St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-26
FITTING ODD FEET.
Tie Trials Of Statesmen In Fashionable
Boot aud Shoe Stores
From the Cincinnati EDQuIser

i fIou the (lnciu1htl Eu4u4Fcrsl
A reporter stood in a popular shoe store
the other day celebrating about making
purchase, aud at the same time watching the
various customers as they came and went.
The chief demand seemed to be for gu N
shoes, and the customers were quickly fur
nished with what they wanted THAT makes
the forty-second pair Of rubbers that ! have
sold Today said clerk as be bowed his
lady customer out at TIE door. IA wet,
rainy day in the fall Of the year Is sure 70
make an inroad in that line Of our stock.
They are easy 20 sell, too. All we have to
know is the size of the shoe the party wears
and then we can produce the right 1T. No
one IS very particular about the ct of an
oTershoe. but our lady customers sometimes
hagsle over the price. But they do that on
whatever they buy. overshoes vary in style
/ from the big, hardensome arctic to the light
gossaner which may be wrapped up aud put
in the pocket
As the accommodating clerk was con-
cluding his remarks a lady. evidently verg-
ing on the age Of thirty-fve years aud single,
f0unced in. After attracting considerable
attention among other customers. she seated
herself aud whispered that she wanted pair
OF CATERS, No. 81. The clerk, somewhat in
doubt, cast his experienced eye towards the
bottom Of her dress, and started for the
shoes. Having had some experience In the
business, and being economical OF his
strength, be picked out . pair or fves,
hoping TO make but one trip. but be was to
be disappointed. The style Of the shoe did
not suit, and the lady would not so much a.
frt-f h.. -.
both fYes. Selecting the largest OF the ,wo
pairs, when the clerk was automatically
looking another way, she struggled with the
shoe until her foot was finally forced into Il,
with a rainbow curve. There's one OF the
troubles" she remarked. with a schoolgirl
giggle, 81 have such an awfully high in =
step"
On Bonded knee the clerk began tn. task
of buttoning. The third bdtion-hole be tried
was q stout Que, and did not break, aud rs
the work proceeded the woman's face got
red and white by turns from the pain she
was suffering. "a beautiful it," he re-
marked, land II you will pardou me, will
say, that II makes the shapeliest foot we have
bad in the house to-day.
Il thing / viii take that pair" said the
customer.
''Do you wish TO try on the otherl'
'I. will not be necessary" answered the
buyer and, paying the requisite sum, she
lett the store. As she did so the clerk
gave a protrActed wink: 'she's one OF
EN-"
zone OF whstl"
''Tne kind that puts on one clean stockin q
when going TO buy shoes, aud doesn't want
10 give the other foot away. Here comes
trouble" he flushed, as a young miss came
tripping in. Such proved To be the case, for
/ 81. IL. All
at least 4 dozen varieties were lying around
On the floor, and then she did lot buy, but
said she would call again. ''Yes she viii, in
horu," soliloquIzed the sffable aud gen
tiemanly clerk. In strong contrast 10 this
occurrence was the appearance OF we'll
known business man, wnc, without lettin 2
go of the door-knob, said: Srud me 8
pair Of No. Wauken phasts, ID width, DIVA
} to the house. aud the Oil with 'em; / have n 4
time to STOP" and bang went tie door
Snow, there's q Christian gentlemen. II
| had the money we'd 90 out aud have beef
T on it. You'd be surprised at the change thai
, ladissshave undergone in the matter OF foot
) wear. You reeolleet those prunella paper.
soled shoes they used TO wear the year
roundf'
sM-m-m."
/ San gone now. They are following sen
sible English fashions, and use the com
mon sense shoe broad toe, low, fat hee
} aud wide, thick sole. The foot Is improved
IN appearance, and, Lord, the comfort. A
t yet the upper class OF women only are us:n:
: them, working girls sticking to the old pinch
5 toe kind with the same persisteney that the
I do to the straight, plastered bangs that wen
, out of fashion long ago. / could 60 anS
stand on the sidewalk with you for half al
2 hour, aud without seeing the feet point on
! without missing one all who wear tight shoes
p / tell 1t by their faces, which show lines an,
; drawn muscles that no amount Of paint, pow
I der or grimaces can conceal. Tight shoes max
women feverish, ill-tempered and spoil thsii
j digestion, which in turn reaches for the com
. plexiou and ruins 1t, and the ruin is furthe
i complsted by liberal apple of face pow
. der, containing in its ingredients bismuth
n lead and other poisonous substances tina
I bring on paralysis and early death. Are yol
getting there!"
GA am"
Snow for leather. What is called or solt
I as French kid is made in the United States
: that is, ninety-nine one-hundrcdths of II
. The genuine article is scarce and high. On
\ New York firm has monopoly on It. n,
leather will keep out snow water A prepar
o alton of glue, rubber, plaster of paris an,
turnpike cement viii do it, but after 1t drie
you will have TO blast your way down to th
leather 10 put Gu polish. The Cardiff gian
: wore this kind. Bull leather and OK hide /
r lasting, but it's too thick Horse hide, q grea
. deal OF which is used now, is thinner. Ia
o greater elasticity, q finer grain aud is IA
. more enduring. In France hundreds o
these animals are slaughtered annually TO
3 the shoe trade. Nowadays hides are tanne'
: In q 0 much of hurry, the process bcin
:. helped on by chemicals and other things tina
r rot the material. You know that old story q
n the soldier during the war who bought pair
!; of boots and had only gone about a squar
in the rain when the soles melted Oh, aud b
= rame back with the tapping uppers TO IN
storekeeper, who said. throwing up his hands
# why, you haven't been walking in then
have youa Them's cavalry bOots.' The
? were made of this kind OF leather. Til
longer the hide is LETT 10 soak in the tan vat
. the better and tougher the product. II 70
n want something that will wear for time an
n ages get English sole leaiher-if you can
l. But when you lind 1t let me know, aud T.
n get pair Tor myself. Here's neat thin
% that's go ing 10 save lots OF colds. You Sc
o it's rubber and waterproof Logging in CON
bin alton, 10 60 over the shoe and stocking
- Buttoning as il does, II is easily and quick
put on and of. 1t is an effeetual Offset Z
the dangers of the cold wet skirts hittin
- against the ankles. Rubbers have been VOL
o derfully improved. They used to be cumbei
= some and heavy. Look at these, weighin
: about four ounces TO the pair. You can 70
! them up and stick them IN your vest peck
II cts. Hold on l didn't mean for you TO d
n i'll You can have them in the legitimsi
- way If you want for dollar. The rubber
, just as fine as silk. RuPssr-do you fol
M lowl'
- ''Why don't you hire halil''
. "Like the dude Democrats did. and 2