WALKING FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20187, 26 August 1927, Page 15

WALKING FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Walking makes for grace both' of movement ana carriage, and the woman who can walk gracefully is never awkward in moving about the house. The reason the average town-dweller walks so indifferently is due to thd fact that there is $o little opportunity for real walking. Getting through a crowded street as best. one can is no practice. To walk properly one must have space to move at the same rate and with the same gait all the time one is walking. Many more women would take summer walking tours if they did not fear the fatigue entailed would mar the enjoyment of the holiday. But there is no reason why this should be so, if a few simple rules are followed. Unless the tour is fixed up in a great hurry, the would-be pedestrian should treat her feet to a few special foot baths, to harden them and make them less susceptible to blisters and soreness. Such a bath can be made by adding two teacupfuls of common salt to a foot-bath of hot water, and one such bath given night and morning for a week or 10 days before the tour starts. Every morning before setting out for the day’s work, the feet should be plunged into cold water for a second or two, and while still wet well lathered with soap both on the soles and sides, and especially over the heels, to prevent chafing. Every night after the hot water and salt foot-bath, which should never be omitted during the tour, look the feet over, and if there is any sign of redness or inflamed spots on the soles or heels, a little vaseline should be gently rubbed in. Never attempt to walk long distances in high-heeled shoes. Choose shoes which, while fitting comfortably, are not too large. Blisters invariably result from a shoe that is too large, as in such a case there is bound to be uncomfortable friction at the heels. A comfortable shoe with a thick sole and a low, broad heel, and sports stockings that fit perfectly, are also necessary if one is to be really comfortable.—World’s News.