The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-11-30
The Moral Effects Of Boots.

: The Moral Effects OF Boots.
tIA writer in CdsseEs Magazine gossips
SHut sBad Boots:"
!, The influence of boots upon the mind is
!|Hy different from that of any other gar
]. Int a man may have shocking bad hat,
ais he fosgets il; his coat may be threadbarc,
~ his mind is not. directed towards il; but
e ~ man to stand snprightin q pair Of
2cHers with worn down. heels, and we be;
eSit IS just as dif1cplo dfs morally
in them. AZ sense Of fmeanness pos
u s (es Rim; he.aelss that every is noticing
He cannot look people Ynsthe face
& feel upon the square vii them, He
I{ls the weakness ofhis Fl lsttesl and
4 hhahistrusts the character Of tllita perstrucs
1th they support, howeverimp mposifa nj otiier
apbects. A man shabby in the boots some
ties sfatters himself that hc carries off at
1 tdtion from them BY thesuse eof a splendid
diIfsk-tie; but this is a delusion and a snare
iI1,G boots are the key Of the position, and
4 w&eel sure that no man ought to undertake
A5ifs FERROUS matter unless he stands up in a
Eecsg sound pair of boots.
celebrated Psychologist has said that if
huhn actions could be searched into, it
VOID be found that the intestines of one
lusd often influence the destinies of another.
D9btless this is profound remark, but it
lafGes to upper and neither soles as well as
Indigestion: By way of fargument, imagine
ehe nnai cnarse Oh '1e ouaras .,s oi na.eflCT M ~
: ll'a.as ~ =, Gap poo.e. IL mOu,u ia,e peen
ssIy wen i9r. 'he eIeas nyhe.o uass salu'
!, =, .ruafas, y anu ~ ea pue coaia !ley
paysS seot az .Eslh A"u ~ lney hau iaiiou
and I'VE had lost Waterloo, what next ana
sax 35 put, pauinage apart, no one VIII 1eei
I l,ssSsged, we suppose, t0 deny the lnnuence
SsStsae sas mind upon the body and 0ace rersd.
;st y helboots are hopelessig gone, shame seems
y lna9es departed aiso;s ~ hat terrible PAD
oss g see crossing sweepers 1olfaWing pnelr
70. i,ut tnese I9p are pas on some
Selte 1cei tlls anu .lis
aost np9a qs; Z, sut tas saere g more
sr.ss lSfgggar WITH Z, s g DooI ssso1 ON On !
bys6 80 n,an lla
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~, =.
that :
nbysiS 81 lie
writer, gefience in
tbe practl(.ll (ls1ly, where the poor
mainly apply, can safely say that not 1.-THE
Of this class possesses sound boots. Hidden
under the petticuats, they are allowed to
wear ont until the feet are sometimes on the
ground. and the wearer's stockings are from
morning to night, in wet weather, in state
of slop.
"Ths may seem minor evil. but it is just
| the one that causes half the disease among
poor women, whose constitutions render
them far less able to bear exposure OF this
kind than the other sex. There are clubs
and benefit societies of all kinds but we can
not fancy an institution that woud do more
immediate and lasting good than "Good
Boots Club for the benefit of women. We
.hc u.a' ,Sn,a a ii Trova;linc Monv moor poyer.
"ossas w - ond servants are b,dlv shod,. Il is
o't ;.s. ,ba w woar no;nt in Their dres, which
Jus: 'ne ~ I;da S;da p pnd tbov invariably do It.
lucy ..sSuo's @ = T ,;s. at the foundation of their
a"Itb SmItbo onJ ID W tS,t Of their children and il
naH Iea,i, a aia;m % tbs;- frst attention. Welausb
sa. .. .La ol".,ar;no of Tho wooden sabot Of the
/ Ss " .no o'a '.1 re- uorL;no closses but in