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How People Walk

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
January
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Observiug persons move slowly"; their hcads move alternately from sido to sidc, Tchilc they occasiouaüy stop and turn around. Careful persons lift their fcet high and placo thcm dowD, and piek up souie littlo obstruction and placo it quietly by the side of the way. Calculating persons general walk with thcir hands iu their pockets aud thoir heads slightly inclined. Modest persons gencrally step softly fot" fciir of bciug observed. Tiiuid persous often step off from a sidewalk on cucetiug auothor, and uhvavs go nround a stune instcad of s'.oppiog over jt. Wido awako persons " toe out," and hava a long swing to their arms, whilo their heads swing about miscellaneously. Carele38 persons are forevor stubbiug iheir toes, Luzy persons scrape about loosely with their huels, and aro first on oue side of tha walk, theu the other. Very strong winded persons have their toes direptlj in iVont of them, and híive a kiud of stamp movement. Unstuble pertous walk fagt and slow by turns. Veutiirous persons try all roads, frequüut olimbiog the fonco instoad ofgoiug ihrougb. a arato, und nuvur let down & bar. üuo idea persons and very scluah persons '' toe in." Cross persous are very apt to hit thcir kaecs toguther. Good uatured persons snap their finger and thumb every few steps. Fan Inving persous have a kiud of a jig moveuiout.

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Old News
Michigan Argus