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Show YOUR HEAL I H 6V OR. R H. BISHOP I ' I EET i Ii r HURT It was not so long ago that Dame Paehlon ruled heedless of hygiene ; principles. One of her most ruthless I decrees was that women must have small feet, whether naturally or other-: other-: wise. j Of later years, however, successful efforts have boon made to bring style 1 into working relations with hygiene. Manufac turers are now consulting surgeons sur-geons In planning the construction ol shoes. I h. ommonest fault In a shoe Is too I narrow an instep, sloping forward i equally trum both sides to a point 'midway between tho two margins oi the heel of the shot. A natural foot has tho great toe In Ja nearly straight line with the Inner border of the foot, ao that a shoo nuide ,on the plan mentioned throws the toes ' together In a bunch. especially If j French heels have beicn built in. I Thus results tho unromantlc bunion, I which, unliko the corn, is a bony displacement dis-placement outward and an ugly on-' on-' where the first bone of the great to Joins the rest of Ihe loot on the inside. jThe same applies tO th.- outside ol the toot If the little too ls misused. Then, In the course of time, .notion .no-tion and Irritation produce a t. It l -enlng and hardening of the skin over , tho bunion Then ho great toe gets pushed under the other toes. And in I gouty or rheumatic people the bon. ol the toot Joining tho big loo also becomes be-comes enlarged and twisted. 1 Thus Is the natural elastlci :- oi the foot altered, tho movements restrlct-!ed. restrlct-!ed. and much intense suffering oaua-ied oaua-ied so bad that surgery may have to ! be resorted to Tho best wav to avoid all this Is to use a shoe with a stralgbl inn...- edge Shoes are made also with di virions between be-tween the big, and the other toes. |