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CAKEOF THE FEET.
THECRAMPED AND TORTURED FOOT^NO LONGER THE IDEAL.
Viewsof a Celebrated Anatomist^The Im^^portance of Wearing the Right Kind of^Shoe*^Souiethiug About Corns anil How^to Treat Them.
Veryfew setm to realize the impor^^tance of giving the feet proper attention^in order to secure better health as well^as general comfort. It is almost incon^^ceivable that in onr civilized nation in^the modern age there are still so many^otherwi;* sensible women who are will^^ing to maim and cripple their feet and^suffer tortures for the sake of wearing^shoes just a little too small, or which^are, as they imagine falsely, pretty or^more fashionable. We see the folly of^the cramping process upon the feet of^the Chinese women, but how much more^inexcusable it is for women of this en^^lightened country.
Informer times it has been the fash^^ion for shoos to be made with high^heels, narrow, pointed toes and all sorts^of extravagant shapes ^^^ mirary to ease^and comfort, and as too many people^have felt it incumlient ujxin them to^bow to the demands of the tyrant fash^^ion, no matter how MHMOMbh hrr^demands, the result ha-s lieeu for suc-
riaadtaggaacratioM untold suffering in^the form of Bona, bullions and other^deformities, until now it la I nan I MM all Ml^ly rare to na, .-Kept aim ug savage M^^tii.us, a perfect, well .-haped foot. But^a more sensible fashion allows the wear^^ing of various styles of sensible aaOM^that are adapted to the ease and com^^fort of the wearer, with thick soles,^wide, low heels and plenty of room for^free expansion of the toes and muscles,^and the nr.inen.us corns, which are not^only ox^ eedingly painful, but Oataa seri^^ous affairs, an gradually disappearing^from the feet of the sensible ones and^the Meal foot is no longer the emafed^and torture d foot.
