CARE OF THE ANKLES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1939, Page 19

CARE OF THE ANKLES

Ankles need care and attention for two excellent reasons.

One is the strictly feminine desire to have trim and shapely ankles, without which the. sheerest of silken hose cannot secure the 'foundation it so greatly merits.

But the more important need is for attention that will help in deportment and ensure better health than is possible if ankle faults are allowed to persist and develop.

Ankle faults will be reflected in your footwear. Possibly you have blamed your shoes for imperfections in your mode of walking. Keep a watch upon your shoes and you will be able to detect the points of greatest wear, and very often you will find that this wear is caused through turning-in or turn-ing-out of the ankles.

Weak ankles can be strengthened by going without shoes in the house; by toe and heel exercises; arid by attention to methods of walking.

Massage is helpful in eliminating thickness, but since this is usually due to a generally adipose condition more general treatment is usually necessary.

How to economise with soap.—Buy it some time before it is wanted for use, the longer the better. Cut it up into suitable-sized pieces and store it in a dry place to harden and dry. It will do better work and go twice as far as new soap.