Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1894 — This Is Distressing. [ARTICLE]

This Is Distressing.

If hosiers know what they are about, the feet of American women are larger than they once were. Three dozen pairs of women’s hose used to be assorted as to sizes in this fashion: Six pairs No. 8; six, No. 8$; twelve. No. 9; six, No. 9s; six, No. 10. The No. B’s have now disappeared from among woman’s sizes, and the number of larger sizes in three dozen pairs of hose has increased.