THE NEWEST THING IN BOOTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 131, 21 September 1876, Page 3

THE NEWEST THING IN BOOTS.

Germans possess inventive genius, parthndarly in grim and ghastly tinea. Their kgends are tales of horror: their romances >"A in the breaking of t'w hero upon the wheel. The Americans at- all fie world over for their powviit of ada| t - tion. Give a sharp American one hour's conference with an inventive German, and the chances are the result will he a product which will create as great a noise as the Beeclier scandal. At present all the yo«ng ladies, or ladies who wish to be thought y»mtg, who live within twenty miles of Washington, throng the doors of the Smithsonian Institution, at Washington, to feast their eye* on a beautiful patr jof ladies' hoots. These hoots air- mantii fact tt red of a peculiar species of leather. Pig-skin answers splendidly for hunting saddles, sheep-skin for binding books. eatf-sfcin for shoe* for male creatures, and kid-skin for glove*. It was reserved for Mr. H. A. Maliretihofo to : discover . the most flexible, neatlygrained, comfortable material for delicate tittle feet that man or woman ever 'dreamed of. The discovery came upon him, he says, by inspiration. An unfortunate laborer happened to be killed by a bbst front a o,ttarry. and as he had no friends, the body lay unbnried. Sir. Mahrenftobt thought he could do somethins? with it—what, he docs not state—and 'honght it for a trifle. Perhaps he intended to try the effect of a new oven for cremation : perhaps he wished to write a learned paper on the «j«antity of gaslight i obtainable from a hitman b**ty : perhaps he dealt in skeleton* for the use of junior '■■ medical students. When he had *• the ; damp, wnpteasnnt body " at home, he suddenly thonght he worth! Hay it and tan the skin. He had probably heard from Irish immigrant* that the skin of an enemy steeped in » hog-hole made beautiful shagTaen for covering snnlf-boxes and watch-cases. Mr. Mahrenhwtz tanned the skin by a prow*"* of hi* own, and was astonished by the shades of various colors it presented—for all the world like those of mnther-of-peavL Next he engaged rate ladies* bootmaker, and commissioned him to make an adorable pair of batmorals out of the glistening skin. The boots, in dne time, were finished to perfection, and Mr. Makenholz truly boasts that thorw is not a similar pair «>f boot* t.. be 1 found In the world. The identical pair of hoots will form one'of the great attractions- of the present Philadelphia Exhibition. Cremation has its advantages. An affectionate nephew can trrasnve the dust of a generous uncle »n a tvnv nrn amongst the ornaments of his mantelpiece. A coquette may dangle at the end of her chatelaines all that remains of the victim to her charms. But the Matwenhoht process, by a wonderful arrangwnient. provides that, if ever a lady thodsjht of trying the process of purring. she could tndnlgu her fancy by utilising the fanned bide of brutal man. The i familiar saying, -i waiting for dead men's shoes," gaitis- a new significance, and we j shall understand what " walking into a j man" means. Wontd it not be consolatory j when a dear husband has gone to join the majoritv that his relict can go through the world With a light heart, and be filled with satisfaction, whenever she looks at her boots.