High-heeled Boots, Chinese Feet And Crooked Shins

It is -worthy of noto th:it vrhile a malignaat hatred ut Olii. ■-', indvi.lu:tlly. is fomented uudor cover of bostility to tiieir immigration our females huve i'.illcii in lüve with Chinese oostnniea and customs, iu wmo respeots, and acoepted them as mn.l.'ls. jiiftiiivs of Chinóse ladios, to which ono h:is been accustomed for many yoars, bear a closo resemblanoe to the Amerioan belle of the present day. The repulsivo hump, tho crippled feot, and thu minoing f:iit of ouv womon, it' t h.y do nat fortify tlio Darwinoan theory of tUo origta of tlic Bpeoiea hom monkeys, at kMst givo tho appestanoo of retrograding monkey-wards. Tho dresa, uncouth and dofonuing as it is, would not üi' itself deserre nutico ; bat the high hools, cripphii}; the fe#t and distortmg the limbs, :iru un outiage ot grucü and anatomy, on hunumity, tutitling tho authors, could they bo detocteil, to criminal responsibility. A convention of com-doctora, in tho interest of thcir txade, could uot devisu a schouio for good tiines. Women whoso pedak are Bolidifiod may eaenpo with only corus, of which wo hopo iind piay they may havo a i'ull and tender Orop. But that a wholo gonerntion of littlo girls sliould have their toes jammed into the points of their boots, to do the work of heels, and thcir legs should be thrown out of tho natural balance, and the plient bones bent into scmi-circlos, is a sacrifico to fasliion which would disgrace i nation of Hottentots. Should the wioked tus'ioia hold a tVw years, thei-e will nut be a docent foot, or un íosthetie leg in the female popuation, except uiüong waaher-women and the like. And ail thie is a triilu oompared with the mischief done to the pelvis, spine, and chest, by the oonstrained attitudo which the abnormal elevation of the heel must of nocessityi nducQ. Fushion is at best a cruel tyrant ; but tho wholo history of her capricious rulo does not exhibit a groaser violatdou of natural laws, and a moro uupardonable aasault on the beauty and healtta of woman, than the iuvention