Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-10-10
A PAIR OF SHOES.

Possibly the salesman's name was
OBJ.
At any rate, he earned the title.
He came forward smiling and greeted
be customer.
I'm kind o. looking around for pair
{ shoes," said the man who had ambled
from the street.
"Yes. sir. Do you want dark shoes or
an shoes?"
II haven't just decided"
Something rather heayy?"
Not too heavy"
"Qujte so. Do you like the cork
oles2"
II might look at some of them
"Certainly. What size do you wear?"
''Well, 1 have worn as small as Sc, but
think the last pair was ten"
II see. No doubt we can find what
iou want. Be seated"
The customer dropped into one of the
hairs and the salesman began unlacing
he right shoe.
II don't want to get anything too
tight" remarked the customer.
certainly not A good shoe will
never hurt the foot, even when it is
new"
"Stin don't want to have it too loose,
Tor then it's liable to wrinkle and
crack"
'sThat's very true"
81 want Just good, easy fit"
N"Quibe So"
f''Something that looks dressy and is
erviceable at the same time"
Exactly"
THE last pair of shoes had looked
all right at first, but they cracked across
the insbep."
'T can show you something that we
warrant You don't remember the
size?"
II think you can show me a number
ten"
"Very well. 1 have something right
here that is one of the latest shapes"
The salesman pulled down a box from
the shelf and brought out pair of gilt
ering tan shoes.
'sThose are. the tan Shoes" remarked
.he customer.
Eyes. You didn't care for the tans?"
.Oh, might look at them"
That's a very handsome shoe. 1t is
what we call our medium weight--con-
tinuous sole and haDd-stitched."
ut looks like it might be too large"
"Wem try it on. There's a shoe that
will give you good service"
The salesman forced the customers
foot into the shoe and pulled the lace:
up 10 the highest tension.
"Kindly stand up" said he. 'Hov
does that feel?"
"Oh, don't know. 1t feels kind o
M" replied the customer, indefinitely
"Feel too tight?"
"Oh, / don't know. If feels kind o
tight aud then again IL don't"
Handsome shoe"
''M--m-m-m-m."
II think you'd like that"
Seems kind o. long"
swell, of course the foot isn't eN
pected to fill out the toe Of the shoe
Here, you can see where the zig toe Is
! hardly think IL is too long"
''Is that the kind of toe they're wear
ing now?"
"Yes; we're having that toe put O.
many of our best shoes"
Looks kind o. blunt"
well, you know the pointed toe
going out now-that is, the eXtTem
pointed toe. The fashionable shape is
little more rounding"
you've got some, hayen'tyo with
little more point to them?"
"Oh, yes. Would you like to look q
some Of them?"
II might"
"Certainly." The salesman dance
along the shelves, withdrawing hume
Gus boxes and then slnmming theI
back. and finally he came with anothc
pair of shoes.
''You might try this one, ;" said he, tal
ing the rightshoe of the second pair an
bending IL bow-fashion, so as to tai
some Of the stiffness out OF IL.
same size?" asked the customer.
~Same size. Yes, sir"
1T won'tdo any hurt to try il on?"
"Certainly not"
Accordingly the first shoe was +
moved and the second shoe was put {
and laced. The customer arose al
limped slowly lp and down on the SIR
Of carpet. Then he paused and sc
EMMY studied the shoe.
Does that feel all right?" asked Il
salesman.
Seems 20 me II plnches little rig
Across the broad OF the foot Maybe
doesn'L though"
"0f c0urae. a new shoe Is liable
eel a little tight the hrut time you p
a a.. bat n soon stretches into shaE
rs yon llle lhnt shape Of loef"
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