HEELS—HIGH OR LOW?
Many women are to-day discussing the relative value of high and low-hce]ed shoes, and the prevalence of foot troubles in recent years has been attributed to many causes. Writing to the London Daily Mail, Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane states that the chief advantage of high heels is that they necessitate the feet occupying an attitude of activity aa opposed to that of rest. The latter, when exaggerated, meant flat feet. He adds: “ As women stand so much of their time it is very important that the active posture should become habitual; hence the value of high heels to them. The foot in an attitude of rest is at its longest; in an attitude of activity it is at its shortest. The eoal-heaver and ethers who carry heavy loads generally have short feet. The postman, who walks all day with a light load or none at all, is the commonest sufferer from flat feet- High heels, therefore, mean shorter feet.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 14
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162HEELS—HIGH OR LOW? Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 14
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