Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-01
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WOMAN AND HOME.
bAW A LADY MAY KEEP HER FOOT
GEAR IN GOOD CONDITION.

A True Cook Is Artist-The Way to
Treat Children TO Make Them Polite-A
Woman's Kindness to a Sister-A Lady's
Success with Old Fashioned Doughnuts
A woman who understands the economy of
dress viii never buy cheap pair of shoes.
No poorer Investment can be made, for be-
sides giving out In shorter time than a first
class article it will look shabby and worn
long before it should do so. But any shoe,
no matter how costly or well shaped in the
beginning will lose its freshness speedily if
not properly cared for. This is especially
applicable to those madeof French KID, which
every little bruse and touch turns purple. A
rule observed by many women, and a good
one it proves, too, is never TO wear street
shoe in the house. 1t receives harder treat
ment strange TO say, from numerous lnevlta-
bic collisions with articles of furniture than
il would in double the amount OF street wear.
Another sensible custom Is to reserve pair
of boots for wet weather wear, leaving them
10 rest in a comfortable bag between times.
Nothing tells against the beauty of footgear
so much as getting it wet, and even with rub
bers no amount OF diligence will prevent the
dempness FROM the skirts reaching the ankles
Shoes should be removed Immediately on ar
irving at home, the dust and soil wiped away
with q clean, soft rag, and then they should
be placed together in a separate pocket Of the
shoe bag until wanted again. If this course
Is invariably pursued considerable saving Of
money, time and temper viii be added to the
increased service derived from even an infe-
rior quality OF leather.
Never wear a shoe unbuttoned if you care
for its shapeliness, and never be satisfied
when you do button it If all those little neces-
carries are not in place. The wearing of a
shoe even once or twice with pair or trio OF
buttons gone from it tells on its appearance
ia the long run Patent button fasteners are
unsatisfactory, for if the shoe draws even
the least bit about the ankles the metal
clamps show, and even the most persistent
system of blackening fails TO keep them from
looking brasSy.
4 small box of round shoe buttons with
curved needle and lengths Of coarse linen
thread already cut should have a place in the
top drawer OF every woman's dressing case
or chiffonier. Then the task of replacing a
missing button simplifles itself wonderfully.
On children's shoes particularly, the patent
fastenings should never be used, for in their
romps buttons, fasteners, leather and all ara
apt to disappear. good pian TO carry out
regarding shoes for the little ones is to rub
them well with castor oil before they are
worn at all. This makes the leather pliable,
fills up the pores and prevents it from crack
ing. For their everyday shoes once in two
weeks is not too often TO oil them. at first
the oil Will give them a gray look, but after
an hour or so is passed the finish they show
Is nice Ind soft.
If shoes get wet, smooth them into as good
shape as possible and place them in a medium
warm atmosphere to dry. This takes alonger
time than if dried close TO the fire, but they
will be in much better condition when want
ed Leather hardened by drying too sud
denly can be restored by the application of
castor oil well rubbed in.-Exchange