The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-05-31
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 81, 1878.

| humahS VIII, ou aTrlViuS at years oi
discretion, are dissatisfied with the size
of their pedal extremeties, incontinently
fall back on that hoary artifce of fool
ish world which persuades them that if
the feet are not small, the defect may b Q
partly overcome by making them look
small by some device The device
constitutes, now -a-days, the shoemaker's
art and mystery, which art this view of
the matter, may be said to have made
great strides.
II you order n pair Of boots, can
describe your experience beforehand.
You go aud have your measure taken.
| The man on the bench is anxious to
| please, and has the most perfect conf
dence. You explain to him that, your
feet being tender, you desire an easy
fit. 'Oh, certainly! OF course y aud
down SO the figures. After reason
able time you call for your boots. They
are finished and look handsome enough.
At the shocmaker's suggestion you try
hem on to speak more exactly, you
try them part way on. Then you arc
compelled to back off until the obliging
shoemaker, who takes al! this as n mat
ter of course, had daubcd your stocking
with .pulverizcd soapstone or something
similar. and handed you a pair of boot
hooks, over which you bow yourself.
lifting until you are very red in the face.
The man of leather, who knows his part,
meanwhile gets on his knees, and fur
ther assists by rubbing vigorously until
at length you have the exquisite seusa
ton caused by your poor heels slipping
inside the Counter Then with two or
three vigorous stamps the boot is on.
The shoemaker, i'll positive glee, rubs it
little more to make sure there is no
wrinkle, then steps back, casts an Admir-
ing gaze, and assures you ali is right.
The boots are a 'splendi" fit J like
glove like duck S foot in the mud';'
'Jaumct's best French uppers, an oak
tanned soles; after they are broken in
they will be easy, and such a 6t' CATER
they arc .broke insss .nliud you
Your foot, us it protrndes from your
trowseri, does certainly appear much
dainticr than usual AMI although the
joiuts Of your toes show through Jaum
cts best uppcrs like little knuckles, ynu
feelings ure immensely ticklcd thereby
Unwilling to remove so elegant fit, or
iouL,ing your ability to put them on
again uuaidci you decide to wear them
home, thus getting them partly broke
in.' So you wrup the old pair iu II
piece of brown paper aud take your
departure, indulging in pleasant fancics
of the effect such dainty leather must
have on the susceptibilitics Of Maria
Jane
But before you reach home your feel
ing have had their day, and your feet
begin to assert themselves You dis
cover that they ache badly, in fact,
are partly benunbed, so that they feel
like wookon feet, or like tooth which
the dentist has 'wed5e1' This inten
siGcs each minute, an whom you finally
limp into your own friendly room the
fine boots come off in hurry and so
SLAM ihto the closet. They fattcred
your feelings, but oh, how they hurt
your feet.
After dozen or more such expert
ences you began to philosophize upon
the matter, and end by tutoring the
following aphorsms
l. Never 'brenkc in boots or shoes.
If they are not easy when new, don't
take them, ior the boots will break your
feet oftcncr than your feat will brak c
the boots.
=. If you go on breaking in boot
leather, you will nesd q special last
oadc with all sorts of knobs AMI prJtu.
beranccs to correspond with your dis
tortcd joints. Then you will be sorry.
3. Ifyou have large feet, admit it in
all honesty, aud have your boots made