GOOD THING FOR WALKERS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 406, 18 February 1904, Page 5

GOOD THING FOR WALKERS.

Mn»S Comfort May Be Derived frdm Wearing Geumai Army Foot Covering. "The best foot covering l in the world for men who have to walk about in all sorts of places," said a professional hunter in the employ of a local market man, reports the NewOrleans Times-Democrat, "is the cloth used in the German army in place of socks. A friend of mine sent me a couple of samples last fall, and I gave them a thorough trial. The result is that I'm never going to wear anything else when I'm out on a hunt. The cloth is made ofmediumweight woolen goods and is about the size and shape of an old-fash-ioned red bandanna handkerchief. It is simply folded about the foot and then tied around the ankle with a piece of tape. At first blush,"' the hunter went on, "that would stem to be a very uncomfortable arrangement, and I felt certain that the creases would make the thing a torment to wear, but I can only say tint* they do nothing of the kind. "Of course, a great deal depends upon the way the cloth is folded, and I found, after some experimenting, that the.best scheme was to place the foot in the center and then cross the sides diagonally over the top of , the instep. Drawing up the back completed a sort of rough moccasin,, which the tape kept firmly in position. I wore an extra large shoe and never felt a crease. The principal advantages of the foot cloth* over socks are these: When a hole is worn in it all one has to do is to make a slight shift; then it is very easy to wash, and if it gets wet it can be spread out and dried in a few moments at a camp fire. All these aire important considerations on a hunt, when a man may be in the woods and marches for a week-or more and can't afford to be incumbered witfi much besides cartridges.. I'm surprised that the cloth hasn't become* well known and popular long ago. Hereafter I shall be the Jerry Simp* son of the shotgup fraternity."

Some British Titles Ave Cheap. ' The general distribution of titlet and alphabetical letters threaten*. * to make every Englishman "distin- . guished" in the near future. These are several so-called "learned societies" which are more or less clubs, and admit almost all candidates who are willing to pay the trifling subscription, and many of them authorize their members to add descriptive letters to their names. To be a "fellow" or "member" of such societies does not imply that he who is the one or the other is "learned" in the " particular science or art which the institution is named after, but mere* ly that he pays the subscription re- - quired. It is time that the govern* ment should interfere in the wholesale manufacture of bogus "fellows" and "members," the more .so that some of the societies alluded to are" allowed to use the word w royai" la describing themselves. It is to bo hoped that attention prill be colled to this matter in the house of commons, because the appetite for titlejt is growing with unwholesome rapid* ity in this country, and it should be restrained within reasonable limit*. —London Truth. , '-^jm