Good Housekeeping 1887, The Badge Of Gentility: "Beautiful Hands"
This whole debate about people not having the strength to walk/run barefoot reminds me of when dainty, delicate, shriveled hands were in vogue. I'm sure that those same weak hands would sustain injury trying to do work, churn butter, milk cows, etc. It probably took months/years for someone to become proficient at hard work. Why would people think any different when kicking off their shoes?
I'm impressed by the article in Good Housekeeping 1887. I suspect that the same now applies to shoddies with their weakened, shriveled, delicate feet.
This whole debate about people not having the strength to walk/run barefoot reminds me of when dainty, delicate, shriveled hands were in vogue. I'm sure that those same weak hands would sustain injury trying to do work, churn butter, milk cows, etc. It probably took months/years for someone to become proficient at hard work. Why would people think any different when kicking off their shoes?
I'm impressed by the article in Good Housekeeping 1887. I suspect that the same now applies to shoddies with their weakened, shriveled, delicate feet.
