Show MS K HOW TO LIVE i LONGER t K K by JOHN CLARENCE FUNK MM YOUR SHOES D neuritis spinal lv troubles nerves backache and headache these make an impressive array and every one of them can be caused by the use ot improper and fitting shoes its bard to believe it in days gone by the ladled of china were victimized by the foot binding custom it was sanctioned by law and was a painful and barbarous practice happily those times ore past root binding however la not altogether out of style in america and it has only personal foolishness tor an excuse the other evening a young woman derisively laughed at a story of the tattoo and brass ring styles yet prevalent in the FIJI islands what nonsense and what suffering I 1 she exclaimed yet this same sophisticated person at that moment was wearing size number 4 when her foot anle demanded size number alve she Is by no means an exception it Is only fair to say that by tar the larger proportion of both men and women display more sense thin otherwise on the shoe question but even eo there are still too many who are unwisely vain about themselves and for that reason painfully crowd their pedal extremities into unhealthily formed footgear while long angers can get one into the tolls ot the law long tops on the other hand are no crime and it Is extremely foolish for anyone s to reach such proportions as to have them persuade themselves that they anre while style must be considered comfort Is paramount and this whether it Is a walking office or social shoe therefore the dext lime that you go to a shoe store kp in mind the possible diseases some of them killers that are alwaes lurking in the background bick ground of a misguided judgment which prompts one to pur chase fitting footwear one would do well indeed to ean go further than this by examining immediately the shoes which already have been purchased and are being used if they are too short if they bind it they in any way or disturb your comfort then give them away better by far a few extra dollars for new shoes than ciany dol lars for a doctor bill of doroe if you are not sensible ahm get that way bout this shoe problem at once CAUTION newspaper account stat ed that a young woman stepped off the last stair step and straightway broke her neck alch proves that mine workers powder people divers and air pilots have no corner on alfes hazards ha yards in the perfectly sensible desire to diminish automobile death and injury rates it Is quite possible to overlook the tact that while too much cannot be said regarding the careless nan of cars there yet are a large number of les spectacular accidents dally occurring as the direct result of personal negligence frequently cases are noted where death or serious accident has been based on some homely and everyday happening and we are startled by it it could just as easily have happened to us e passively reflect and merrily go on our way there Is no desire to suggest a fear consciousness where our dally and ordinary activities are concerned it would be a sad world indeed if everyone were constantly afraid that the next step or move might take an acal dental turn A complex of that char acter would be nothing short of an obsession and would almost justify admission to a psychopathic hospital on the other hand there Is such a thing aa reasonably developing a sense of care and in view of the many misfortunes occasioned by its lack it almost becomes ones duty to do so care for example in getting in and out of an elevator care in up and down stairs especially alien high heel shoes are worn care in walking over polished hardwood floors cara in leaning out of windows care in getting on and off street cars care in boarding and leaving trains care on icy pavements in short the sub of a pit of thought for ab lon n many things that consal lute the days work and routine it Is surprising what excellent results can be obtained in the first few days ones mind Is focused on matter the conscious exercise of anre soon becomes a fixed habit and the actions involved assume a reflex and subconscious character thus ona soon becomes instinctively careful it Is jut as easy to be that as to be the reverse and anore safe take care to take care I 1 li neloa ii |