Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — WEARING SHOES ALTERNATELY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEARING SHOES ALTERNATELY

T is true economy aw ■ for every person to feJS I h av e several pairs |||f Kg of shoes and to wear them alternately. In the first -dS>C7d| place, by so doing, a» corns and other soreness of the members may be a. t o a considerable degree avoided.

These come from continual friction Or pressure at a certain point, and as no two pairs of shoes “bear” on the feet quite alike, the change breaks up the continuity, and obviates or prevents the unpleasant result It is also better for the shoes Do not wear them, in ordinary weather, if the best service is desired, more than three or four days, or a week at most, before giving them a chance to become thoroughly dry. Many, if not most, feet emit sufficient moisture to affect the shoe, giving it the sticky, unpleasant feeling which is so familiar, but to which we do not often give a second, thought. Contrast this feeling with, that of a shoe which has been standing unused for a week or a month, and notice how grateful the feeling of thorough dryness in the last-named. Perhaps the reader never thought of that before.