BAREFOOTED.
“Mv great-grandfather never had on a pair of boots in his life till they were put on when he went to fight for Prince Charles at Culloden, and we have not the physique of OUT forefathers,” said a Devonport (Auckland) Scot, after he had been barracked for going without Ms boots during the holiday season. ?‘lf we had a little more of the barefooted business and a little less of the stuck-up collar, we might have a return to the days when men lived on plain fare, and when they had to hunt and toil for what they ate, and when they threw themselves down at night and slept. What I say is an impossible dream in these days,” concluded the Scot, “but I have not worn a boot for eight days, and it's glorious. But what of the office desk next week!”
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 4 February 1920, Page 4
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