Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-05

it, was devised.
In medieval times throughout Europe
shoes with long pointed or "piked" toes
were worn by the high born. Toward the
end of the fourteenth century these points
became so ridiculously elongated that
golden chains We're used to fasten them
to the limbs of the wearer. A law was
finally enacted restricting the length to
which shoes might be made.
Different kinds of half boots were worn
by the Anglo Saxons and the Anglo Nor
mans. in the reign of Edward ". if not
earlier, the boots proper, with tops and
spurs, was established as an article of
knightly dress.
In the reign of Charles | species OF
boot, exceedingly wide at the top, made
of Spanish leather. came into use. With
Charles II highly decorated French boot
was introduced as an article of gay courtly
attire.
Meanwhile the jackpot, as it is call
ed, had become indispensable in the cos
tune of cavalry soldiers and horsemen
generally. BY William Ill and his fol-
lowers it was regularly naturalized in
England
This huge species of boot remained in
use in British cavalry regiments, until
comparatively recent times. In a some
what polished and improved form it is
still worn by the Horse Guards. The jack
boot is almost entitled to be called the pa
rent of the top boot and some other va
rieties.
their general use was the introduction of
the Hessian boot as an article of walking
dress. Worn over tight pantaIoons, the
Hessian boot was handsome piece of
attire. giving undoubtedly an elegant an
pearance to the neither costume.
Boots of this shape were worn by the
English general officers in the early part
of the French war and somewhat later.
At length they were superseded by the
well-known Wellington boot. introduced
by the great duke as a simplification under
the loose military trouser. When the
name of Butcher was given to the half
boot, the Wellington was almost entirely
abandoned in England, in consequence of
the universal use of short ankle boots
1t is still largely used in some continent
tai countries and the United States
SHOEMAkING IN AMERICA.
INTRODUCTION OF MACHINERY.
The first shoemaker on record who came
TO America was Thomas Beard, who came
in the Mayhower on her second trip He
brought with him a supply of hides and
made shoes for the colonists
Phe pioneer shoemaker of Lynn. Mass.
was Philip Kertland, a native of Buck
nghamshire, who settled in what was to
become shoe center in after years. in
1886 OF course, all his work was by hand,
as machines were not then dreamed of
KertIand taught others his craft Shoe
making became an industry of the place.
so much so that fifteen years later Lynn
was not only supplying all the neighbor-
ing towns and settlers, but also the port
of Boston
Tanning and shoemaking were men
toned as industries of Virginia as early
as 1913. Special mention was made of
the fact that planter named Matthews
employed eight shoemakers on his place
In 1856 legal restraint was placed on
the cord wainer in Connecticut, and in
Rhode Island in 1906.
The business of tanning and shoemak-
ing was firmly established in the province
of New York previous to the capitulation
of the Dutch to the English in 1864
The industry was carried on proftably !
in 1898 in Philadelphia. An act reguat-
ing the material and the prices of the
boot and shoe industry was passed by the
legislature of Pennsylvania in 1921.
When young man desired to become a |
shoemaker in these early days he served
an apprenticeship of seven years with !
some master shoemaker During this
time the apprentice was instructed how
to shape the insole and the outsole He
depended almost entirely on his eye for
the proportion. He was taught to pre- |
pare pegs and to drive them, for the peg !
shoe was the most prominent type of |
footwear in the early half of the last cen