Show G6FEET01061f9 A NEW AND HNTlERESTHNfi STUDY An Expert Explains Mow Character Can be Read by the Pedal ExtremitiesFeet of Some Great Men and the Story They Tell leu York April 18 Fcololoffy ia the newest fad among those who crave for fresh ways of reading the soul of man through the outward and visible signs of Inward virtues Veelology al though IL may not look so when the coined word ilrsl strikes the eye means the study of feet We have hud a surfeit sur-feit Jt seems of palmistry The hand has been read down and up and across DEC until there is now nothing left to study i that has not been gone over ad nauseam nau-seam an the feet are lo be dan d-an those extremities used as a study of character A collection of great arms feet arc shown In the nccompanlylng illustrations illustra-tions These were submitted an advanced ad-vanced student In feetology with the request that he point out the various characteristic features about them for the benellt of the Inquiring layman This Is his report The feet of the Duke of York heir to the throne of Great Britain arc Indicative In-dicative of a characterless and Inoffensive Inof-fensive Individual who had he not been born to the purple would lave probably been content with the position posi-tion of a clerk growing old adding figures fig-ures at S12 per week I They are nimble feet enough as might be expected of an exsailors pedal extremities but beyond = be-yond that they show no particular character Very different arc the feet of the German Kmperor They impress one at once with n sense of the masterful I ness of the owner Look nt the linn niartslve I grip that they seem to have ont on-t ground Does not the very pose of the feet suggest a man who wnlkn the earth with a sense of proprietorship and who Is accustomed to put his foot down in a way that compels obedience from less masterful mortals They take the palm for neatness loo theRe feet of the Kaisers The hoots have hardly a fold and betoken the man who appreciates ap-preciates the value of appearances They seem to say us they stand so llrmly there I am the ruler of a nation na-tion Let him who stands In my way beware These feel arc nearly always moving and they have tramped through many a barrack on an unexpected unex-pected errand Df inspection How expressive arc the feet of the lion Joseph Chamberlain Any one I I would guess that these arc the foot of the political leader and diplomat See how neat and tactful they look as they rest 011 the warm rug They haw a mincing gait In a ballroom and made a clever American girl once remark that sho thought Mr Cumberlaln must have practiced dancing on a postage stamp There Is a suggestion of ic lontlessncHS l In these feet t < > the close I student They arc the pedal extremities extremi-ties of a man who will pursue his way I to the goal over all obstacles counting everything fair that brings success to his efforts What a contrast to the feet of Chamberlain are those of Oom Paul Look at the Innocentlooking feet of the President of the Transvaal firmly planted l beneath short rusticlooking trousers The feet arc flat and firm to I obstinacy and show plenty of self esteem They arc not bad feet though The idea that the ricers fn m the President down wear brogans of the kind that arc more commonly seen In the woods than in city streets Is I dis i slpalcd by the sight of these well = shot ctNow Now look al the TrmncsH of character exhibited by the feel of Lord Hobprt3 Could such feet as these belong Ito n weak man Impossible Bb5sa partake of the character of the owner being drat and strong and evidently meaning to stay where they arc They look like the feel of n man who would I walk allround the man who owrlfllhe feet referred to in the i receding parn graph and yet the feet of the preced ing paragraph seem to say Wnlk around mo If you like shall bcstiind Ins In this position when you arc tired of your exercise It Is Interesting to compare those j wo palm oC feeland study the character In each Jlodk how the story defiance ofKrugor shows Itself and the attitude of his feel and I how Robertas quick military energy Is evidenced In the appearance of his wellshow military extremities Jn a battle between these two years of feet I l which would you back to win 1 I Salisburys feet How elegant they are In proportion to the sc of the great Premier of England They do not typify elegance In any sense But observe ob-serve the dignity llrmnran and qclf assuiruiice of character displayed and tlu little suggestion of caution In their general appearance You would not Imagine that they belonged to a very portly man who slam six feet high Ph h y afire not feet tlvt Ire accus turned to exercise The owner never walks when he nan ride for he does < < not have to Rut when these feet arc put down they are kept down for the Premier has a will of his own Lastly here are n pair of feet that are J o distorted out ofslmpethal It Is Impossible to tell what character their owffer poss rfsses They arc the feel oC LI Hung Chang and they hide his character as his face does But they are Irmly planted on the ground anti J1 these feet desired 10 kick open the door that Is HO much talked andwrlt ten bout jiowadays they could easily do so 1 Ie 1 = t > 0 < T1 1 l iUtri = JI1lr = JLL t c 1 I ijttt C 1 j i Iii i I t Jlt f JX l t J t co r I 1 pwJ f r w 1 n 4 I Lord Salisbury Emperor William Bobs Oom Paul The Duke of York Hon Joseph Chamberlain i Here are shown the distinctive understandings of six great menThe studies of heads and palms arc now sad to le growing obsolete and the feat arc beginning to be critically examinedOne would not suspect that Salisburys feet sustained Great i Britnins Premier n portly man of six feetThe Kniscr IS said to possess the neatest feet and they are ever movingLQrd Robertss feet accomplished the great militnry march to Knndahnr and n11 England is anxiously awaiting for the the melt that they have entered torinThe Innocent looking feet of President Kruger would not indicate that their owner was one of the worlds costliest menNor would the Duke of Yorks strike one as belonging to the Heir announce e iv tho y British throneThose of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain who conducted the African which precipitated the Presumptive tQ postage stamp policy P P war are neat and Iightso much so that nn 1 American girl remarked that she thought Mr Chamberlain had practiced dancing on a |