The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-23

iueIt are people WHO ppdSi VI paying
$40 for a pair OF shoes. They like 10 be
considered eNtravagant and they seem
To think that $40 pair is the top notch
OF extravaganza IN the shoe line. What
would they say To paying $3.50, or $50, or
even $1,000 for "A single pair OF shoes, re-
marks the New York sun
A New York shoemaker recently sued a
customer for S3lO the price OF single
pair. The defendant was ordered by the
court tn pay the bill and the costs. lie
would have been ordered Ia pay even IL
;he bill had been bigger stu.
II never would have had To sue for my
money" said the plaintiff, III this man
mad been the one Tor whom | made the
shoes | made them for his brother, who
would have paid for them quickly enough
ii ne hadn't been cripple. unable 20 earn
much OF anything.
''1'he defendant therefore agreed TO pay
for the shoes But when they had peen
delivered he baked at the price. To him
they were only a pair of shoes TO Inc
cripple they were "a pair that enabled him
To walk out Of the hell he had been living
in
"Why. the poor fellow had for months
and years crawled about the house on
his knees because IL was such agony Tor
ll'ri 10 try to walk. Here are the casts
OF his fee4-,e These pencil marks show
~
You can fairly feel the torture u must
have been to- him.
"It took me weeks TO work out tho case.
When I am fitting deformed feet don't
simply make shoe that Will go on the
| feot-4 Traits easy. TAa-thing L study
| and worry and lie awake over IL the find
| ing Of proper bases for the wight to rest
| OF.
| "rcr Instance in this case the man was
| WALKING on his ankles and his great toe
| Iofnt or couse, he had TO use crutehes.
! Jtc could just peg along SLOWLY ana paift-
| fully, lifting one foot over the other at
each step Now he cannot only walk
1 without crutches, but he can run ana
| ca'ch u car and jump on.
| "NVas sale too much for that? lie didn I
| itink SO. II was his brother, who mad
| never had anything worse than bunion
the rlstter with his feet, that thought
so F"
PAID 5000 FOR A PAIR.
How about the man who paid 5000 for
| "a n,ir of shoes? Didn't he think that was
| hlgh?"
| the shoemaker.
| How dlu it happen"
| ooh. I simply let him find out how bad
Iy he wanted the shoes. and he decided
he wanted them 5000 worth. You see
he was a millionaire. Even millionaire
may have club feet, and he did. He was
Al wears old. and had suffered enough "a
have been 400 years old at H. When he
came To me he asked me what would
charge to make pair Of shoes for him
| / wouldn't say. lie insisted.
Z" Now, see here | said, Il VIII make
some shoes for you and you can try then
| thoroughly III you do not like then
| Won need not pay one cent for them fol
the time and study j put into the case
| That Is a fair proposition. isn't it?'
'He agreed that Ii was, and went u
work First. OF course, ] make plaster
cast OF both feet. Then study over thes'
for days This is the hardest part of tn
| undertaking-the part that demands al
| the knowledge gained by years OF patien
| study and experiment.
I II have had thousands Of deformed fee
| IN AT but | have never had two exactl.
alike so there is never any possibilit!
of making shoe in a general style u
M "a general class of feet Every cas-
| must be worked out by itself
when | have decided on the bases
must have i'm use i'm the foot, l set 4
work 10 devise "A shoe which Will brin
the weight upon those bases. l make
dummy shoe, and than j have the pauen
come here and try walking in IT, / watc
him. and add thickness here, and tax
IT away there. until he says, An, that
right"
when he stands with his weight rest
| Ing on the nofUlti bdS'S VI NV 80
when ne walks without that excruciatin
rocking motion which characterize
most cripples. | know that lhave struc
! the right solution 10 his particular prot
lem An | have 10 do then Is To perfe'
| the details.
, "Weu. I'm this 5000 case ! finally e
! the shoes made, and my patient SCENE
I satisfied with them. Again ne wante
| 10 know how much they were.
1 wait ] said. These shoes ri
snu my property You wear them Nv
, ! weeks and then YOU come back 20 me
FIXED THE PRICE HIMSELF.
'1n two weeks nc came back sayin
that the shoes were all right, and that
wanted 10 keep them.
No. I said. there are some sms
changes 10 be made. You wear your %
, shoes a week and come back to "
, again
l "te protested. but he had 20 do u.
? made few little changes In the shoe
aud at the end of the week he was baC
: after them.
Z " Yes they are better he sdmitte
\ Now. how much DO ] owe Noug
: ,Not SO fast I said. Wear them a.
D davs and bring them back
a q See here he said You make .
= other psir of shoes and let me have thes'
q But J said | wanted 90 perfect thos
r 80 he went OF. aud AZ the end Of the ~
4 daNs came back again. said he mtl
b iei mc have them for four dayS
kicked said he must lie ssid 70 ma