New-York tribune., 1901-04-14
BOOTS AND THE MAN.
SQUARE TOES IN THE SCULPTOR'S WORK
TROUBLES IN THE ARMIES.
From The London News.

From The London News.
Recent events have made great many Of
his ma jestys subjects pay a visit to KenSnStOn
Gardens to have another look at the memorial
that Queen Victoria caused to be erected to the
Prince Consort. An old Greek writer-was il
Aratus?-remarked that if lions.
should see the statues of the gods also
bling lions. ON this analogy. it is fair to infer
that the sculptors engaged on the Albert me
mortal wore square toed boots Cor square toad
ShoeS).
The Prince Consort is represented by ]. H.
Foley. K. A. wearing low heeled. square toed
'Derbies." with buckles on thcm-shoes. Of
course; for he was in court dress Patrick Mac
DoWell, Z. A. had no chance for more than one
pair Of sandals in the group of Europe" j. II.
Foley worked two pairs of square toed footG ar
int" the group Asia" William Th,td's
Africa" has a lovely foot in comfortable san
dal. the elderly Egyptian showing the front pur-
ton of an easy, square toed slipper. "Amcr.ca.'
by John IiuIl. is shoctSs, the whole group "AEri-
culture hy William calder Marshall. r. y.
shows no feet. nor does the work 'Manuf@ot-
ureS." 10y Henry Weckes X A. In +. Thorn,
Croft's commerce. the boots square t. Il,
ana in j. LaWlor's "Engfneering" there is a
most scrviceabe thick sole To- Il square toed ho. 4.
iut it is on the "Podium" that We notice thar
po"pl. of mark in all ages sc1rntd the pointed
toe. The Painters" on the east front. th-
work Of II. II. Armstead. \. X. a. as are Tn,
Poets and Musicians" the south front. !. L.
Philip did The Architects" on tn" north front,
ard The Sculptors" on tho west front. shake
sIcarc's sho" would haVc suited Beethoven, It
would have dore for schiller; II would have don
for Handel You look in vain for frivolous
pointed toe on Moitre or Eenvcnutp Ccliini
Gainsborough. Hogarth. Ruhcns-au squar"
toed. Jchan Dc ChclI.S. the designer of III"
western portico Of Notre Dame. has his boot
ltngthcncd out after the manner of the thr-
tc-nth century. in which he fourishcd. He al, n"
dcViates from the fashion that Queen NitoCrIs
followed. some 2.10o years before Christ. of
wearing sensible shoe sandal. 1t is the
way of London street boys 10 chaf anybody
whom they So" carrying pair Of boots. What
are Yer goin' to do with them. oh? Put 'en on
your 'cad?'' The sculptors who executed the
hpucfaCturS
race in recording that ii the exception for
men OF great minds not to wear cornfortabie
boots. The lea ling lines in the Town and Trade
of FI"ct-st. are h".ts and brains
well newspaper offices.
Now. apropos dcs bottcs. The German Gov
eminent offers an immense sum Of money for
the invention of the perfect marching boot. The
present war has discounted jaCkhoots in favor
of ankle boots with puttics Icggings. Jack
boots to toe comfortable require freeing up
every now and then; putties take long time to
put on: the putte Logging seemed to solve the
problem perfectly. 4 West End firm however.
exposes in it's windows logging trees" beauti-
full ARRANGEMENTS with brass fittings but surely
not necessary active service. The present
Pimlico boot issued To the troops, is too tight
over the instep. In order not TO be pinched over
the instep. men have To take a boot in other
respects too large for them. They often have
these made over at considerable cost. and in
defiance OF regulations the subject There is
a type of elastic sided boot known in the trade
as 'militares' the lucus lucendo prin-
clpIc' Tor a y"uhEstcr daring To wear Jernirnas'
is given bad time, though infantry field ofIi-
GERS wear tnein with hoX spurs, ana find them
very comfortable. A boOtmaker in the Strand
has pair of these made of pgskin, and calls
them The Cronjc."
The French mounted troops still wear booted
Ovcralls' to prevent the stirrup feathers from
wearing away the cloth of the lower portion of
their 'continuations,' as did our cavalry years
ago. French women however cramp up their
feet as badly as do English women and men.
If not quite as badly as Chinese women. A re-
cent president of the Royal Academy had three
beautiful girl models but he drew all feet from
antique plaster casts. Cinderella is apt to de-
velop enlarged toe joints and-proclain it on
the housetopS-corns AS for soldiers, there is
an undoubted case on record of a young officer
having his little toes amputated to make his
feet III pointed boots There is another form of
vanity which brings down its zone two
In Canada, in the cold weather. winter boots
are worn, coming up to the top of the calf. Men
who have been proud of their leg for top
boot and have worn jack boots fitting tight
round the calf of the leg, have found the circll-
laton decrease, and have been known to fall
down IN a fainting fit, as if they had been given
dose of poison.