Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-01
Clogs and Clog.Making.

From Sun Reporters Talk with New York Clog
Maker.l
I'm the last IS years we have made at least
5000 pairs of clogs for dancers sent two pairs
to San Franciscy yesterday to the Richmond
sisters Our principal competitors are in Law
renee, Mass. nine men. Their clogs are cheaper
than ours. They are made by machinery. The
Lawrence men make only the dancing clog.
Clogs cannot be made so accurately by machin-
cry as by hand. They look neater but they are
not SO comfortable. clog has got to be clog.
Other clogs are in the market, but know no.
from where A Mcclellan Of Ohio got up clog
with wood and iron bottom some years ago.
The market was flooded with them Now they
are out of existence altogether. We make the
tops OF dancing clogs generally OF morocco.
They are also made or kip and calf. Clog SHOES
would be excellent for wearing in mud, slosh
and snow; but you can't make the American
people wear them. You can't wear these Shoes
unless you are willing to make noise in the
world.
1.-The wooden-bottomed shoe is the only thing
that Will keep the feet dry and warm in damp
walking. Gum shoes draw the Oil out OF the
leather and ruin the inside shoes. Gum shoes
stop all respiration OF the foot, and make the
inside or the gum shoe damp. Our wooden sole
is followed out to fit the foot whereas leather
sole is straight and has 10 be worn into hollow
by the foot. person cannot dance so long in
Jig shoes as in clogs. We have made clogs for
JOAN Rushton, who can dance longer than any
other dancer heard Of, VIZ, over an hour.
"ClogS bring the strain and the movement
upon the ankle and the knee and not 50 much on
the front foot and the tOe-jOntS. Look how
stand and walk with this clog. You see tn 1t
with the clog the bearing comes on the heel
I'VE have sold thousands OF pairs to dyers,
tanners. bleacherS, marbie-SawyerS, porh-pacH-
ers, cOke-yard men, carria5 aShaTS, ice-crean
makers and TO g5tlvanizers, at whose work the
yltriol destroys pair OF leather shoes in a DAY;
farmers, gardeners, the stage and the oneida
community" and he showed me an order from
the last-nalned for half Il dozen pairs
wherever work is in wet or dampness, clogs
are superior to leather for health and economy.
Dancing clogs are made neater, lighter and more
finished than the working clog. The upper is Of
morocco and lined with calf or sheep-skin, ac-
cording to order, and decorated with silver or
gold-leathered ScollopS around the top, aal
tipped or sometimes heart or star over the
toes. The ddlclng-clog IS red or light blue Or
all black, according 10 the preference of the
dancer In old times they were all red; nov
they are all black. Dancing clogs are always
shoes, and working clogs generally, but some
times boots. Dancing clogs are laced In the
oxford Tie style.
1--WE sold a man pair of clogs that saved his
life He worked In the Duchess printing works
at Wappingers Falls His shoe caught in the
machinery. and had it been leather, he must
have been drawn in, but, being wood, it stopped
the machinery.
MY brother was fireman in the old volunteer
service and used To run 10 fires in clogs. Work
ing clogs are worn principally by dyers, bleach
ers and tanners. We have made clogs for the
head and under cooks of the Fifth avenue hotel
the St Nicholas hotel, the st. Denis and others"
'What need of clogs have cooks!r
'sFhe kitchen proper IS brlck-hoored and as
neat as pin but the Storerooom floors from
which the meats and other things are brought
out. are often briny and greasy.
Men in sugar reflneries wear clogs, where
leather sole would burn out In week. They
use them on the kiln head, where they have to
keep turning over the bone dust, or whatever il
is that refines the sugar, and where the fioor is
almost red hot. SpinnerS wear u clog like this"
and he held up sole with a groove iron nailed
TO the bottom OF the sole around the edge.
1--WE make about 100 pairs OF clogs In year,
my father and |. We hire nobody. He m likes
the soleS and the upperS, and nail them to-
- gether. We tried some OF the best English clog
makers, but their work wouldn't do. French
man came TO us once. His knife was different
from ours. We fitted him up bench, and the
llrSt morning. having set him to work, l went 70
DreaKtast When came back the man hal
gone. MS tools and all. We haven't seen him
since. lie was accustomed To making soft wood
soles We use hard wood Soft wood wears
longer anu Is worked easier. Hard wood resiStS
inc He., anu IN Dancing II gives better souni.
wood has long, ibrous, tenacious grain, hard
TO split, and therefore more dura6ia i, '' -A'''N
WHAT DO you mean by gives a better
"A clearer clap; just as drum. when ,,,,,,
ened up, gives different sound from Ionss
one. Dancers prefer the hard wood althonGb
the soles bulk for bulk, are heavier than OF s5ft
wood Yet we can make them thinner"
MIsTAKE.-An old fellow, who has a son lust
entering juvenile society, made n terrible mis-
plate, which said Miss -, No. = street. re-
quests your company Tuesday evening"" He
coinbed his bald head and went there A little
girl ushered him into the parlor. lis Miss =
girl. isn't Johnny coming to-night?s Johnny
was his son. II all occurred to the old man In a
moment. He thought Miss = was an elder
sister He wiped his bald head. took his hat,
ana said: NO; Johnny has the cholera infantum.
And the old gentleman went out and kicked
himsen-lNaStciRe Bia5ler.