The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-23
SAVE YOUR FEET
You Can Do This by Preserv.
ing Shoes.
Two Pairs of Shoes Are Q Big
Saving.
BY V. A. LAMBERT.

Would you Intentionally injure your
feet? Then don't do it unconsciously.
If you would take care of the condi-
ton of two valuable re.nities you
will watch the cause of a great many
foot troubies-your shoes.
Save Your Shoes.
Don't wait until your feet are rub
bling on the ground. Save your feet
by saving your shoes. The two are
closely related. Having two pairs OF
SHOES, one pair can be repaired with
out inconvenience to the other.
This is the. instruction carried to
every man in camp from the shoe re-
pair shop. The object is two fold:
protection against injuring the indi-
viduals' feet and the conserving OF
leather. The camp is equipped with
o shoe shop with the best and latest
types of machinery for facilitating this
work. Having space of twenty feet
by one hundred and sixty it is turning
out work equal to a large sized plant
1t has a personnel of thirty-seven
men, all experienced in shoe repair
ing They are. at present, repairing
shoes at the rate of three hundred
and fifty pairs day, with a maximum
capa city of six hundred pairs daily
Collected From Companies.
Shoes are not received from the In
dividual but are collected from COM
panies in lots. Each organization re-
ceives the shoes from its men and in
turn Is sent to the shop for repairs
This IL Systematically arranged at the
shop so that great lots can be handled
without losing or the mixing or
shoes The shoes are numbered by
the pair, each shoe OF a pair being
p %I,a har N
organization sending in shoes is given
credit and a record kept of the num-
Der of pairs received, with the nota-
tion that the pairs run from one GER
tain number to another. In this way
shoes may go all the way thru the
progress Of repairing, separated, but
when finished they will all be gath
cred together according to the num-
bers of the organization to which they
belong.
8 Treat Flat Feet.
One section of the shop proves to
be very interesting kind of work
This is the orthopedic work or the
building up and conforming the shoe
to fit cases of flat feet. The instep
of the shoe is reinforced, packed.
sewed and stoutly built UP to the
proper height SO as to give the wear
er's foot the proper shape This will
hold the foot in place so that the arch
come stronger and assume the original
shape. This being done there is no
need of any extra arch supports or
braces to be worn in the shoes.
~ 10000 Half Soles.
An idea of the amount of material
that Is consumed may be had from a
few figures. In six months time ap-
proximately sixty thousand pairs of
half soles and heels are used. This
does not mean that every pair of shoes
received are half soled and heeled.
The best grade of leather is used and
the quality used is not plentiful. This
makes the leather consumed very
valuable item to be considered The
various kinds of nails used rise to a
weishty figure when compared to the
number of nails per shoe. For the
duration of six months there is a con-
sumption of ten tons of nails, or to
give the exact figures. there are 1929
pounds per month.
''Sayc, Don't Waste"
With the conserving method that is
being followed by the camp, there are
very few shoes turned in that are be-
yond repair. The idea of save, don't
wa e is constantly borne in mind.
1t is closely followed al the shop and
in turn is reflected on the men of the
camp With the tremendous amount
of leather used month. there are only
500 pounds of scraps. This does not
mean that only scraps of new leather
is considered, but all the old leather
from the worn soles and heels. This
amount of scraps is not thrown away.
Far from it. The war has taught its
business men to save every scrap As
a result, each month all the scraps
are. turned over to the salvage de-
Partment, which is later sold for use
as FILTERS" to manufacturers making
this article.
Get Your Moneys Worth.
AS Sergeant Noble, who is in charge
of the plant remarked, The people
wear their shoes beyond economical
repair. They. believe that the shoes
must be worn longer, or until the
sole is worn thru and the wear is upon
the filters This not only Injuries
the shoe but has its effect upon the
feet. and is far from the idea of get
ting your moneys worth As this
was the general characteristic before
entering the service, they had to be
taught to turn in their shoes long be-
fore the top sole was worn thru We
have made great progress in this par
ticular demand. and the result is very
satisfactory. 1t not only adds COM
fort to the soldiers walking but saves
the government a tremendous amount
OF extra labor and material"
Receivers Only General.
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