CHOOSING SHOES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 11

CHOOSING SHOES.

_Ba sure'that the'stitching , .'of the sole is of,the best.; If.there is a line of sewing inside, the. shoe, it is a make of the cheap order. A shoe: that you can'Wear\along time you may Tμ quite sine has nothing of this kind. Hnnd-sewn shoes are much: tho cheapest-in the end, for then the:soles are soft nnd.flexible, whether thick, or thin. The leather is all-important; the, skin must be good to,start with, and be tanned after the best fashion. Patent, leather and others 'with, a' bright . surface should- be rubbed'well with ithe hand before putting on,' so .that tile . temperature "of , the'.leather arid , the foot. , are--the ; : same.'; The .chances are'such; leather, .has' been>enamelled, ■■ and, a' , warin : .foot : inserted : in. a; cold;,: shoe •■ makes;' the 'enamel orack. ■.; There ;are .'jfrahds: in, shoernaking. as in other trades; ,some shoes are made of paper instead, of leather,'beautified.with.shellac; Good thread; is Jwanted'.fbr''good r'shoemaking,. and there '.must be no:.shoddy .work in the heel:''.;