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Show T t-UTUOE OF THE HUMAN FOOT. I'rogrmiiro licTrtopniint In tlio Art' ot gLji'tnitklnic. Tlio boot nnd shoo exhibit nt tho -orld'a fair lcaiU ono to rlcw willi 11 1 arm the prospective fa to of tho human pedals, rnys the Minneapolis Tiibiino. The 'wild variety of Ingenious In-genious i.hnpcs oxhlbitcd in shoes dla-clof.es dla-clof.es tho fact Hint the human foot In moilern times has ceased to havo n nhapc of lis pwn. It ia putty,. In tho hnnda of tho Ingenious artist. In nhort. the foot, na to shape utul size, ia purely n shoemaker's product. If, therefore, wo wnnt to know what the foot of tliu future is to bo wo must sludy tho trend of tho cobbler'a nr't. In apito of the fearful variety of shapes nnd dlmciiklona exhibited In tho world'n fair shoo exhibit, there nro curtain tendencies of tho shocmaUhif? nrt that arc cloarly marked and bhow procrosaivo ilevclopincnt. lletwcon the nliocarlc nnd plowshoo on tho ono I fumi and the patent leather ballroom ball-room flipper on thu other there la n brood arVitioii' In-tho shape find ill mensioTii rrbleb tho huinap foot iniikt nti-.time, nnd yot thrro nro- ono or two principles which apply more oe less In eolumoii to nil of tho widely diffcren' tlated styles. The one principle which ntnnda out moat prominently In all tho. sohools of the shoci.-riUlntr art is thta: Thut there U but otiVi recognized toe on tho human font. T'ho other oxcrcnconcos nro not tu ho countenanced or tolerated. The ilelhillkm npproved by all shoo mo-(tintoH mo-(tintoH Is that Iho hmimii foot is n variable varia-ble nggreiratioii consifitluif of four part--the heel, tho Inatep, the ball ami the preuttoe. Tho Into&t nud generally gen-erally luhiplo.l cation rolatlvo to tlio proper ahnpo of tho front part, of tho ohoo In that it should eonnlst of a Mtrnltfht lino dniwn from tho outer eiltfO of tbq ball of the foot to tho tip of the grc.it too. It la true there nre many ntyles of bIioch that do not conform con-form rigidly to tlio ranou, but the vnrr atiouii are permitted idutply oiKualhelle grounds tdsoeure vnrlcty, und not nl all Hint not mora than one loo la recognized. recog-nized. Thcro ia Mild to bo only one ohoo iri tho woild'H fnlr exhibit whleh distinct ly roeoirnlreH und counteiiancea llvo tocN on tho hiiimiu foot, nud that ia tho wooden ohoo f rout Ilelglum. Thnlshoo, which nllola ilve cotnpurtnicnta of spaco to tho ton family, is tlio exception excep-tion nlilch proves tlio rulo namely, that tho great too Ih tho only author-Ued author-Ued projection on tlio portico of Hie pedal Btructutv. A generation or two moro of culture nnd heredity under tho Draeonian laws Imposed by tho ahoo nrllstn will doubtless nou the liu-man liu-man foot idmpltllcd nnd Improved by Iho gradual elimination of four Miper-Uuous, Miper-Uuous, iiKolcs.1, and Inartistic frontal protections. |