Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17

| ghality but in fit The time has gone by
| ghen l. man expected TO buy an uHcoIn-
| Portable ready made shoe and torturs
| himself by wearing it until it was com
| ,,aratively comfortable: Improved meth
| DDS of taking measurements and improved
machinery have accomplished this, ana
q man can to-day go into a reputable
ready made shoe store and get a perfect
hitting shoe without the slightest -trou-
bic. -
(Which section of the country de
mands the largest shoes?''
''That would be difficult to say, but
probably the western man win wear a
little larger shoes than other men. As a
ruie, the western man, You know, is not
SO particular in his dress Is an easterner
md SO long rs a shoe is comfortable that
is about all he cares for.
''Do you make different styles for diff
fert parts OF the countTy:'
~ can t say thai we do, exeept for
tn South S0f14hc rrarS wear y ore boots
than men in the North. In fact, there are
very lew u. Iit inner Craze vi boots worn
up here. The southern man likes boots,
and he wears them with high heels, and
he is apt to get them too short for his
feet. In consequence the southern
-DOL - SLOt i-I anu HIIltl IIittll
other feet, the sizes down there
ranging from I TO s, while in the
North they range in this part of the coun-
try from ) TO 10, and III the west from 6
to - The Eastern men have the slim
NEST feet A fact which is somewhat
strange IS that more heavy shoes are sold
right here in the city than in the country
districts
- What is the greatest improvement
that has been made of late years in the
manufacture of shoes?''
'The machine which has fairly revo-
lutioniZed the shoe business within a year
Is the Goodyear & Mckay sewing ma
chine. This wonderful piece of mechan-
ism viii sew shoe so that il is impossible
for one not in the business to Cell whether
it was sewed by machine or by hand.
This enables the manufacturer TO sell a
shoe exactly like hand made shoe, OF Il
better quality of stock, for the same
money as Il cheap hand made shoe. -
a custom shoemaker, who for over
twenty-siX years has made hiGh-pTiced
shoes, mostly for Wall street men, said:
'Despite the fact that there are now
better ready made shoes manufactured
than ever before, the custom makers
still command as high prices us ever they
did. You cannot convince any sensible
man who can afford it that he.can get as
good ready made as he can custom shoes.
If he gets ready made shoes it is for
economy : sake every time, and that is
the reason that most of Lay customers
are well to do. -
care your customers wearing more
sensible shoes than they used tO?''
''Iuch more. The young men Of to-
buttons. Their fathers have the monop-
oily in these discCmforts. -
''What are the most fashionable styles
inst now?'
''The demand is about evenly divided
between the American and English styles.
While older men take rather more kindly
10 the American, the younger genera
ton prefer the more graceful shape and
narrower toe of the English shoe -
''D0 you make SHOES for any prominent
mem"
eyes, l work for Il number Of gentle
men who are prominent, hat especially
as men Gf wealth For instance, both OF
the Rockefellers, John d. and william,
get their shoes of me. They are easily
suited, wear the American square toed
shoe, and pay from 81 10 SIS Il p;fir for
ihem. William Allen Butler, the noted
lawyer, has recently come 70 me for his
shoes. Gir. ButlCr wears button CATERS
i'll simmer and cork soled shoes III win-
ter. He is an easy man to suit ,and wears
a No slim shoe.
+. &C. P. buchanan of Buchanan &
Lya!l, the big tobacco men, wears patent
leather Shoes all the year round ana uses
up about ten pair Of No. Us, at $lf 4
pair, every twelve months. MIR. Bal
cIlauau is about the b2sI dressed Gus
toner I have, and wears the English
style shoe. Colonel Il. 3. Beecher,
Henry Wards eldest son, wants every
thing Of the best ard gets il, too. He
has very pretty slim loot, which a No.
t shoe its nicely. Nj. Beerhec is also a
remarkably well and neatly dressed man
END aGvs. from Sl3 to SIS for his shoes.
August belmont, Jr., has very pretty
foot and wears & -. English pointed toed
shoe.
"a. 4. Low Jr., eX,-1Sayor Seth
Tow : brother, IS very particular about
his shoes, ana wears ~ American style.
Chester A. Arthur, while collector,
used 20 buy :is sT:oes d me, but he was
so 1ussy about the ft tLat / was glad
when be went 10 town TO another man.
lie wore No. . shoes and button Gaiters.
Joseph LaroqUc, tie head Of the large
firm lloal which Bedell stole, is one of
TIE iuest @nn;ieWen you ever met. lie
Is easily suited ana wears an easy No. 8
shoe. cyrus ". Field wears 4 No. 9
boot FOR which ne pays 923 pair. They
aFe o the finest stock and lit Mr.. Field
slim Zoo; ike 4 glove. Henry Ciews is q
small man, ana wears q SO American
style laced snoe. He is hard to suit he IS
50 nervous. Levi ?. Morton used to get |
lis shoes here, but I haFeu' t seen him
Ior. quite q time. He wore button CATERS,
wanteG the best qnn!ity, and gas very
particular about The fit. No. s was his
size.