The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
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Once more the adage "a prophet is
not without honor save in his own
country is illustrated. The Scottish
Leather Trader the leading journal of
the kind in Great Britain, contains the
following note concerning 4 Salt Lake
genius:
Some people have said that no good
thing could come out of Salt Lake City,
but Matthew Hilgert, a Mormon shoe
maker Of a studiOus mind. claims to
have disproved this by inventing what
he calls the breathing shoe The pur-
pose of the shoe is primarily to provide
q means of ventilation for the feet, the
necessity for such ventilation, accord
ing to the inventors statement, being
alarmingly great. Mr.. Hilgert claims
that the dread disease consumption can
be directly traced to the wearing of
= shoes that lack porousness, and which
not only cramp the feet and prevent a
healthy circulation of the blood. but
cause the pedal eXtremities to become
overheated, and the skin abnormally
surcharged with moisture Shoemaker
Hilgert asserts that the wearer of an
unventilated shoe catches cold on the
slightest provocation, the cold leads to
consumption, and consumption to death.
On the tombstones of a great percent
age of the people who have died of
consumption there should be written,
aCCDiQlD8 TO CuOGlLdkSI E1lA8GTl-
s'Had he allowed his feet to breathe,
The departed would still be breathing
''The invention to enable the feet to
breathe consists of a shoe having an
insole with three air channels that lead
from a common center in the heel.
These air channels contain holes
through which air can be pumped into
! the interior of the shoe. The motive
power is the muscular movement of the
Individual who wears the shoe.
Every time the foot comes down on
the heel of the shoe the weight presses
a spring, which acts in the same way as
is forced through the channels and
around the shoe by the motion of the
foot. AS the movement is shifted from
the heel to the toe in walking the air
escapes by way of the heel, and when
the weight comes down on the heel
again a fresh supply is pumped into
the shoe.
MIR. Hilgert's novel invention is re-
earded by leading shoenakers as i'm
portant. inasmuch as there has long
been an unsupplied demand for a shoe
that would relieve sufferers from that
distressing affiiction-perspiring eX-
freraities-an afliction that is said to be
equally distressing as the kindred COM
plaint of cold feet.
of Mr.. Hilgerts invention. there is no
doubt that much truth lies in his the
cries on the subject Of shoes and feet
There is positively no part Of the body
of the ordinary civilized man or wo-
man which is so maltreated as the feet
al They are clothed with an utter
disregard Of all hygienic laws. More
over. the shoes that are worn today
are probably more injurious than any
that have been known in any previous
period of the worlds history. To this
we have come, in spite Of our boaste6
practfcability and our disregard OF
beaptv in the pursuit of the useful
Ancient Saxons bound their feet whole
sonely in linen, with thongs to keeI
q in place. Medieval men wore com
Portable and beautiful shoes of un.
tanned doeskin. The result of the mod
arm state Of affairs is too horribly ap.
parent"
The fire department boys have beer
busy during the past few days. training
and get into their places promptly. II
order TO make room for one of the new
animals it was found necessary TO take
one Of the old ones out and give the new
horse his place. The old trained ANNA
zras led to the back part OF the station
and there tied to a ring in the wall Tht
4,evr horse was then placed IN the stall
formerly occupied by this faithful animal
AMI An was in readiness for the lesson.
The chief gave the signal, the watchmar
touched 4he brtton, and then all was bus
lie and confusion. With rush, all tbs
sh,I-ses were in their places, but, of course
7he new animal was a little slow in get
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