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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 240, 16 November 1909, Page 4

THE REVTVAL OF THE SANDAL Tho popularity of the spndal as a sensible form of summer footwear is a remarkable instance of "swinging back" tc ancient customs. The modern sandal or siioooltc, as it is sonie(imcs called, is merely a twentieth ceiilurv modification (if the footgear a* \v*>rii l»v the M'.'ient Creeks over two thousand years fi?o. Even now in certain parts of Africa the natives wear a sandal which merely consists of a pierp of raw hide roiiffhlv tfa«liione<l to tins fdiape of the foot and held in position with thonps rp«»in«S between the first and second loos and around the ankles. Th 0 main di-erniecs between the prcsenl-dav sail • in' and its Crock prototype are th.-» omission of tlie thongs and tho intro'i i< tion of the perforated vamp. The -andal of 1 o-dav h hold in position by a -sirap which pn?«r« through a loop in lh ( . vamp and ihencp In a bu,-klc dos • to {ho ankles. thn< ensnrn.< at {lie most desirable pari "S' iiee!. Tbn newest sandals ;t re o\\\ nm-li hi»li"r 'ban formerly-, and H is found lo a dlsiinrt advantage, inasmuch as dim. rabbles, or rrrif cannot now easily find lhpiv way under the enVs of 1 feel. Thn latest kind® of "natural form" sandal mnv be obtained al tlr MKI WRKE CT.OTPTVC COMPANY in fail <>r nbirk al (lie following uri-.'r-;: Siz-«-; 1 1 1> R. Id: 7 in !>. 0.11 Hi to 1.1. .'ld: 1 and 2.!■: i)<l: ;»nd woinc:*'*i:'.os, ;js Oil.—Advt.

flif A.H.C. Hoot Co. arc but*v wit)i thoir boot sale. The he.ivily <;ut prions offering aw inoelJn<r wij.: hearty -c #po7iso. Thp recently puiehased slot*-; is being gold nt exactly J>#U-pri( T for

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