Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1888 — Facts About Feet. [ARTICLE]

Facts About Feet.

Exchange. The ideal foot of modern ladies is about a No. 3. In a man 5 feet II inches tall the foot measured 10} inches and the middle toe 2} inches. The common unit of lineal measure, a foot, was derived from the length of the human foot. In Chinese subjects, the ordinary height being 6 feet, the length of the foot was'9 inches and 5 lines., - The longest foot of measure is that of old Turin, which is equal to twenty inches of English measure. ~~ There was a time when not only each country, but each town, had a footmeasure of its own, indicating different averages of the different feet’in various localities. Among a tribe of low-stature Indians, whose height varied from 5 feet 1 inch to 5 feet 3 inches, the length of the feet was found to be froffi 9 inches 4 lines to 9 inches 6 lines. In order to get an idea of the length of shoe sizes in inches it may be stated that a foot measuring 10 inches, with the weight of the body resting upon it, may wear,.comfortably, a No. 6 shoe. A youth in the South Sea islands, 6 feetY inches in height, had a foot 12} inches long, his lower extremities measured 30 inches in length, circumference of calf of leg 17} inches, and his ankle 10 inches.