The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10

when you come to consider IT, Nine peo-
pie out of every ten you meet are right
handed. II you will observe the person
who uses the right hand when he is stand
ms and talking you viii notice that he in
variably rests the weight on the right foot,
and the left-handed person will also rest
his weight on the right foot, which seems
strange.
THAT is my explanation of the common
belief that the right foot is the standard
10 so by in fitting shoes. But. as / have
already said, there is no rule that is abb
solutely safe to follow. and my plan is al
ways TO TT both feet before let a customer
leave my shop
At this juncture OF the conversation a
neatly-dressed young woman came in and
asked 10 look at some high-priced spring
shoes. The clerk showed her a number, a
s. pair being the lowest i'm price. She tried
on two or three paws Of the more stylish
and then said that she saw none that suited
her and walked out. The old clerk, as he
saw her so down the street, laughingly
said:
Il knew that was the way that sale
would turn out" anu judging that he might
be something OF a Sherlock Holmes he was
asked for an explanation.
We'll he said. lin the first place. her
clothes were not stylish enough TO warrant
her buying the kind of shoes she called
for. Another thing that made me feel that
she would not buy was that the shoe she
took of when she tried on the other was an
ordinary 50 shoe. That girl simply came in
here TO see what the latest styles were i'm
the high-priced shoes. and now she will go
TO some cheaper place and buy pair.
There are a number of girls here whose
pocketbooks are trifie thin who do this.
They like to be up to date in their foot
wear and yet they have not he money to
purchase the finer shoes. they come here
and look at the leather and last and then go
elsewhere TO buy. They may not be able
TO obtain the same thing in the cheaper
shoe. but they will come pretty close to IL.
for there is no better shoe made I'm the
world than the $ shoe which is made and
sold in America.
The time is at hand for women to
begin to look for pretty shoes" said the
clerk, land while the young mans fancy
may lightly turn TO love. / will say that
the modsh young womans turns to shoes.
All winter she has been able to hide her
shabby footwear with rubbers, but not SO
when the warm days of spring come.
woman is not so particular about her
shoes as a man. Perhaps il is because
, there are so few places where she can get
a shine; and. again. II may be. dissinlula-
ton being innate in her, that she depends
upon her skirts to hide her feet.
THE thing that is going To be noticed
in womens shoes this spring Is the extern
sion soes on the walking boot. liz has the
merit of being comfortable and making the
feet look smaller. Butchers are having a
are very appropriate to tailor and shirt
waist gowns. the stylish dressed women
tell me.
"A hospitable member of indianapolis So
ciety told me the other day. continued the
shoe clerk. that if she could afford to
build house with only one room in IL she
would make that room company ROOM
Every woman should say if she can afford
TO buy only pair of shoes. or pair or
shoe trees. that she will take the trees
every time. for without them il is absurd
10 think of keeping shoes in shape. and 1t
is incongruous to see a dressed-up woman
wearing sloppy, Observation-Disclosures.
shapeless boots.