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PÁGE THREW
UNCLE SAM STUDIES FEET OF THE WORLD
Commerce Department Finds Shoe Leather Used the
Same in Brazil as at Thebes—American
Shoes Supreme.
J N h is efforts to build up the for­ very definite fac ts for th e guidance
eign tra d e of the U nited S tates of A m erican m an u fa ctu rers in con­
U ncle Sam is m aking a thorough quering world trade. They also hold
a g re a t deal of rom ance and h isto r­
s tu d y of th e feet of th e world. He ical charm for those who care to
Is finding out which nations have study them analytically.
T he m an u fa ctu rer is delighted
long n arro w feet, which have short,
because
they show beyond arg u ­
broad feet, w hich have thick feet
m ent th a t A m er­
and which have thin.
ican sty les and
In cid en tally he is learn in g th in g s t h e
Am erican-
a b o u t th e foot custom s of the globe b uilt shoe a re in
ascendancy
t h a t th row a b rig h t light on the th e
in
every
corner
h a b its of the a n c ie n t A ssyrians and
of th e globe.
E g y p tian s and w hich m ake the
In va d in g Europe.
c h a ra c te rs of B abylonian dancers
They are invad­
and R om an em perors seem fam iliar ing E urope. Since
ones.
the w ar, Uncle
T hrough th e B ureau of D om estic Sam h a s learned,
and F oreign Com m erce a t W ash­ the G erm an shoe
in g to n , linking the a c tiv itie s of has changed from
consuls in all q u a rte rs of the world, the long, square
h e is finding out social tendencies ap p earan ce th a t U. S . S h oes S c o rn
an d p e d e stria n req u irem en ts purely form erly
distin- Secret Treat,e#
fo r th e benefit of
guished it and the G erm ans are
A m erican m anu­
m aking and w earing the pointed
fa c tu re rs of shoe
toe and long “ vam p” th a t d istin ­
lea th er.
In his
guish the A m erican one.
own precise lan­
T he F rench, who lean tow ard
guage, he is m ak­
sh o rt shoes w ith high heels, brief
ing a w orld sur­
vam ps and rounded toes, still cling
vey of th e boot
fondly to th is sty le; but the A m eri­
and shoe indus­
can contour is m aking big inroads
try, b u t i t i s
even here, according to the rep o rts
re a lly m ore than
of consuls. T he sh o rt vam p and
t h a t U ncle Sam
high heels w ere originally adopted
Is re su rre c tin g the H1
for th e purpose of sho rten in g p er­
g h o sts of the past
spective and leading to deception
a n d determ ining
as to the size of the foot. They are
th e shape of foot- T h e F o o tp r in ts o f
a so rt of se cre t diffiomacy. T hat
p rin ts th a t the
F a t h e r T im e
they a re giving place to the frank
ghosts of th e fu tu re will leave
A m erican confession of actu al size
behind them on the san d s of tim e.
seem s to indicate th a t in shoes the
T he Shoe and L e a th e r M anufac­
doctrine of "open covenants openly
tu re s Division of the B ureau is in
arrived a t ” is a tta in in g success.
ch a rg e of the survey, which has
L eather Most Used
been u n d e r way for som e tim e and
w hich will be concluded in the
T he only A m erican d ep a rtu re
n e a r future. It h a s num erous re ­ th a t is not being tak en up to any
p o rts from consuls in the various ex ten t is th a t of the su b stitu tio n of
d istric ts of G erm any, F rance, Italy, o th er m ate ria ls for lea th er. T he
G reece, Mexico, Jam aica, Peru, Bo­ m ajority of the world has alw ays
livia, H olland, Brazil, V enezuela trod on lea th er and a p p a re n tly is
e n d o th e r countries.
They give determ ined to continue doing so.
FO R SALE
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C la ssifie d C o lum n R a te s
O ne c e n t th e w o rd e ach tim e.
To ru u e v e ry iss u e fo r one
m o n th o r m o re ,
th e w ord
each tim e.
FO R SA L E — IS D uroc pigs. W .
L. H uxley. C all 9 F 2 .
29-3eod
F O R SA L E — U sed F o rd c a r ch eap
: B eaver R e a lty Co.
19-tf
F O R S A L E — W ood b u rn in g h e a t­
e r, a lm o st new — P ric e $12.00. E. S.
' M o rriso n -A u to m o tiv e Shop.
27-7
F O R SA LE—
H e a tin g
stove,
c h a irs , d in in g ta b le , lib r a ry ta b le ,
i a n d o th e r h o u se h o ld f u r n itu r e .
73
D R ESSM A K IN G — W o rk g u a ra n - U nion g t o r te le p h o n e 450 Y
31. tf
te e d . 147 F a c to ry S t. M rs. B. V an
E O li SA L E — F ir s t c la ss
tic k e t
H a rd e n b e rg .
3 1 -lm o .* !
: froin P o r tla n d , O re. v ia K a n sa s C ity,
FO R RENT
Mo. to S p rin g fie ld Mo. C heap. I n ­
fluire 4SS N. M ain, M onday.
31-3
F O R R E N T — F u rn is h e d h o u se a t
______
___________
47 L a u re l. In q u ire M rs. Geo. K ra m -j
FO R SA L E — 1918 D odge T o u rin g
M ISC ELL A N E O U S
e r . P h o n e 263L .
3 2 -tf jn fin e c o n d itio n . $375 P a r k G arag e
____________________ _______________ j
J p h o n e 152.
31-3*
FO R
RENT—
H o u se k e e p in g
FO R
S A L E — F ir s t c la ss W in-
ro o m s, fu rn is h e d . A tla s R oom s, 4th
,
,
C
hester
sh
o t g u n . C all a t 471, Mt.
3 1 -2 ’
& B. St.
Ave.
32-3*
FO R
R E N T — 6 room
m o d ern
W ANTED
h o u se w ith ra n g e , n e a r school. C all
a t 347 A lm ond St.
31-tf.
W A N T E D — Apple pickers. Ge per
F O R R E N T — New
g a ra g e .
In-, box. II. W e a g a n t, V alley V iew dis-
q u ire 662 B St.
3 2 -3 * 'tric t. Phone 11F4.
32-2*
W A N TED — A pple
p ic k e rs.
C all
T h irs t q u e n c h e rs fo r h o t w e a th e r
S
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n
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sh o u ld co m p rise such d rin k s a s lem -l
of A sh la n d .
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o n a d e , lim e a d e , c a rb o n a te d w a t e r _________________________________ _
a n d th e lik e , r a th e r th a n
sw e e t
ROOMS— Old B ell ro o m in g h o u se
d rin k s , says an
e m in e n t
e a s te rn u n d e r new m a n a g e m e n t. R oom s 50c
d o c to r.
i up. H o t a n d cold w a te r in a ll room s.
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C o u rte o u s
tre a tm e n t,
big
lobby.
F ish of th e s u rfa c e of th e ocean C has. G ilc h rist, P ro p . 1 6 0 -4 th S t.,
c a n n o t live a t th e bo tto m b e c a u s e ' A sh la n d .
28-6*
u n a c cu sto m e d to th e g r e a te r p res-,
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W A N T E D — Boy .
’e a rn p r in tin g
s u re of th e w a te r, w hich is se v e ra l
tra
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io n s to th e s q u a re inch.
ANY
FO R SA L E , T R A D E OR R E N T -
160 a c re s u n im p ro v e d la n d , u n ­
in c u m b e re d , n e a r v illa g e of 300
on S. P . R. R . a n d good b a rd
ro a d s . 100 a c re s u n d e r fen ce
w ith
good
n a tu r a l p a s tu r e ,
p le n ty of w a te r. T h re e ro o m ed
h o u se , b a rn a n d w o o dshed. F o r
f u r t h e r p a rtic u la rs a d d re s s F .
J., c a re A sh la n d T id in g s. 1 4 8 tf
W ANTED
AN
INTELLIGENT PERSON—
E ith e r sex, m ay e a rn $100 to
$200 m o n th ly c o rre sp o n d in g
fo r n e w s p a p e rs ;
$15 to $25
w e e k ly in s p a re tim e ; e x p e ri­
e n c e u n n e c e s s a ry ; no c a n v a s­
s in g ; s u b je c ts su g g e ste d . Send
f o r p a rtic u la rs . N a tio n a l P re ss
B u re a u , B u ffa lo , N. Y.
1 -tf
6 P E R C E N T LOANS— U nder
R e se rv e S ystem on city o r farm
p ro p e rty .
R e se rv e
D eposit
C o m p an y , 72 F o u r th s tr e e t,
P o r tla n d , O regon.
290-W ed S at-3 m o.
G IR L
IN
T R O U B L E — May
c o m m u n ic a te w ith E n sig n L ee of
th e S a lv a tio n A rm y a t th e W h ite
S hield h o m e, 565 M ay fair Ave.,
P o r tla n d , O regon.
1 0 - ly r
W IL L T R A D E — V ic tro la a n d re c ­
o rd s fo r p ian o , w ill pay som e d iff e r ­
ence. C all S42 B o u le v a rd .
3 0 -tf
F ix Up Shop
W e r e p a ir f u r n itu r e a n d a n y th in g
th a t n e e d s fix in g . N o rth M ain n ex t
to H om es G re c ery S to re .
T Y P E W R IT E R R E P A IR IN G
T y p e w rite rs — A ll m ak e s, g u a r a n ­
teed. L ow est P rices. E x p e rt R e p a ir­
ing. C all o r w rite L. D. M in k le r 464
L ib e rty B u ild in g ,
M edford.
T e le ­
phone 162.
2 0 -lm o .
APPLE CIDER
P o w e ll’s sw e e t a p p le c id e r d e liv ­
e re d 35c p e r g a llo n ,
28-6
PEIL'S CORNER
q u ick se rv ic e, go to th e
S h ell B a rb e r Shop, a c ro ss
fro m D epot. G rin d in g of
a ll k in d s. C h ild re n 's w o rk
a sp e cia lty .
W . A. S H E L L , P ro p .
532 A. St. A sh la n d , O re.
1
PROFESSIONAL
PHYSICIANS
DR. MATTIE B. SHAW— Resi­
dence and office, 108 Pioneer
avenue. Telephone 28. Otfice
hours, 10 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 5
p. m. only.
DR. E R N E ST A. W OODS— P r a c ­
tice lim ite d to eye, e a r, n ose and
th r o a t— X -ra y in c lu d in g te e th .
Office h o u rs, 10 to 12 a n d 2 to
5. S w eden b u rg B ldg, A sh lan d
O re.
DR. G. C. PHETTEPLACE
DENTISTRY
Above Citizens Bank
Office Phone 151
Res. Phone 201J
D R , E . B . A N G E L L — C h iro p ra c -
tice
and
E le c tro
T h e ra p y .
O ffice p h o n e 48, re sid e n c e 142.
F ir s t
N a tio n a l
B ank
B ldg.
R oom s 5-8, A sh la n d , O regon.
DR. HAWLEY— Above
office. Phone 91.
Tidings
In the region of Bordeaux, F rance,
on the o th er side of the world, th ere
is a sandal called the “ K neipp,"
which is very popular. It is of calf
leath er, with ornam ented vam p and
fastened with a stra p , very much
a fte r the fashion of the m ost a n ­
cient people. A nother type, called
the “C h aren tais,” is m ade of heavy
felt, with a le a th e r sole, and it is
ju st as popular in Bordeaux as it
would have been a t Thebes. Nor
are these sandals a fad of the mo­
m ent. They have tradition behind
them.
Fashion in design and color Is an
im portant factor in every country.
The variety of native h ab its re­
vealed proves the m erit of A m eri­
can shoes in being able to m ake In­
roads ag ain st them .
The consul at La Paz, Bolivia, re­
ports the m aking of special shoes
w ith very high tops and heels, and
ADDITION TO ART TREASURES
Finding of Portrait of Stradivarius,
Great Violin Maker, Has Stirred
Collectors Everywhere.
R e tu rn s fro m T rip —
,
A bove a ll th e o th e r c ry in g n eed s
K a rl R ose r e tu r n e d S u n d a y from of th e 2 0 th c e n tu ry , w e le a rn , is a
W a sh in g to n w h e re h e v isited
his p lace to picnic th a t th e o w n er of a
b ro th e r L eslie R ose a n d a lso a tte n d -! new
se d an
can
rea c h
w ith o u t I
e d 'th e S ta te F a ir in S alem .
j s c ra tc h in g th e b ody a n y to sp e ak o f . ’
TONSILITIS
S
I
tl
Apply thickly
over throat—
wi hot flannel—
cover with
v s
V
V a PO R u s
O v e r 1 7 M t lliu it J a r a U t e d Y e a rly
B
IL IO U SN E SS
s ic k h>*ailffche, s o a r s to m a c h ,
c o n s t ip a tio n , e a s ily a v o id e d .
A n active liver without calomel.
C H A M B E R L A I N ’S
TABLETS
N ever sicken o r gripe
only 25c
O T H E R T IR E
“ Before I Die."
To endow “before I die some sort of
green place w here little stre e t urchins
PLUMBING
could play cricket, all accessories pro­
vided,” was one of the dream s of H er­
JERRY O’NEAL— Plumbing. 207
bert Jenkins, London publisher. H e be­
East Main. Phone 138.
gan life a t fifteen in a bookseller’s
shop.
H e and an o th er boy used to sit |
MONUMENTS
up half the night devouring books.
T h at boy w as the poet, John Mase-
MONUMENT— MARKERS
i field. W alking to save a penny om ni­
Lowest Prices
bus fare, refusing «n invitation to a
. ASHLAND GRANITE CO.
3rd and East Main St.
223-6mo
riv er picnic because of a sixpenny rail­
road fare, lunching on a bun—th is is '
th e pictu re of his early tw enties, as |
ASHLAND GRANITE
he m any tim es described it. In 1911, I
MONUMENTS
when he was about 36, his “Life of
Oregon Granite Co.
George B orrow ” first brought him into
P E N N IST O N , S a lesm a n .
public view. H e has ju st died a fte r
Res. 470 Laurel
Pitone 444Y
building up a g reat publishing busi- i
ness.
TRANSFER AND EXPRESS
“Oil Birds" of Peru.
A band of outlaw s have th eir home
on th e H uallaga river in Peru. T here
a re no law s and no taxes, and most of
the In h abitants a re fugitive m urder
ers. In this dom ain is th e cave of the
r. L. POWELL— General Trans­
“oil birds.” T he cave is m am moth
fer— Good team and motor
and as beautiful as those in fairy i
trucks. Good service at a rea
tales, much like a cathedral on the
sonable price. Phone 83.
inside. H undreds of thousands of
birds have th eir home here. T h e
TRY FEH1GE FOR HAULING
young of the species are exceptional­
and transfer work of all kinds
ly fat, and the natives squeeze them
375 B St. Phone 410-R.
and m ake som ething much like oil
2 0 0 -lm o
from them. T he oil Is used for ev-
PLANING MILL
i erythlng from curing rheum atism to
eating.
FOR prompt and careful service,
auto trucks or horse drays, cal
Whittle Transfer Co. Phone
117. Office, 89 Oak street, near
Hotel Ashland.
6 6 tf
IORDAN’S SASH AND CABINET
WORKS, Cor. Heilman and
Van Ness.
194-tf
C O M P E T IT IO N
BOTH IN QUALITY AND IN PRICE
For a tire you can depend upon, you can’t
beat Mason Cords, either in price or in qual­
ity. There are NO finer tires than Mason
Cccds! These astonishingly low prices are
less b y about one-third than you have to pay
for other standard high-grade tires. We
Buy Mason Tires for CASH, at bed-rock
prices. We sell for cash. Our profit margin
is small. Our sales volume is large. T h at’s
why we sell at such astonishingly low prices.
I t ’s foolish to pay more—i t ’s dangerous to
pay less!
Quality and Price
Mason makes its own cord
fabric in 3 of the 5 great
factories of the $12,000,000
Mason organization which
means uniform fabric of
greatest elasticity. Easy
riding, long life, and free­
dom from punctures and
rim cutting are effected
by the use of two breaker
and cushion strips and 4
EXTRA plies above the
beads.—Buy Mason Cords,
for both Quality and Price.
36x3 H CL
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3 0 x 3 i Mv&si,e
N. S. C L I N C H E R
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32x4 H SS 2 6 4°
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33x4 H SS 2 * 7 ° °
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if u n d r e <1 s of
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3 2 x 3 SS J ' y 95
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p ric e s •
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F o rd O w ners
A T TEN T IO N
F o rd
know
o f
O w ners
tin* q u a l-
Ity of M ason Maxi
-F a b ric s.
low
M A SO N -
- CORDS
RED STAR
OIL STOVES
No wicks, nor wick substitutes
— Fuel goes direct to burner—
— a feature in no other stove.
Call and inspect this wonder­
ful oil stove.
z
in varied designs a re usually m ade
to order. C ongress boots are pro­
duced in m oderate qualities for sale
in the in te rio r of the country."
From F ran ce cam e the following
rep o rts, am ong others. The consul
a t B o rd e a u x
w rites: “F o rm e r­
ly F re n ch boots
and shoes had a
very sh o rt vamp,
and such shoes
a re still sold to
a g re a t extent.
H o w e v e r , the
p resen t tendency
is
tow ard
the
A m erican
style
w ith
its
long
vam p, and the
b est ready-m ade
shoes
m anufac-
A ll H o n o r to
tu red in F ran ce Arn#ric«n Shoo
today are identical w ith the A m eri­
can sty les.”
T he consul general a t H avre re ­
ports th a t style is the dom inant
factor in trad e and th a t quality and
com fort are of only secondary im­
portance.
“The o u tstanding fea­
tu re s of all French sty les,” he re­
ports, “are round toes, sh o rt vam ps
and extrem ely high heels."
R eports from G erm any a re typi­
fied by th a t from the consul at
D resden.
“The shoes m anufac­
tured in G erm any,” he sta te s, “can
scarcely, if a t all, be differentiated
from the A m erican product. T his
is in m arked co n tra st to the situ a ­
tion which existed until the out­
break of th e war, when G erm an
shoes still had a long, square ap­
p earance and could be readily dis­
tinguished from the A m erican prod­
uct.”
Our Beautiful Feet
It is likely th a t as a re su lt of
U ncle Sam ’s p rese n t study the
beauty of the w orld’s feet will be
im proved. From various places, in
South A m erica p articularly, come
rep o rts of a short, broad, thick foot
th a t is fa r from the stan d ard s of
beauty he believes in. It is proba­
bly due to the style of shoes th a t
have been used. T h at the A m eri­
can foot seem s m ore beautiful even
to the possessor of the aforesaid
stubby feet, seem s proved by th e
universal liking the peoples of th e
e a rth are showing, both by pur­
chase and im itation, for the A m eri­
can way of shaping shoe leather.
_______________________________
W E CHALLENGE
DR. ERNEST W. SMITH— Chiro­
practor, near Poatoffice. Hours
9-12 and 2-5.
Phone 114.
ASHLAND FURNITURE
COMPANY
04 N. Main
of colored leath er. They a re for
the “chola” women and as with all
Bolivian shoes have very high In­
steps.
T he consul a t Callao, Lima, Peru,
rep o rts the shoes m ade for m en a re
broad, sh ort, high heeled, flashily
finished and with m any differently
colored uppers.
X
"Q uality," he w rites, “is not the
ruling factor in purchase, since
five or six pairs of fancy shoes reg ­
iste r higher socially th an two or
three pairs of plain quality shoes.”
Rome rep o rts th a t in Italian
shbes the style and cut are ex­
trem ely varied. S hort, broad lasts
seem m ost popular, while p aten t
leath ers, odd colors and fancy tops
appeal to m ost buyers.
R eturning to South A m erica
th ere is found an in te restin g su r­
vey of shoes In Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, the P aris of th a t continent.
The h e a t resu lts in m ost m en’s
shoes being oxfords, very few high
shoes being made.
Most of the
women’s shoes are pum ps. Special
style shoes, which sell for only a
sh o rt tim e and are replaced by new
designs a re the
rule h ere as in
o th e r m ercurial
countries.
“ In the p ast,”
rep o rts the con­
sul, “th e people
alw ays desired a
s h a p e w h ic h
would m ake th eir
feet look sm all.
T his is still true
in the case of wo­
m en’s shoes a l­
though recen tly a
sh a rp p o i n t e d
T h e S a n d a l la
shoe was in tro ­ A lw a y s T h a r *
duced which m et w ith considerable
success.”
In Rio the principal colors are
tan, black and white. S port shoes
of tan and w hite with outstanding
designs a re in m oderate dem and.
‘‘These sp o rt shoes,” it is reported,
“are m ade m ore for show than for
com fort as Is commonly the case
in the U nited States. On account
of the C entennial Exposition there
was considerable dem and for wom­
en’s ballroom shoes em broidered
with vari-colored beads. T he m ost
common colors used were gold and
silver. B right colored beaded shoes
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’ — G ra n d R a p id s P re ss.
It
h
a
s
been
d
ecided
in
a
c
o
u
rt
j
A p o rtra it of S trad iv ariu s h as been
“ W e h av e no p ro te s t a g a in s t llt-
found. No picture of the g reat mas- th a t a fro g is an a n im a l a n d n o t a
. ter had ever been identified and his fish a n d th a t it is a c ru e lty to a n i- e r a tu r e , p ro v id ed we a r e n o t a sk ed
fuce has rem ained a m ystery fo r n e a r­ m als to rem o v e its leg s w ith o u t firs t to p h o to g ra p h i t,” says a m ovie p ro ­
ly 200 years. The p o rtra it, which the c u ttin g off its head . T h is is th e firs t! d u c e r. In b e h a lf of lite r a tu r e , hum -
ex perts who have so f a r exam ined it
t i m e ju d ic ia l n o tic e h a s been ta k e n ble th a n k s a re h e re w ith r e tu r n e d .__
declare genuine, has come into the pos­
session of a Crem ona piano m aker, of ju s t how a fro g sh o u ld c ro a k .— C in c in n a ti T im es S ta r.
who has alw ays had the g rea test in­ D e tro it N ew s.
tere st in S tradivarius. H e found the
W ell, a p rim a d o n n a w a n ts a se a t
p o rtra it In the possession of a certain
R e fo rm e rs a re p e rso n s w ho th in k in th e h o u se of com m ons, an d we a re I
professor, who had bought it from a th e ris in g g e n e ra tio n is n ’t.— J a c k - fo r it. A n y th in g t h a t w ill give one!
Geneva antiq u ary but who kept its ex­
so n v ille J o u rn a l.
of th e a voice.— D etro i News.
istence secret. T he p o rtra it, signed by
the p a in te r Gialdisi, bears the nam e of
th e m aestro and th e d a te 1691. S trad i­
varius is p ortrayed as a stern Crom-
1 w ellian type, w ith flashing d ark eyes
and flowing hair. H e is shown hold­
ing one of his fam ous violins against
his breast. T h e in te rio r evidence of
the p ainting all corresponds to the
contem porary descriptions of S trad i­
varius, none of which have been in
harm ony with various paintings which
have wrongly been thought to repre­
sent the great violin m aker.
PIANO TUNING
PIA N O TU N IN G — $3.50. T r a d e ’a t
hom e and h a v e y o u r p ian o tu n e d by
C arl II. L o veland. S tu d io
135 E.
M ain St. P h o n e s 134 a n d 465.
A Carload of Fencing, just
in. Why pay 10 or 15 cents
more per rod elsewhere. Ju st
for to be mean, and to trade
out of town, and genuine
good American fence too that
you will get here.
New and old Sewing ma­
chines always on hand. Har-
nes and implement. You will
always find the best at
F o r a sm o o th sh a v e , a n d
In som e of th e older sections of
E urope wooden clogs, often with
le a th e r uppers and le a th e r inner-
soles, are used. In the backw ard
sections of South A m erica sandals
of rope a re used when the people
do not go en tirely barefoot. Some
F rench housew ives used felt sa n ­
dals in the house. T hese custom s
a re still firmly en tren ch ed , ju st as
firmly as the use of le a th e r for the
m ajority of purposes. They give
one of th e evidences the bureau is
uncovering of the essen tially un­
changing c h a ra c te r of hum an n a­
ture.
Shoes'C lassed With “Valuables”
T his Is fu rth e r exem plified by a
custom of Jam aica, w here shoes
are considered by the n atives to be
a considerable luxury. It is not* un­
common on th a t island to see na­
tives on th e lf way to church or to a
social g a th e rin g carry in g th eir
shoes in th e ir hands. W hen they
a rriv e a t th eir destin atio n they cer­
em oniously put them on and e n te r
into the business of the occasion.
An identical custom was observed
in early E gypt. Men of rank in
going from place to place w ere fol­
lowed by se rv a n ts who carried sa n ­
dals.
W hen occasion w arran ted
the san d als w ere gravely placed on
the a risto c ra tic feet of th eir own­
ers.
Brazil brings a parallel to B.bli-
cal tim es and to those of the Ro­
m an Em pire.
B rightly colored
shoes, such as th ese m entioned in
The persistence of the sandal
Exodus of “ra m ’s hide dyed red ,” and of the low shoe th a t approxi­
are d ear to the B razilian heart. m ates the sandal in the w arm er
And B razilian dam sels follow the countries of South Am erica and
custom of Ju liu s C aesar, descend­ even in southern F rance adds its
a n t of the A lbanian K ings, who was testim ony, too, to the perfection
the only Rom an entitled to w ear with which the earliest m en in his­
red shoes seven
tory solved the best use of shoe
days a
week. PS
leather.
Even th e New
V l ‘‘ 'V //A
4 ^
L e a th e r Sandals Persist
York girl would ? ^ N
recen tly
have
In La G uaira, V enezuela, about
considered it a
nine-tenths of the in h ab itan ts wear,
h ard sh ip if she
according to the consul there, “sa n ­
had to obey the
dals consisting of a heelless sole
rule th a t even the
le a th e r sole and a cloth top which
noblest
Rom an
covers the fore p art of the foot. A
in C aesar’s tim e
cloth heel stra p holds the sandal in
observed on pain
place.” T hese sandals, or “a lp a r­
of death. T hat
g a ta s,” if they were found beside
was to w ear red
his bed on arisin g by the e a rlie st
shoes on no m ore
E gyptian of them all, would not
th an one day a
am
aze him. E gyptian shoes were
A t S h r in - of T h e
week.
m ade ju st th a t way.
R e d S h oe
Miss O ldgurl—T he lieutenant has
captured my heart.
i T he Colonel—I will see to it,
.madam, th a t he is cited for bravery
a t th e next review.
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Leedom’s Tire Store
Beaver Block
Ashland