The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-20

80, ~sr~s Newaaays. bst Poor SHAPE aud
m~sss for Women ana shiidr~a
Selling ready made shoes j. a very
different thing now from what II used
90 he. when many thousands who now
buy them had their foot wear made To
order. Sizes in ready made shoes have
been greatly multiplied. Not only do
mems shoes run mp To No 10 in length.
bu; the vary in width from AA- the
the narrowest. 20 EE. the widest
salesman must know all about sizes
and he able TO make pretty good
Guess at what customer needs but
rocs, as well know what makes Of
shoes ran wide or long for their num-
i,er>
Erforc all these Dicctics az shading
xx.r. invented. the matter Of fitting
-.a3v-u.ade shoes 10 customers feet
wa. simple one Perhaps Il would
~ more accurate - say that there
vas no such thing as tis in ready
mad. shoes SAFE for persons ~ normal
ana average feet The long. slender
49,, was not provided for. aud neither
was he short. thick foot The mum
f-..-s ~ mems shoes moot called for now
are = and :. with the widths A. j:
and e. In wosncn's shoes the numbers
in length most in der..ani are 3 ~. =.
: ani ;. with the widths A and H.
Blu, the usual sizes above and below
ese are provided in large numbers
There are many calls for ~ 1t the
large concerns. where unusual sizes
are provided. i, i diificnlt ir small
III H..
The difference in price for size i little
or nothing. save that what are called
misses shoes. which run pretty high.
are fnr some reason sold cheaDer than
wom-n-> shoes II like size. Some
women know this and prof. bv IL
Women have from time immenorial
been alsominably i'll shod. and mos; of
them are 80 still. The makers Of
readv-gslade shoes unhesitatingly cater
to fashion. and il j. difficult for Us
men to find reDdyrnade shoe with
low hee. and roomy toe Nine
women ont Of ten have wretchedly
abused feet. and the condition Of their
walking shoes at the end Of six weeks
use i such that their brothers or hus-
hands would not for a moment think
of wearing them Vorsing women
stand or walk all iav long on French
heels. partly through vanity. partly
because better shaped shoes have to lie
made To order at a comparatively high
price ChilIren's shoes. save IN rare
instances are still made in defiance ~
hygiene and are responsible for half
the pains Of learning to walk. Doctors
are recommending that infants be
brought no barefoot The price for in
fant'> shoes made TO order Is prohibi-
tive to the poor Every sort of shoe
that processes C. be hygienic has a
high price put upon il because of the
name Women have of recent years
learned some wisdom in the matter 81
foot wear from the fact that shoes
for wear in athletic sports are made in
sensible and com forta BILE shapes These
shoes. which have 20 lie roomy to be
endnrable. have brought about a slight
reaction against the vanity of wearing
shoes too sho-. and too narrow for the
feet
The man and woman OF normal and
and average feet j. always welcome in
the ready-naGe shoe shops. because
such persons can usually re fitted in
less than ten minutes Ii would hard
iy he possible 10 carry on business
were there not comparatively few feet
of abnormal size or shape. fora man or
woman with such feet consumes from
half an hour 10 an hour of a sale~mans
time. aud often goes away without
buying. There must he small profit
in selling ready made shoes 20 such
people
The man that wears saw III "A is
. most unwelcome visitor TO any shoe
shop. though in all the large concerns
statesmen manfuliy struggle 10 nj such
customers. On very busy DAYS the
man or woman Of abnormal feet meets
with an early intimation that there IS
No fif 10 he had Such persons come "a
bc known in the shops and 70 be
sio3Ce.i bv the statesmen. y sun