The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-04
IT IS "FOOTOLOGY''
The .CobbLer Can Size You Up by Your Feet.

How long have I been a shoe
dropped a piece Of sole leather int int
it might timber up bit-"how long?'
Why I am not a shoemaker at all. ant
never have been. I never made a pail
Of boots or shoes in my life"
| But what are you doing now" wal
II am cobbling. sir, as you would
know IL you were an observing man
/ have always been a cobbler. ant
shall be to the end. shoemake,
onx fG 3ew.sr who soes not
the names of half the wheels of a
| watch hangs out sign Of watch
maker He is deceiver and a liar
sign say shoemaker or shoe shop?
No, sir. 1t reads, 'cobbler.'"
But one who who calls Us, ni mi aes sno .,
cement patch on an upper" was pro-
"'Tis true alas. tits true" he replied
Yes. a SHOEMAKER will take in a pair
of shoes for repairs. but carpenter
will also try to tune your piano II
you ask him to do It. Does the shoe.
Does he think of harmony? Does he
weave and blend and follow nature
until one cannot tell the new from
sion. as artists and poets are bornT"
DO you hold that coDoiing is pro-
lust as much as sculpture or land
scape painting. I take Just as much
pride in making an old shoe look like
a new one when 1t leaves my studio
as the poet does in having his verses
rhyme: Here aS is a pair Of old shoes hoes
rel. Behold them!"
But you surely cannot NJ them up
SO that they will do service again."
"There are holes in the toes. and
holes worn through the soles. The
heels are run over. The tongues are
gone. They have been worn for
Such is the improvidence Of most Of
But you don't mean 10 say tnas
you can make them serviceable
young man. come in here three
days hence and I will show you what
the art and skill Of born cobbler
They. will not only give the owner
months and months Of wear, but there
shall be song in his heart over tho
looks of them; None but a worker IN
new and the cost Will be only so cents.
1 can say to you in advance that each
shoe will he delight and a dream.
row. but 1 wish I could"
DO the people Of this country
throw away their old shoes too soon?"
was asked.
My dear sir. millions and millions
Of dollars worth Of shoe leather Is
thrown away every year. The money
could be saved and put into something
cobblers like me to make old shoes
look like new. Alb. the pity Of 1.-THE
He took the piece OF soie-leatner
~ anA har
a couple Of minutes to cIose up the
pores and give 1t a better lasting quail
ity. and then said:
"I have often wondered how they do
ITO what do you refer?'
You are a man Of sedentary habits.
You sit a great deal-you walk very
little: You are not oookkeeper' and
"a very good guess was replied
TT was no guess at all. sir. Your
shoe gave you away at glance"
You run your heels over on the
inside. It is seldom that a man ex-
cept writer does that. figure that
you you. rub your heels together as you
Granted"
Whereas. a lawyer runs his heels
,y ,ss on the outside; He not only sits
chair. but as he stands he weaves to
about the only man that preserves q /
level heel. l don't have one for a |
customer once in six months. Here is a |
shoe with hole wore through the |
sole on the ball of the foot. while |
he rest of the shoe is in good re-
pair. What kind OF man does IL
oelong to-"
ct can't tell"
ITO an impatient, impetuous man. sir
perhaps salesman. He must catch
| train in the morning and at night /
de is always In a hurry. He Is al L