CARE OF FEET

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 3

CARE OF FEET

When Selecting Your , New Shoes Most important of all -questions Where' comfort m walking or dancing is concerned, is the proper fit of your shoes. IT Is necessary .that a shoe, to be really comfortable, should give the fullest fluppbrt to the arch of the foot and enould fit closely to, it. It la a mistake to suppose/ that flatheeled shoes.. will give greater comfort ♦—nor. can you put your faith m the square-toed variety. ■ A flat-heeled shoe may not fit the arch 'of the foot v , -which is thus left Without proper support. The shoe that fits. closely to the arch of the foot will keep the heel In place and prevent it from slipping about, so contracting blisters and corns. ' Nothing is' more conducive to foot ' troubles than badly-fltting shoes and it is never an~ extravagance, m the long run, to spend money on shoes that are really well cut— or, better still, to have them made to measure. Blisters and callouses are apt to occur hotv 'and again, even with comfortable shoes,^ particularly if the skin is sensitive and harder exercise: is being taken. ; A good preventive is to rub the, heels and the ball .of the. feet with dry soap before going out, leaving it on so as v to form a protective skin; or to soap the feet of one's stockings well on the Inside. . - , • ' . If the feet become dry, with a burn* Ing sensation, a wise plan-is to add a Ismail quantity of vinegar to a' basin tof warm water and soak the feet m this for 15 minutes or more. The tenderness will disappear gradually and a delightfully sooth* Ing sensation takes its place. Dusting the feet and 'the inalde of i ffce stockings' with boracio or talcum jfowder is also a good plan if they are likely tQibecomeu.pverheated. . ..-.„,. A dha,hj|e) of stockings ;;direetly- on .tooming m ait'er active exercise is'art-:. JBther simple, but, effectual, safeguard; j&ealnst tired feet; and there is. one . (other precaution to be 'advised— that Is, scrupulous care of the toe-nails. They should really be as carefully ■treated as the finger nails, kept short <it is best to cut them straight across the top), and if there is any tendency to brittle-ness, a little vaseline should be rubbed m every night.