The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-04
If They Can't Get the Right Size They
VIII Take Those for Boys.
MALE FOOT GEAR COMFORTABLE.
And They Have Discovered It-Somc
Have Their Shoes Made on Mems
Iasts-Womcn Wear Paja-
mas and Mems Socks,


monty accepted type OF mans shoe Is no
criterion that a mans foot Is witnm inc
leather. Soics as heavy and VIDE heels
as steady and cvou-layered, toes as broad
and blunt-cappcd as ever were KNOWN
20 prOtruIe from tr0user legs now WIZ
vag beneath silk-bound skirts ana
rufie-edged petticoats. one by one
piece by piece mans especial Delons-
lngs. devised for his especial well being
and happiness. are captured ana turned
90 account by and for his feminine COM
peers His necktics scarfs, hats, coli
lars. vests. I'm turn have come 20 be
shared with HIS better half Now and
again his trousers have been levied ON
and patterned in some likeness, ms
coats AND cufrways adapted and taken
liberties with his sporting and smoking
equipment appropriated. Even his pet
paiamas have not escaped Investment
and now his especially made and di4-
tiucuvoiy planned and patterned foot
wear ie seized on oul made to do duty
and T. looks az though his shaving APP
plr1tus and au iucouaoquent prerosa-
tive or two are apt go be tho solo mas
culiue cnutlcments left him intact.
"NO not women's Shoes mems. IT You
can ft mo I'm them. and If not III have
boys make" S. tho feminine demand
grown familiar 90 tho shoe salesman.
and The womcn's shoes aro IN this sea-
son OF 'es oftenest sought for on the
shelves of the mems department.
REGULAR 1IAN-lrADE.
"This fan we viii have I'm stock our
FIRST line OF regular man-made womens
Shoes" said the manager of popular
and reliable shoe house. 'Of course all
our womens shoes arc made by men,
he added. smiling. "but I mean these
viii be made exactly as mems shoes and
boys shoes are made. on mems and
boys lasts and OF precisely tho same
material weight and finish as though
men and boys wero 20 wear them In
stead of women. IT, Is three or -FOUR
years since our FIRST orders for mems
shoes Tor women, made individually, be-
gan 10 come in. This spring. however
the demand became so common that we
determined 90 order line. This winter
The oil grain. different qualities of cut
and hOrschide shoes of mans make. but
ln proper sizes. will Dee as available for
our women as our men customers. The
high shoes wont b0 altered au iota ia
shane either: they win come NO no high
er on the ankle than the mems shoes
do, being only five inches high. against
the seven or seven and half Inches
that is The usual height for womans
I boot We even have orders from Wo-
men for mems and boys evening pumps.
patent feathers. because those wCmen
who have got accus toned 90 wearing
their day shoes of the man pattern feel
cramped and awkward I'm the normal
make of women's evening shoe.
FOR COMFORT.
GLOW did an this wearing OF mans
shoes come about? Well some few be-
gan It solely for the additional comfort
I I.... Al
I taken it up because 10 has come 20 be
/ looked on as the swuggcr thing 20 DO.
/ Frequently We have a. customer come in
and describe q certain style Of mans
shoe that she saw some woman wearing
/ at Bar IIarJor or Newport and order
pair Ike it, Very likely the woman she
saw wearing the shoes was wearing them
ON principle. finding herself more COM
/ Portable in Them but the imitator only
orders them because she believes they
will look swell on her feet. Heavy2
| Yes these man-mads shoes Will each
weigh as much as tine two put together
/ OF the ordinary Women'8 shoes but, ar
ter the first weeks wearing the woman
VIII grow accustomed tO the added
weight and find herself 50 much better
! balanced and better able 10 walk ana
/ stand in her new order OF shoes that
/ she won't Dee willing to wear any other
sort. I've had plenty of testimony as to
/ that.
"As matter Of fact" he went on,
/ "the women show great common sense
/ On this uew fad ii fad it is. Men
I shoes are not only far more comfortable
/ than wOmeu's. but they outlast them two
| to onr. not that they are made or less
] durable material or made any less care
! fully than mems. but because the whole
plan and outcome of the making are
/ different Tho sh0emakers and workers
| ON w0non's shoes are distinct I'm method
and appliance from those who work on
/ mems shoes, 50 different indeed, tnat
/ they belong % different trades unions
/ The maker OF a mans shoe has soidity
/ and substantialncss and thorouehness In
/ his minds eve the whole time he is at
/ work from beginning 10 finish. not so
! much the looks as the wear and the use
/ Of the shoe are 90 be considered on
/ the other hand, the skilled worker on
/ w0men's shoes has lightness and PILE
/ nnov and nrettily turned curves always
/ in his mind for a model The test for
| the make of a womans shoe has always
/ been tho supplenees of the sole, IT'S
/ lirhtnoss md thlnness, the narrowed-in
/ shank OF the hool and the nlpped-in
curve under the instep. The mans type
| OF shoe for women allows the foot 10
rest squarely and firmly on the ground,
! as nearly natural as possible. lnst' d
of the shoe upper bulging out over tho
| sole. as most WOmcn's shoes do when
| the foot is in. the sole comes out az
| least q quarter OF an inch beyond the
/ upper. and. moreover. the sole IS so
| thick and broad that the inequalities OF
| the pavement. the heat or the cold are
not felt sensibly, as In the case with the
! wOman3 shoe. A mans shoe Is pro-
lection and a help TO the foot. The
! usual womans shoe IS something OF an
| ornament and certainly hampers move
| ment
4 WOMAN'S SHOE
"Now look at this papor-soled, hand
! turned shoe" he continued, taking up an
| expensive and very pretty woman 5
! walking boot. How long do you think
a man could go about his business in a
shoe shaped like that without tirins2
| Not three hours. \ shoe as thin and
| as artifcially formed as that although
| the shape is elegant almost cripples the
J foot. and II much exercise Is taken In
! ID callous places are formed on the sole
| OF the foot and the wearer Is easily
| fatigued. soft and pliable as the shoe
/ IS. The heavy mans shoe, although az
| first a burden 20 feet unaccustOmed %
IT, protects the foot and allows IL free
! action. The rage for outdoor exercise
| think first set women 10 thinking about
their foot-gear and discardng the unnt
shapes. Then they tried a regular man I
shoe. as they call II, and becoming con-
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