"Feet on the Way Out"

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1948, Page 3

"Feet on the Way Out"

An Ainerican f oot speeihlist . has ,pf.edicted that 10,000 yearS ..ffOnl- 'iipu nobody will suffer .from the trouble:! associated with tees. -Th'e reason, sa'ys an Associated Ih'ess- writet, .is sijUpfe. By 11,948, people will liaVe pfaMicajiy 110 toes, hence lro toe-'nails. ,t -Y Mr. William J. Stickel, , exfieutnT seeretary of * the Natiqnal' Assoelatton* oi Chiropodistsj said in .a statement : "Feet, as we know thein toda.y,; are -dii their way out." . . .. ' *A,At the end of -T0,000. yea'rS,. Wffr theTittle toe will be cbmpletely^ go?ib. The other toes wilb'be so retarded fhai. the f oot will look inorq. liku a hpb"ki- C Shoes— and What soine' cdmib*Ahh;S laugliingly ealled prog'ress^areV Ytb blame. *■ '•>k As long as mttn nsed /his' .tpes-'tu clambc-r up a tree, as long as he'.walked barefoot through the. mud and let at squiggle up between his toes, as long as be "toed the mark" ur "got a toehold'— for that long there was some point in beiirg a toe." And toes jvere happy. ' And thett shoes. Toes were caged, discontented, they allowed nails to grow in and bunions to grow out. , , Go to any beaeh and try to get to the fcot of the problem; For eyery 1000 lovely faces, or flgurcs, or nieolyshaped ears, it's difhcult" to locate/one pah- Of decent feet. And things aren't going to get' any better. "The Shoes," says Dr. Stickol. "will be prlmarily responsible for tho deterlbration of the fOOt." Still we may as well make the best of it. Dr. Stickel had a few suggestions to make. ' 1. Bathe and powder jfche .feet daily. 2. Massage feet befot & 3. Cut nails straight across/ not round as on tlie fmgors., .. V; 4. Wear the right kind of shoes., ^ and be sure they fit. • Y ' ' 5. Have your children 's •feet.'. and shoes 'fexanlined regularly. It piay.prevent serious foot ailments later.' ' . "I have studied the prpblftto 'eareFully, ' ' said Dr. Stickel, ' 1 and have d4cided there is notliing rational the chiropodist can do to arrost evolution.1' '