Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-02 | Page 8 | Boasts the Smallest Foot on the Stage

r- r w nH r 1 I I to 7 n I I I ff t 1 i Y 1 r r C I S E f t f ata L n f r s to r t tr i 1 y sQ r f tv Z w k 7 t M r tt fi I i r r- r j 1 r 1 E s k r 1 i 9 k 4 tV 4 S i 4 4 Sni air r. r to L Z Zt 1 4 t t t 4 f w t t i j I 11 I J f i 1 ic 1 V J 0 HOW W small is the smallest foot on the g stage It is exactly seven inches long From l t y side side te to o. o side across the instep it measures just dust four inches And it supports an f. f 1 nJ Je precisely seven inches in circum circum- t ference r Try that on your shoemaker r. r The Cinderella possessor of th this s tiniest t of feet is Daphne Pollard Her little cJ feet carry the lady ni nightly through the tot 1 mazes of several intricate dance numbers in the Greenwich Village Follies For Fort t several years years those feet have skipped andIc and andt Ic t I kicked b behind hind th the footlights yet the they Y grow not an eighth of an inch larger So Sor r wonderful is nature nature and and Daphne This month for the second time in her career Miss Pollard has been awarded x t a prize be because ause her feet are arc so small After a census and enthusiastic measurIng measuring measuring ing of all all' the especially diminutive feet 1 1 II anywhere on the American stage the I judges judges handed handed over anice a nice gold medal to toI the d danch nc star It was the second time I 4 she she had haI rece received ve an award b because ause her herk herr k r feet grow grov any larger than they t a In did A few years ago after a census t of all the feet on the English stage the prize was placed in in Daphnes Daphne's hands Or r rather ther on on Daphnes Daphne's s slim right foot The prize that time said Miss Miss' Pole Pollard Pollard Pol Pol- e I. I lard when you threaded your way among y 1 scenes and scene shifters back stage and andi i climbed the flight of f stairs to o her dressing dressing dress dress- rr c ing room the prize that tha t time was the I ar I most ravishing solid gold slipper yo yoI you u I t I ever saw And I wish I 1 hadn won hadn't t won it it She ran a wee hand through her er yellow yellow yel yel- low hair air batted her big blu l eyes aYes and anddrew anddrew drew a sigh so pr profound found it seemed likely 5 s to rend her small smaIl Daphne k is four feet eight inches tall x 3 fl It It was a sort of Cinderella contest she ehe explained and the gold shoe shoe shoe- all aU set with jewels went jewels went to the woman woman who vho could put it on n. n It seems I 1 was was was' the only one who could get my foot foot into it Well as soon as the slipper had been awarded to me they took it over to- to the theoffice theoffice office of Lord Northcliffe to show it to PIr him Tha t a pretty thing he said Midas as they j put it on his desk esk An And with that hey he y lifted his hand to pick it up and knocked it to the floor If yo youve you've never knocked a a agold gold slipper to the floor you have no idea into how many thousand pieces itan it itcan fan can an break M My heart broke i into to twice as many thousand But Lord N North North- t. t liffe litre told me not to mind hed he'd have another another another an an- other one made right a aay ay Poor man t he died before he could get at it it t v ANOTHER ANOTHER prof profound und sigh shook j t Daphne While the sig sigh was in progress t- t ress ress you had a chance to reflect that C 0 those blue eyes blue and that yellow hair hairr r r came from her English parentage Daphne w was was s born in Australia Australia where where j I things things grow big s she e adds drawing herself her her- self up to her her four four feet eight it fl A medal for small feet I she rePeated repeated repeated re re- musingly well Im I'm awfully glad I. I to g get t the med medal 1 because its it's the only satisfaction sata sat- sat a jl Ive I've ever had from my feets feet's r oi 1 smallness You know know know- r This with an earnest earnest to look ak of Australian Austra- Austra lian Tian intensity l You know it isn't any fun to have i such tiny feet I cant can't get a shoe to tofit fit t c me no me-no no me-no no nor to come come anywhere anywhere near fitt fit fit- fit K t ting All 11 my shoes have to be made I It t oy r take tak as near as you can measure it by bya r i a standard last bast the size size worn by a child g i of twelve years Now you know that's ridiculous for a married woman the I f.- f. mother of of a thirteen old thirteen old old months son Isn't it fi Z Of course thou though h Id I'd look f funny and probably feel funny if my feet were J much larger I weigh only ninety-five ninety y pounds pounds feel feel awfully fat if I put on even even three more that that Its It's awful i to to be so short Truly it is You get 1 the funniest impression of the world beI because because be- be I r cause you always have to look away up at atI I J j i people I must be about the sh shortest i. i person on the stage too Im I'm shorter than Ann Pennington or Marguerite Clarke Im I'm shorter than shorter Im any anyone one one one- r But oh old please notice that Im I'm n not t deformed I that mean mean mean thayis is I dont don't mean my figure my-figure figure e isso beautiful J r. r It is l However As a matt matter r of fact iff small t tt though hough she be the lady has a figure t t. t about bout as nearly perfect as they come V j T WEAR childr childrens children's ns n's gloves she went I t on a a. bit moodily si size e four That's it bad because I can dash into any tot not so any department store and get wo wonderful wonderful bar bargains bargains bar bar- gains in gloves But when it comes to f f shoes shoes t they ey have to be n made ade specially i lly Y 7 1 for m me me- and d that's why I say th that t with fl t o I L 4 d' d r t I r. r f I r Medal Winner Who Amazed the Late Late I r 1 M With Tiny Trilbies 5 ies' ies fR f i r I a R peats a in America Americ the Feat She t Accomplished Acco f. f and A F 4 f 4 S 3 t With Her b c f k Feet Dainty s si i w q f J 4 t i ir it r a a t tt t j J f I t r s an awfully small foot it isn't the initial expense its it's the upke upkeep p. p Miss Pollard plunged into statistics s. s It seems that Ann Pennington wears a il a thirteen and a half shoe Frances White ite wears a thirteen Fannie Ward WardI Ward Ward- I had an awful blow the tha day Fannie Ward gave me a hundred or more pairs pair of shoes she had never worn worm She buys them by the dozen and then often never wears them at all One afternoon she heard me moaning because I couldn't find shoes small enough Come on up to fo the house she said and Ill I'll give you you lots of shoes They'll They I fit too I went with her The shoes were beautiful I tried on a pair and honestly 1 I I simply slid around inside them They were siz size one and a a. half I could have cried So now I go to my own boot and have my footgear made to order S SHE HE thrust from beneath her 1860 bustle gown a foot about the size of well well say of the palm of your hand and and considered it reproachfully Feet are my hobby was her next admission my own feet particularly probably just because they're so so skimpy You know I 1 think the hum human n foot is about the most important part of the whole anatomy Upon depends it-depends ilk the comfort of the entire body and a womans woman's lo looks ks Vat Watch h what uncomfortable able shoes do in the way of bri bringing ging an unpleasant expression and a flock of of- wrinkles to even the tl e prettiest womans woman's face If your feet are unhappy youre you're hateful blue blue blue-a a tight shoe can change your whole hole career In time it can make a murderer out of the mildest tempered man on earth Given a tight shoe and a abit abit abit bit of provocation and I wouldn't trust the most pacifistic pacifist anywhere near neara a gun t I tAnd And you know I th think we women dress our feet all wrong Of course its it's inexcusably inexcusably inexcusably in in- excusably old-fashioned old of m me but the shoe I root for is the high boot laced around the ankle It keeps the the ankle from flopping over because it gives real support It keeps rheumatism away on cold days For street stroet str et wear for all ordinary ordinary ordinary or or- occasions Im I'm here to state that thata a a high laced shoe is a womans woman's best friend And always always always-always-a always a fairly low heel I But can you convince the that its it's time to bring back th the laced high shoe Can you get women to wear it Like you can get Babe Ruth to quit baseball Only today I Isaid said to my Pl Please ase make somo some somo high laced shoes Na Name e em the Dap Daphne no POIl Pollard if jf you I Y t. t M DapHnes DapHne's pedal extremities are in perfect proportion with her wee self This morsel of loveliness charms her audiences by a winsome personality t that hat h a t is not bounded by personal latitude e or longitude Y 1 0 A Aj j j t a 5 i t T 4 t Comparisons ns a are r e not shu shunned nned b by Y D Daphne Poli Pollard Pol Pol- i lard whose Wh ose f feet in m street aN aNo j shoes are re h here ere shown b beside a No o. o 2 da dancing sll slipper wish and Ill I'll wear them all the time oft off stage If I made mad a shoe like that today he arrested answered Id be Well in spite of how pretty the low slipper looks with its out cut-out sid sides s and its heel women are spoiling their feet wearing it They are thickening their ankles and warping them They are inviting twisted foot bones and rheumatic rheumatic rheumatic rheu rheu- matic twinges But my my sakes you might as well scream at a a. stone wall as try to reform a woman r S SHE HE added with a a. naive smile that was wasso wasso wasso so humorous humoro s it barely escaped being a agrin agrin agrin grin Perhaps if my feet weren't so small I might not be so strong myself for the looks of a a laced shoe B But t Ive I've found that almost anything looks w well wellon ll on a very little foot Theres There's one ono n. n Its It's the shoe Daphne wears in her love scene with tho the policeman She struts out on the stag stage hair yanked with a ludicrous little figure back and screwed into a tight knot Her makeup is that of the English lower- lower class servant umbrella and all and upon her feet are re black high shoes with elastic elas elas- el elastic s- s tic sides The shoes arent aren't really large U If I I have to go to my own and have m my Y footgear made to order says Daphne Pollard the thet he t dancing star her foot being so small she has hasto hasto hasto to wear a size cor corresponding core corre e- e Jf to that of a year twelve-year-old child v L 1 y you oti or I could could- could just about get three threet t toes es into them but but tipon pon her diminutive diminutive- feet they look enormous Those shoes are arc the delight of my life said Daphne stoutly holding one oneo o of the low-heeled low little atrocities in her tiny hand so comfortable and they do support m my mr ankles The only time I tried to dan dance e this number without without with with- o out t high shoes shoes shoes-a a year ago ago I I was merely walking the across stage and turned my ankle so sharply it broke two or three bones in the foot The audience thought I fell purposely and roared with laugh laugh- ter Even the fellow who had the role bf ot the policeman thought I was what we call kidding the part He didn't k know ow anything had happened till he danced off with me and found I had fainted away in his arms That's an example of why Im I'm strong for high ankle-high shoes Women's ankles are getting so they flop op over over at the tho slightest opportunity Buas But Bu Butas as I said before I might night as welL scream at a stone stono wall After a moment of industrious work with the rabbits rabbit's foot foot w work foot work rk which brought rought a vivid flush to her het rounded chin Copyright 1923 1823 by Public Publia Ledger Ledier Comp Company u Y I I 5 S II 1 h- h r f rt df I W WI I r o r FR t F r t t u f i 3 q k k k t A near competitor in m in the matter matte of if A. A v a size or the lack of it to Daphne is lS is I t. t hi ti F Francs Frances e uh White vv V tte w whose h ose twinkling kl mg it 6 ll I J i toes oes are covered b by a No 13 shoe f l t A a fi d 4 c I I. I I Ann Pennington is another another an- an an r other of the stages stage's little littie lit lit- tie tle girls whose wee feet have da ted her into i the he hearts of thousands thousand and made i interesting shadows beneath her ler already interesting she eyes eyes she spoke again I III wonder how saleswomen endure it standing on their feet all nIl day This This' i from om a dancer darice who bO bounces and leaps onA on r I A 7 c 2 t her ller feet feat for hours every evening I 1 often wOnder when I see them behind the counter counter if they realize how easily they can get rid of the ache which their feet must feel by nightfall Soak em emin emin A in goo good hot water up to the knees For several minutes Then rub them well with alcohol or spirits of camphor or something of the and soft soft and the feet will t tT feel like new I do it and I know i T THE HE conversation turned again to her size My young young son she said she said she is Mrs Nis Ellington Bunch wife of a Kentucky man off the stage stage has small hands and feet feet but he looks t two years years old and he isn't fourteen months yet That child childR R Ris six-footer six thank goodness goodness good good- is going to be bo a ness You cant can't get me to o say a good word for being p short Id I'd like to be eight S feet tall Somebody in the dim stairs shouted Curtain The lady who would like to be eight feet fedt e t tall thrust her tiny tootsies into the ludicrous high shoes of the English servant grasped her umbrella and descended the stairs two at Tat a time In a moment a gale of Homeric laughter swept the auditorium Another six inches added to D Daphnes Daphne's height would have diminished the laughter one The management after all is just as glad t this lis tiny tomboy isn't isn so so soll trill tall ll as sh she would like to to b be J f.