The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-24
CASES FOR THE FEET.
Great Variety Of Understand
ings on the Coast.
FROM SANDAL TO wALkEnFAsT
Rvcaatlen 81 the sAee-Ias Ancient Sic
niaeanes-Hsw Their Manafaeture
Wouid Pay i'm Seattle.

IN hzxtt, II women they are countless
The fact that woman ! extravagaEce into0s-
gear Is greatly In excess OF mans IS not
generally observed: but il is fact II the
shoe bills OF ladies and gentlemen were
compared annually. almost without excep-
ton the former would be found TO double
the latter IN amount, and perhaps generally
they would qu4drnple. This difference
may not be as great in seattle a. IN most
places. for reasons that are obvious from
its site and the ocnpztion Of its inhabitants,
but let any inquirer so into any shoe
store and look az he goods See how much
space IL taken up with shoes Tor ladies and
how much with shoes for men, and note
the values Of both
An anecdote most readers have seen, IL
illustrates a conntryman having completed
bis purchases in shoe store, inquiries Ct
the dealer. How much ?" The dealer
counts: Pair of shoes for lady, S.; oldest
girl, s.; boy, s.: other girl, 50, baby, $l-Jo
Just S10.50 sir. but can't | show you some
shoes for yourself p To ghich the buyer
wearily answers: "0h. don't bother about
me; / can go barefoot"
The more refined civilization becomes
the greater appears To be this difference.
IL Is not an uncommon occurrence to see >
pair Of Indian fishers going through town
where the sguaw. harefooted. is lngging ;
heavy basket Of CLANS on her back and the
buck wearing moderately comfortable
shoes. accompanies her carrying q small
budget Of samples. A lady in refined so-
eiety AUST have shoes for style and shoes
for her different attitudes She must have
her walking boot, driving shoe, house slip
refs. Turkish slippers with pointed toe,
and If she goes fishing and skating there
are two more kinds. A young man can
not know all the varieties and married
man never Enows anything bal their
cost
But before coming to the point on the
shoe subject let the reader look backward q
little. Every civilized people. ancient and
modern, have worn shoes. The styles have
varied. The first shoes were not designed
for warmth or comfort. They consisted Of
sole pieces only, strapped or thonged 70 the
foot, 20 protect il from sharp and hard
projections. The Greeks ma.ss their san
dals Of leather or wood and tlie Egyptians
Of Graded papyrus Paintings on the walls
of Thebes show that shoemaking was dis
tiactive trade 800 years before A. d. /.
l4aAg Aztt A&LASe % t9AAl A44@ ENcEFeW adt1lce
took pride in the style OF their shoes. q
pride 50 noticeable - 70 induce the singer
In Canficles % exclaim How besutifnl
are thy feet with shoes. Oi princes daugh-
ter" The attractions in those days we're
hierogiypbieal and eolored. rather than IN
shape ornamental rat..er thar SYM
metrical.. The princes daughter no
doubt designed ornaments 70 catch
the eyes Of the young man and
she caught them. or ne wouldn't
have referred 10 them in his poetry.
The wearing OF shoe as distinguished
from q sandal came 20 be significant of
caste. The makers of shoes were not es-
teemed as men Of high order. they car
ried on their work In stalls on the streets.
This is the way it was in the time OF Do
niiian This ruler feli out with his queen
probably because she was shod by the shoe
makers, whereas. il had been the custom
OF the ladies 10 make and ornament their
own shoes. lie had her sentenced TO death.
but she stole march on him and bad him
assassinAted. Thus originated the phrase,
as applied TO changed possession, Got
into his shoes The shoe, however,
was a symbol Of possession long
before that. Ruth. who was
COMEDY girl cleaned wheat hare-footed in
the Geld OF BoaS and turned that gentle
man 5 head. informs as that for man to
"pleck OF bis shoe" and give II 70 his
neighhora vas "a testimony in Israel OF
transfer of possession. Ii was the eqiivs-
lent 81 the latter day seal 10 a deed And
when the psalsz singer exclaimed. "over
Fdorsa vii 1 cast my Shoe" he meant that
- E.1
was 80 he his Land grant Out os this sig
nilcance came the practice of throwing
shoes after newly married pair starting
OF for their homes When girls throw
their shoes after 3 departing bride, their
meaning sAoald not Re inferred to be
that they waala give ali their old shoes 10
he in her place. II signifies. go and enjoy
your possessions"
As the shoe came 90 he Of so great sig
niaeance, the shoemaker came 70 Ne rela-
lively more Of asAn. One uf them rose
10 he saint. aud under S.. Crizpin shoe
makers are known as members OF the
Gentle Graft Later biography shows
due proportion Of len n that profession
who have risen 10 eminence.
The 6rst shoes. where uppsTs we're joined
70 leather Saies, must have been sswe1. II
there Il not monument 90 the inventor ai
peEved shoes there ought 70 BE. THE wooden
hand-peggea shoes passed through ages
covering nillions es feet that otherwise
wculd have gone hare. The sezed shoe
snay Be is acknowledged superior, but Ter
usefulness il furnishes No comparison.
Nor i there an equivalent element in the
genius Of IT. invention. The Massachusetts,
man who invented machine thai would
PEG pair Fl shoes IN two minutes Is
genius deserving distinction The nan
wAe arsf proved that wooden PEGS would
AZ a1 bod fast a pair ct ssles Enta woTn
sat il greater m&n. Bat the pegged shoe
is 4 roust&hont IL begins With eowhide
and ends wl1h calf For Kid and ths fner
feathers the wAxed thread raakes the Unioa
q sele and upper No lady wears pegs.
IL Size has \ hig loot she shouts nos wear
Fateaf leather. The glitter arfr seks atien-
ston. II she has sAors, slump foos she
shaHid not scar v~arst The fsot thieksEs
ike that q Siwash blessed i the nan
whe does ret care whether as foos be Big
or little The lAaies must hare dongeia-
And pretty lady. soes she know whAf 3
asaKosa IS A eozs that sksps over she
AlpS9 NoF NestAes Is Il = sheep. o. any
other animal. IL i she name ct . duh
dressed leather that took Is name ~ copy
Figaa Ans l&3y can wear a0ngels, ana Z
she hsS Inng slender foos she nSay b1sckas
tAeas. otherwise, she m&y nztsoa OF sAcs
thena.
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