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Show Tb Oilfle ( llljl, Unit. Heel, It I old. owe their origin to Portia, where they wem IntrodncrU upon aamlaltln llieli. of block of wood fixed underneath, inch Nlng tho root Idea of thoeedcfonaitiiw to which lutely woman owe to many of her woe. A high, nnalcady hee). It I an open ivcrvt, Injure the lefteudon and allect the ipluoaawell a Internal organ, which am liable to If illij lareil by Ihe thrown forward poeltlMi entailed. In Pinda, the tint homo of the heel, however, thee block of wood an uwj tiuiply to"ralmi the fit from the burning Miulatf that country, ami wer about two liuhe high." With the Piralau wouun the bhek were tattly higher than thine affected by themoiiThoIr height Ulng from tiighteeli inchv to two fret, thnt becoming mora of the indirect lilt than anythfiig elae, Ktrangely enough, many year after, a rlmilar feihlou came Into vogue In Venice! Ven-ice! but the motif in tbl raw wa comically comi-cally dUfin nt, for "by It mean J-alou btubaiiil thought they would b able to keep Uitlr wive at home," Tho ui-porta ui-porta of uch thK In Vrnlcs w ere called "chaplney,"and to appiaa tlieanlly of the bullea, and donbtle ali to ugr th pill, wrre mail highly ornate. The height of the c hapluey determlneil tjie rank of the wearer, an extra coating for the pill, "the liobleet dime being permitted per-mitted to uiar tluui one half )ardcr more high." Ho Ital, |
