Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-16
OUR BOOTS AND OUR SHOES,
Curious Facts About tho Gov
erings For Our Feet.
Vow and Whore They AFRO Made
Fashions in Shces-Ereuoh'
German and Span
ash Styles.

MANY fashionable ladies would be
surpriscd to learn how many oi il
French shoes and boots which they
consider superior to all that America
can produce are in reality Of home
m~anufacture, and that there are
scarcely any shoes imported Tor the
American market, and none at all tor
New York. On the contrary there 10
a considerable export trade, and
families living in Paris, with al tne
uan;fold marvels Of the Palais Royal
and bouleyards at their disposal, Or
dor their boots from New York, whose
manufactures stand unrivaled for the
finish and style of their shoes. The
leather alone m from foreign
sources, that employed by the bes'
manufacturers mainly from France
French kid, either polished or dull
the latter being known to the trade a
mat kid, forming the stapi
, material for the purpose OF up
pers. This kid, either dressed or un
> dressed, is found better suited TO
wear than any other kind. So-calle
morocco is of home production, M
, generally made from South America
> goat skins, tanned and expressly pr
nared for the native manufacturer
'The finest shoes in the market al
} made in New York itself, and mai
- of those which find their way we
= are manufactured in Massachusetts q
made upon lasts furnished by Trims
this city. In spite of the vast II
movements made in machinery al
the extent to which it is employed
this industry, the best shoes are
WAYS hand finished and very genera
hand made, and in this we find
reason for the high price of Americ
as compared with foreign shoes.
English work stands high for dui
bility and the care bestowed upon
ila- but it 10 generally wanting in I'm!
and style. English mechanics com
here are considered valuable VOL
men on account of their thorout
II. ness, but are always subjected to
certain drilling before they are eq
to the requirements of the Amerl'
manufacturer. French shoes 9
French workmen, on the other ha
are noted for the lightness and st
dif- of their work, but almost equally
for its want of durability; it is in
combination of the excellences OF D
that the American expert stands
rivaled at his trade as shoe-mal
IN German shoes have nothing to rec
il mend them to the American pull
who would as Don think
ierai wearing sabot as
boot imported from Germ'
The mention of sabots reminds Vi
a curious use to which we have
them put in Holland, where, in
20 heated days of summer, dusty.
Jul travel. stained women and chill
NAV be seen at the city fountains
liberately making the wooden
wa, which has been worn in from the
lage many miles away serve as a dl
ing vessel. These sabots, with
clatter, c%latter, come back TO me
TO as most important factors IN l.
IUUI life; probably in many a village ar
New York they might be found
ami ed away as relics of the Father
long since replaced by the substa
leather boot of the American ar
d., Although, as we h%ayesaidH the
shoes in the trade are those ms
New York itself, there is no Out
h St. that the perfection which the !
facture has attained Is largely d
the energy and enterprise of the
sachusetts mechanics. In Lynn
Aiss. particularly, ever since it's frat
H., ment, the making of boots and
had been a very prominent Ind
Women's shoes, more especial
made there in enormous quar
and at very cheap rates. On
!. Resi- dred and twenty years ago a
'om 0 to man named John Adam Aagy
pluhs had settled at Lynn, rose to op
by his greet success as q shoel
Daring the revolutionary vi
) supply of shoes for the arm
ITET mainly drawn from MasBach
and the trade assumed consit
One Of proportions, but after the decl
Ia. satls, of independence so many Engl
French shoes were imported by
lators that trade languished, To
!, once more in Lynn, where. il
INV the export of women'sshoes au
to over 100000 pairs. Ter
China. later the trade had 60 far IL
that sec, 600 pairs were Sc
mainly to the south, and fro
date 20 the present IL had {
steadily increasing, until the
ton is estimated az IL, COO, 90
Z, of a value amounting 10 som
600, 900 and giving employ
over 10000 operatives The D
Vest also shoes manufactured in Massa