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Show Ancient Feet. A noticeable thing about the statues found in our museums of art, supposed to represent the perfect figures of ancient men end women, is the apparently disproportionate dis-proportionate size of their feet. We modems mod-ems are apt to pronounce them too large, particularly those of the females. It will be found, however, that for symmetrical perfection these feet could not be better. A Greek sculptor would not think of such a thing as putting a nine inch foot on a five and one-half foot woman. Their types for these classical marble figures were taken from the most perfect forms of living persona. Shoe and Leather fie- j porter. ' I |