Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — CARE OF THE FEET. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CARE OF THE FEET.

A CHIROPODIST GIVES TIPS FOR SELF-TREATMENT. A* Bcores Shallow-Pated, Vain Men and Women Who Distort Their Tone by Tl*ht or Pointed Shoe*—Women the Chief Offender*. Cauea of Cora*. Dr. Charles Kahler, a chiropodist, of New York, has written a book entitled “How to Treat Your Own Feet," in which he gives some sensible advice on a topic that is of great and growing importance. He states that nearly all the evils to which the foot is subject are due to ill-fitting Bhoes, and he roundly scolds those who sacrifice health and comfort to make their feet look smaller than they really are. He urges women to wear shoes with room enough for five instead of only two toes. It is suggested l hat the feet were designed by Nature, not by man, and that any interference with the natural growth

and requirements will meet with a Just punishment The badly fitting Btocking also comes in for a vigorous dressing down. Troubles caused by 111-fitting stockings are more common among women than men, for the reason that women are more anxious to encompass their feet in as little space as possible. This custom, the author adds, was probably borrowed from the Chinese women, who, upon becoming of age, regard feet larger than mere stumps as a disgrace and a deformity. The Doctor says that frequent bathing in very warm water is of much benefit to the feet, and is usually the first course to be adopted for the treatment of unnatural growths and callosities. The heat of the water renders the flesh soft and pliable and allows considerable of the superfluous skin to be easily removed. It is advisable to put a little spirits of ammonia in the foot bath. Should the collosity be highly inflamed, so as to have the appearance of a fester, a slippery elm or flaxseed poultice should be applied before going to bed. Chamois-skin washers should be placed over the sore spot the next day in orde/to prevent friction from the shoe. Sometimes a slice of lemon

applied to the callosity will relieve, If not entirely eradicate, the trouble. Ingrowing nails are a source of great inconvenience, and often of excruciating pain. They should be prevented by wearing properly fitted shoes; but if they should appear it is highly advisable to nip them in the bud, so to speak. This may be done by inserting a wad of lint under the nail, where it has a tendency to turn down into the flesh. This prevents Irritation and the development of an ingrowing nail. “My advice,” says ■Dr. Kahler, “to all persons afflicted with ingrowing toe nails, or who have had them treated without effecting a cure, is to procure shoes of sufficient length, breadth, and fullness of upper to allow plenty of room for the toes, and especially for the

great toe, and to follow the treatment heretofore described carefully. If this advice is acted upon a cure will certainly follow in a reasonable length of time. Corbett receives $20,000 in nine ninutes by striking perhaps a dozen blows. Patti receives $5,000 for singing “Home, Sweet Home,” which contains twenty-eight notes and consumes fifteen minutes in the singing. Obviously Patti is underpaid. Both artists must submit to long, arduous, £nd more or less expensive training—there is no advantage on either side. Each, to be sure, starts out with the divine gift. If CoTbett is premier in his profession, Patti is premiere in hers. Yet the slugger makes more than four times the wages of the singer. As for fame, where is Patti now? These are considerations of interests to young people hesitating to choose a profession. The moral is plain. As between pug and diva, be a pug if you can. But if you can’t pug, diva. Even Patti makes four times as much as anyone else on earth. The danger of convicting a prisoner on inconclusive circumstantial evidence was forcibly and practically demonstrated at a recent; hanging. While standing on the scaffold the prisoner confessed to a murder for which an innocent mkn is now serving a life’s imprisonment. The circumstances surrounding the murder fixed the guilt on the innocent man. He had had trouble with the victim, who was Shortly afterward murdered. He was arrested and sentenced and is now in the penitentiary, where he probably would have remained had not the murderer confessed. The man who walks over a precipice with his eyes shut is as sure to killed as the one who throws himself *** \

THE PERFECT FOOT.

EFFECTS PRODUCED BY TIGHT SHOES.

HOW THE BOSES BECOME DISTORTED.