FEET AND NERVES.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 33, 20 October 1911, Page 13

FEET AND NERVES.

Nervous .troubles. ■• freqtientJy ; ; bomo from. , ill-fitting and shoes, in the opinion , of Dr. . O\ ' AlltJii. ■Ho. thinks them accountable for. hnith matrimonial haggling and discord;. .:'., It is a mistake, lie says, to • teach' the; child-r-ss is commoi]ly ; <done*—-to ' fctoc out. ■ In the b^ginnivig-tho;boy, or gii-1; in. obedience to an ■ unpi ; n. H g. T points , the 'foot straight';ia : k«a.d,,-Ay]n(ih is the proper Avay for;-walking.' . All shcV-k'ss peoples ' walk ;■'.-. .witlx parallel feet —-Indians for example. '.;' ,-. ... ' D"i-ri4i!ii.vn explains that the solo; of the '>:h:oc should b<3 the,3shape<' of the foot.,' To determine "t^is.' shape,, oi>4 should stand barefoot on the, ball-'iiiivl fcoosvi.pon a sheet of' papei;. ; ajlowing the great toe to its morinal pbsitioii—separated somoM'iiat: from ' tre otiiti- tOiPS". Sialic a mark" aroiiiitl': t-h'.t> tocsv,ith api?noil and then Jot the, h co. I oOTiic v (low3l 'to 'the ' pap-er. No\V /place the Yit-iKlit of the ]jody : iipoii the outer side oi t4>o foot and complete line in t'la.t. position-. ~ A Vnw ma-do -with 'a cole* of ; this gh:ro(.', .and with a' reasonably . hii£.h <y ,r * m, P.- .w>3l certainly be couifortable and will ■e-)Vsiire a healthy foot.. irieidcntaHy aivay with "slicc'.iie-rv'oiisji'ess'" . If worn in winter, however, it,should have- }io metal nails in ; it. The 'foci arc-not easily kept -warm during cold \veaMier i)i. sliocs with .nuvtal nails, bcciiuso.;tlwy tend to conduct the heat out of tlu. , body. ..■■■',

. X-cr .rogian women are, according to reoej-it-imports, 'tryijig to usurp 'm«n's' "last p"ivi!ogq r ' by a-c.t hvg. as clorgydkn"!. This has . cautied disruption in some- .of the chiuvhes. AVill-. woonen iiyvor-iiiiow v.'hen they have onoiigh?

Can he raise the dough? Hobert B. Davis.millionaire baking powder roai>ufacturer, has boon 'sued for alimony,.