The Van Buren press., 1898-01-08
MEMS SHOES.
What Some Men Spend for Footweas
in the Course of Year.

in the Course of Year.
The great majority of men nowadays
wear ready-made shoes, and the proper
ton of men that do so is steadily in.
creasing. There are plenty of rich men
who buy ready-made shoes. There are
some who have shoes made for them
at cost of from $3.50 to SIS pair for
walking or dress, and buy ten or twelve
pairs in year.
Such men would have for street wear
pair of all patent leather walking
boots, either lace or button, the soles
heavy and of extra width, or boots OF
all enamel leather, laced. For dress
they would have light all patent leath-
er button boots. Some men wear foI
dress patent leather Oxford ties. These
would cost, made to order by the same
maker, $12. A man of extreme fashion
would wear patent leather pumps. An
older man might wear for dress boot
silk top patent leather congress.
For winter wear in slush or snow the
man wearing fine shoes would have a
pair of heavy tan oiled grain leather
boots with double extension soles
Those would cost SIC. He might buy
double soled calf boots or cork-soled
boots. He might wear in summer low
shoes of French calf or seal leather
and in spring and fall boots of brown
| leather.
If he were a sportsman he would
have shooting boots of heavy black OF
| tan grain leather laced to the knee;
cost, $40 If he played golf, he would
have golf shoes of heavy tan grain
leather, costing from SIS to S1s pair
| Oxfords of the same material are also
worn by the golf player. These cost
| from S12 to $14.
For riding he would have CATERS OF
patent leather, creole style, or all pat.
ent leather congress boots with the
seam in front. These would cost from
| S14 to SIS a pair, $1S being the price
with spurs and boxes for them in the
| heel. For riding or polo he would have
| boots of patent or black enamel leath.
cr, or of some shade of brown calfsdn
or os tan Russia leather Riding boots
are made of two styles, with stiff
| legs and half-stiff legs. The boots with
talf-stiff legs have a few wrinkles
where the leg and foot join. The pat
ent leather boots are worn more for
parade. Brown boots are more worn
in summer. A man may buy one, two
or three pair of riding boots in year.
When not worn, riding boots are al.
ways kept on trees. Riding boots cost
from $25 to $50 pair
The men who wear shoes of this
kind frequently buy, Of such as are
commonly worn, as, for instance, walk.
ing boots, two pairs at a time. They
| never wear the same boots two days
in succession. When not worn the
boots are kept on trees. Two pairs oi
shoes worn and cared for in this way
will last as long as three pairs worn
each pair continuously, besides keep
ing their shape and looking better,
The men who are here especially re.
ferred to never have their shoes re.
| paired. They don't wear them to that
age. They might have the heels OF
a pair OF boots Strengthened, but that
would be something unusual, and as
rule they never wear the soles
through. When the soles begin to
show signs of wear they are discarded.
The men who buy shoes of this sort
spend yearly for footwear $3.50 and
5000 and more. They include men in
various parts of the country who come
10 New York for their shoes just as
they do for their clothes and shirts,
and other articles of wear.-N. Y. Sun,