Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-28
SHOES FOR cRtPr, 81


Queer Lit L. New York cobbter WIN
Does = Ru a!nE Business
There's funny little naa who RIM.
queer little shoe shop in East Broad
way 1t Is ''hole in the WALL and
might properly DO called den. Il Is
rot tidy place. either, but it makes
40 difference to its pinch-faced occu-
pant. for he gets lot OF money by
making boots and shoes for cripoles.
lie does nothing else. and seems to en-
10Y monopoly of the custom Of people
nth deformed feet
HOW much do you charge for such
pair OF shoesP" asked reporter, as
.e picked up a Congress gaiter orna-
tented with a 5-inch heel and 2-inch
ole.
Twelve dollars; but he sddesl.
usually get s15. This pair of shoes.
owever, Is for a poor man who can't
FORD TO pay the regular price Some
aes get $50 for pair. but not
ten.''
The little shoemaker said that a pA--
IN desiring shoe comes in and ~
owes his foot covering, then he meas
res the distance between the bottom
the shoe and the floor to determine
~ much cork Is needed in the sole.
e measuring Of the foot proper does
tdiffer much from the measuring Of
binary feet. He makes only tire.
ieasurements-one at the ball Of ne
sot. one at the heel and one al the toe.
ertaln afflicted persons wish the r
Toes made with space between tn
sel and the sole on the idea that /,
YES the foot spring it would no
'ossess were the sole and heel on
,.ece- Each customer has his pe..u-
iiarities.
The man had jus. f -i.hed three pair
'or gentleman in the ~holesale liauo,
business in this city, who formerly hay
ais shoes made in Paris, London and
Vienna without getting satisfacu a.
That gentleman has a short foot. but
so deity is it clothed that even his in
innate friends do not know that he is
deformed.
Instead of putting the cork which
raises the foot on the outside he places
it inside. thus making the boot well
proportioned. The wearer's foot rests
easily, the heel half way up the leg
with curved, sloping support for the
instep and the toes about half way down
the middle of the foot. The little man
SAID there were many persons who have
one foot shorter than the other, and IL
their shoes were made to fit the short
foot 1t would give them the appearance
OF having had their toes amputated.
There's nothing easier" remarked
the little man. than to prevent this by
making the shoe for the short foot as
long as the shoe for the normal foot.
and filling in the space between the end
Of the toes and the end of the shoe
with light cork"
More trouble is experienced in con-
'tructinP shoes for club-footed people
than any other. This Is principau;
because the foot is turned in and up
ward, 80 that the sole is presented 10
The rear and the person has to walk on
The side of his foot. Measurements of
such feet can not be successfully taken.
A casting has to be made of the foot
and then last formed from that the
sole must be of cork and the uppar
carefully fitted into every curve and
wrinkle in the foot. 1t requires much
SKILL to make shoe for a man whose
loot has been cut off just above the
ankle. for he is obliged to make leg
Ne well as last
The queer little cobbler was unable
20 say how many men with deforned
eet had come under his eve, but he
Knew there were thousands of them.
Soma crippies wear ordinary shoes,
While others use the old-fashioned iron
lifts; but these are cumbersome and
eveR dangerous, for the wearer ma,
rip and stumble.
Yes. do big business said th
'obbler, land it keeps four assistant,
pretty busy filling orders. Peopl
Who are afflicted can't go into sho
tore and purchase ready-made mon,
roslties, and so they come to me. y