Another perversion from nature is the. KA-OOWN FOR STOUT WOMEN. HYGIENE AND DRESS OF THE FEET. 157 turning out of the toes so carefull}- taught in danc-ing and in polite walking. It is said that unciv-ilized races never turn out the toes in and artists declare that the construc-tion of the foot shows that the toes should not turnout. Authorities on this subject find in thisvicious aversion of the foot a cause for thebreaking down of the arch, which is most com-mon among children of the wealthy class. The ills of the feet are not entirely due to thevanity of human nature. They are due also to theignorance of the shoemaking craft. Dowie, whowas a scientific shoemaker, and not only studiedthe anatomy of the foot himself, but saw that hisjourneymen were carefully instructed, gives thefollowing enumeration of errors: That shoes areworn too short; that they are cut too narrow at thetoes an
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