Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
rinehing the Pink Toes.

A shoe-dealer said to reporter re-
Gently that the majority of mothers ex-
mbited more vanity than Judgment in
the selection of shoes for their youno
children Zone viii bring her baby in
here" he continued, "and ask me TO
try pair of shoes on it that will look
real sweet know what that means.
but IN always sorry for the baby. who
Is usually IN its first short dress and as
skittish as any old maid about having
its feet meddled with. don't say that
L am going to put a shoe on it size
larger than the foot seems to be, but
do; at least get it on as well as any
one could mt a foot operated by a per-
petual-motion power. Then L trust I'd
the mother s sense for results. If it's
her first baby she will be indignant and
say that she doesn't want the treasure
to look sloppy in its shoes They
must mt exactly or she won't take them.
insist that the child's weight will
push the foot out at least fourth of an
inch, and that the shoe is just right. If
she objects again 1 give up and find
what she wants. The foot is squeezed
into tight shoe and the baby protests
by squalling. She says the seraph is
teething or colicky or hasn't had its
usual nap, and she shakes it ND vigor
ously, while declaring the shoes are
Just lovely and that it's papa will be
delighted.
''The chances are that when she
wants another pair she will leave the
baby at home and bring down its shoes
literally burst out at the toe. She wants
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| notice that the only ones 1 considered
unsuitable are the very pairs she pre-
fers. Children would have better look
ing feet if they had wiser mothers, and
the fault lies in the first shoe worn.
One pair too short will ruin the feet, no
matter how loose subsequent ones NAV
be-"
Then some women learn your phi
losophy?"
''Yes, but after the little people have
laid foundation for corns and bunions.
know many children between the ages
of two and three years who have both
these Affections because their mothers
wanted them to look cute, as they term
this phase of foot squeezing"
'Is there no change in the shape of
children's shoes?"
''None. There. can't well be. be-
cause the sole must be sufficiently broad
to stand the wear and tear. Square toes
are preferred to round toes because thew
allow free development of the toes. The
spring heel, which was introduced near
ly two years ago, is worn as early as
two years of age, and has recently be-
come fashionable for girls in their teens.
1t is nothing but a slip of leather in
serted between the sole and that part of
the shoe pressed by the wearer's heel.
1t is seldom that a smaller than No. 8 is
made with a regular heel, and that is on
the common-sense plan, low and broad.
These and the larger sizes have a high
er top than has been usual for several
years.
Tell me something about baby shoes.
How high are they numbered?'
''No.. is the first shoe out of baby
hood. No. 0 has a soft sole of white
kid and pasteboard, and is the success
sor OF the little knit wool boots that are
sold for babies in long dresses. Nos. 1,
2 and 3 have what is called the turned
sole, sewed together on the wrong side
and turned out. There are from four
to five buttons on the side, and black
tassel is now fastened at the top in the
front The latest is now to have a
vamp of French kid with calf uppers; or,
what is still better, a half-boXed round
toe tipped with patent leather Chica-
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