New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-08-04
Her New Shoes.

shoe store you will know what followed
as she entered the store. She looked
all around, picked up pair of shoes of
the counter, rubbed her thumb along
the soles, and timidly asked of the smil-
ing clerk:
edo you keep ladies' shoes here?''
"We d." he promptly answered.
"What style shall 1 show you?''
For more than three weeks she had
had her mind made up for pair which
laced on the inside, and all her friends
had encouraged her idea, but it wouldn't
have been like a woman to ask the clerk
for that particular style.
"Let's see? Let's see?'' she unused.
II suppose you have the French
"Oh, yes" he answered, and he soon
had twenty pairs before her. She
closely inspected each pair, from lows up
to skies, asked the grade of material in
each, and twice during the fifteen min
utes she seemed on the point of trying
on pair.
Are you sure these are the French
heels?" she finally asked.
"Oh, yes; you can be sure of that. ="
''Well, guess l won't buy any to-
day. l did think some of looking at
some button Shoes"
Certainly. Hero is large variety.
DO you wish kid2'
81 presume" she answered, as she
wet her finger and rubbed the heel of a
shoe, "that kid will wear longer than
morocco?''
"Of course. These are patent but
tons, you sce."
eyes, see. If ] ever buy pair of
button shoes shall insist on the patent
button"
"Didn't you wanta pair of these?''
"Let's see?' she unused again, fast
ening her eyes on the top shelf. She
was buried in the deepest thought tor a
long minute, and the clerk hardly dared
draw his breath. Then her eyes grad
ually dropped from shelf to shelf until
they rested on his garnet necktic, and
she said:
Not to-day. Have you shoes which
lace?
"Oh, yes"
"Those which lace in front?''
"Yes'm. Here is something fine.
can sell you pair of these for twenty
shillings."
"Can you? Why shoes must have
either gone up or down! Shoes which
lace in front are stylish, aren't they?''
"Oh, yes"
And they wear as good as any?'
"Just as good. l can recommend
the material in these shoes, as they
were made for us here in Detroit. VIII
you try on a pair?'
She seemed about to do so. She
looked over at the lounge, seized pair
of tlrces, and was then halted by a new
idea. She put the shoes down, let her
eyes drop to the floor, and after a
mental calculation of seventy seconds
she suddenly inquired:
IBID you say you had shoes that
eyes, we have. Would you like to
see them?''
She hesitated, looked up and down
the shelves as if perplexed, and finally
said She would. He emptied two boxes,
praised the style and material, and adj
vised her by all means to get those
shoes if she wanted to be in style and
have good fit.
II can't wear threes," she observed
as she partly turned away, "but owing
"Yes'm. You do not want a glove
fitting shoe. You are very sensible on
that point. Elves are much too large,
of course, but they are better for the
feet in winter. These are tives, but
very small ones. In some stores they
would he marked threes.''
II guess I'll try them on" she
family remarked, as she sat down.
"Yes'm. I'm sure -"
No he wasn't. She had suddenly
paused again. What if there was a
hole in the heel of her stocking! Supt
pose her big toe had worked through,
as big toes sometimes willr'
II can try them on Alone" she
finally said, and, while the clerk was
busy on the other side of the counter,
she ripped the buttons off her right
shoe, pulled it off and got her foot into
the new one. 1t was pinch. Her
toes felt cramped and her hoel COM
planned.
"Do they iit?' asked the clerk, AZ
he leaned over the counter
She didn't say.
Perhaps You had better try SKIES,
with broad sole and a low instep,"
he suggested.
"What!' she exclaimed us her face
Redeemed" "why, I can hardly find
my foot in these! I'll take them on
account of my chilblains, but I'll only
wear them around the houser'
Every well-pll wrap them up"
She paid for the shoes, took them in
her hand and went out with sweet
smile on her face, but she was the
woman who was heard saying to her.
self on the street-car:
"Gonc and made a Ounce of myself
again by getting tight shoes! l wish
I'd thrown the money into the tire!' -
Detroit Free Press