"Again, the pressure of the upper leather checks the circulation in the foot and makes it cold. If you check the circulation in any part, it becomes cold. The tight shoes, with an elastic worn about the leg just below the knee, so check the circulation in the foot, that the great majority of girls have cold feet. It would, indeed, be rare to find one with warm feet like a boy."
Miss B. took her shoe and limped back to her seat quite crest- fallen. Now a dozen girls eagerly put up their hands.
Selecting one, Miss R., I said, "What do you wish?"
"My shoe is broader than my foot."
"Well, send it forward and let me measure it."
I found it two and a half inches, or, perhaps, a shade less.
"Come, stand on the paper and let me measure your foot."
I found it fully three and three quarter inches; one inch and a quarter of foot with nothing to rest upon.
Six or eight other girls insisted on having their shoes and feet measured, but among them all we did not find one that had less than an inch and a quarter of foot not matched by the sole.
Miss S., a quiet, earnest girl, who was always on the qui vive for the ought of life, rose and said:—