The Danger Of High-heeled Boots

The dauger as well as the inconvenience of the fnshion'which it has pleased woiaau in lier wisdom to adopt of weariug high-héöled l)oots is illustratcd by the evidenco given at nu iuqncst rcconHy held at a hospital ia London tottcmp'g the death of n palient of that instithtrofi wlio met with her death under the following oireumstauccs : The decoased, :i mtirk-d woman, left her homo in good health on the 29th of January, aud on the Bame night was brought liome in a oab with a fractured leg. The (Jriver of the vtihiele made no remark as to how the iujur.y had been received, luit aftel asking for his faro drov off. Tho (U'ociasfid, however, after removal to tlie hospital, Btated thnt Bho wns jwst fitop})iu({ froro tlie uurb iutn tho rond, when, owing to her boote having cxcoBsively high heels, she slipped and feil. It is supposed sho was run over, as the in jury she had received was of so serious a nature that imputatiou had to be performed, and she died last week from oxhaustion. The jury returued a verdict of "accidental denth." The only wonder is that fcuch accidenta aro not of more frequent occurrence.