Show TIGHT BOOTsMany a woman is rendered completely miserable by the suffering caused in forcing her fo t into what is considered a prettily pret-tily shaped boot The beautifully constructed human foot with the elastic movements of its different joints with certain parts by nature so formed as to easily bear the weight of the body is a thing to be wondered at and yet we inclose it through this love of vanity in a tightfitting case of leather constricting con-stricting all its movements and causing all the pressure of the body to come on those parts which by nature are most unfitted to bear it The high and narrow heels help materially to further deform and hurt the feet and by throwing the body forward are undoubtedly prejudicial pre-judicial to a healthy condition of the spine and the thin soles of these pretty boots produce cold feet in the possession of which there is neither comfort nor I am afraid health and in the second place very commonly lead to the large majority of colds to which may often be attributed many a lifelong misery Even moderately tight fitting boots will in time cause all those discomforts of the feet which render the ordinary walk a thing t6 be dreaded corns bunions ingrow ing toenails chilblains all these are the wages we pay for having a pretty foot Does it pay |