192 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



them the cause of their children's large 

 feet and their other plebeian marks. 

 Having acquired suflScient money to be in- 

 dependent, they excluded the cold-blooded 

 of such rich and mated their children with 

 the high-bred blood of the East and South, 

 so that, today, the large-sized shoes are no 

 longer needed in Chicago, but are shipped 

 direct to New York and Newport — for 

 these places have become the Meccas of 

 the newly rich. 



As we walk, today, on Fifth Avenue in 

 New York, or on the Cliffs of Newport, 

 Rhode Island, one can see nurses and gov- 

 ernesses caring for these children and try- 

 ing to teach them how to conduct them- 

 selves and how to use their feet without 

 interfering. Just note how these children 

 are marked by physical irregularities, big 

 stomachs, skinny legs with large feet, and 

 pumpkin shaped heads, or small feet, sup- 

 porting beefy calves or delicate heads, 

 above a body like that of a matronly wash- 

 erwoman. These unfortunate children are 

 from a mixture of hot and cold blood. 

 Aristocrats, linking their blood with the 



