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Take Care Of The Feet

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Walking heats and fatigues the feet, standing canses them to swell, whlle ' the pointed toe and the high heel oL Borne of the fashionable boots that are now worn absolutely crlpple them, and In these condltions attentions should be pald to the best means of relievlng the fatigue experienced by these long auffering members. The best thlng of all would be the universal adoption of the footgear constructed on hyglenic principies, not wlth a solé tapertng toward the toe, but broadest at the base of the toes, and continuing broader or even wider at the tip; but fashlon has declared that boots wlth pointed toes are to be worn, and worn they wül be. For these, thea, relief ia to lm found in bathing the feet in hot water, and two hot footbatha a week and a lktle pedlcuring wlll Boon remove the cause of much dlscomfort and fatigue. A warm bath wlth a small quantlty of sea aalt In it is almost as reetful as a nap. Paddie in the water untll it cools, dry j with a rough towel. put on fresh socks i or stocklngs, and the relief will soon be feit. Spirit baths are used by professional dancers, acrobats and ' trians to keep the feet in conditioa.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register