The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-01


For Women and Childrsn.
Selling ready made shoes il Q very
different thing now from what 10
used to bc. when many thousands
who now buy them had their foot
wear made to order. Sizes in ready
made shoes have been greatly mul.
tiplied. Not only do mems shocs
run up To No. IS in length. but they
vary in width from IA, the mar
rowcst. 10 ZEE, the widest. A sales
man must know all about sizes and
b. able to made q pretty good guess
at what a customer Needs, but must
as well know what makes Of shoes
run wide or long for their numbers-
Before all these niceties Of shad-
ing werc invented. the matter Of it 4
ting ready made shoes to q custom
crs feet was avery simple one. Per-
hcps it would be- more accurate to
say that there was no such thing as
fit i'll ready made shoes save for
persons Of normal and average feet.
The long, slender foot was not pro-
vidcd for. and neither was the short
thick foot The mum bers Of mems
shoes most called for now are 2, ~
and s. with the widths A, B and G.
In womcn's shoes the numbers in I
length most in demand are 8, 81,
1. AZ and 5, with the widths A and I
B. But the unusual sizes above and
below these are provided in large
numbers. There are many calls for 1
l3at the large concerns. where un-
usual sizes are provided. 1t is diffi-
cult in small concerns to get any {
thing above l0r. The difference in
price for size is little or nothing, ,
save that what are called misses I
shoes. which run pretty high, are I
for some reason SOLD cheaper than a
women = shoes of like size. Some 7
know this and profit by il. 6
Women have from time immemo- {
'ial been abominably i'll shod, and I
most Of them are SO still. The max
rs Of ready made shoes unhesitat- 4
nGly cater to fashion, and it is diff e
'ult for US mon to find q ready made n
hoe with a low heel and n roomy toe. a
Sine women out of ten have wretch =
tuy abused feet, and the condition f
4 their walking shoes at the end Of r
tx weeks use is such that their (,
'rothers or husbands would not for h
moment think of wearing them. a
\ orkiny women cstand or walk all c,
ny long on French heels, partly
brouyh vanity, partly because bet
er shaped shoes have to be made to
rider ut comparatively high price. !"
'hildren's shoes, save in rare III :.
fances. are still made in defiance of :.
ygicno md are responsible for half -
nc pains Of learning to walk. Doc :.
DIS are recommending that infants -
8 brought up barefoot. -
Tho man or woman of normal and = =
verage feet is always welcome in y
10 ready made shoeshops, because ~ !.
lch persons can usually BIO fitted in =.
'ss than ten minutes. 1t would -
ardly be possible 10 carry on bust :!
ess were there not comparatively -
Nv feet of abnormal size or shape, "
y man or woman with such feet -
,nsumes from half an hour to an =
our of salesman 8 time and often y
ocs away without buying There -
'ust be small profit in selling ready !"
ade Shoes to such people. -
The man that wears, say, III IA -
a most unwelcome visitor at any =
,oeshop, though in all the large
oncerns statesmen manfully strug-
9 to fit such customers On very Iii
nsy days the man or woman of alb 10
ormnl feet meets with an early in. al
nation that there is no fit to b. W
I'd. Such persons como to b. b.
Town in the shops and to be lodged cl
2 the statesmen. York Sun. y
Michigan mas decided that for Ju- =