The day book. [volume], May 26, 1916, NOON EDITION, Image 14

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"has a meditative countenance." ! Nurses insisted on donating a fund
Only one baby was expected, to buy clothing for the axtra two.
DISCOVERED! THEPERFECT FOOT! CHICAGO
YOUNGSTER HAS IT
'
The perfect foot has been found, j
and in Chicago, roasted for years as
the home of big feet.
A little girl, Mark Boker, 9 years
old, daughter of Stewart S. and Mrs.
Boker, 4340 Greenwood av., has a
foot two feet, in fact, which artists
and physiologists call perfect. They
say her feet will never be bigger than
the feet of Cinderella.
Nature and art combined to bring
to perfection the smooth little feet
that seem like snowdrops in their
glistening whiteness.
"Mary had pretty feet when she
was a baby," said Mary's mother,
"and I felt nature's gift must n6t be
marred. I began massaging her feet
with cold cream to make them strong
and smooth, and rubbed them care- a
fully to preserve the natural outline.
"Mary wears just ordinary shoesr
She never goes barefoot except when "
she dances. Her shoes always fit,
never too big, never TOO SMALL. 1
"I am careful, too, about her stock
ings. Seamy stockings spoil perfect
feet. I put on her shoes and stock
ings myself and see that the stock
ings are always smooth,