Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1914 — SHOES BABY CAN’T KICK OFF [ARTICLE]

SHOES BABY CAN’T KICK OFF

Mother Tells How Home-Made Artides Solved Problem That Had Driven Her to Despair. When my baby got to the crawling stage I used to find it very difficult to keep his little pink toes warm and covered. The young Turk poked them through woolen bootees in no time and seemed to think that tiny kid shoes were only put on so that he might have the pleasure of kicking them off, says a contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer. At last, in despair, I turned shoemaker myself, and determined to make a comfy little pair of slippers that would stay on. T? ' First I unearthed a pair of old elbow-length tan gloves of my own, and then proceeded to cut out a sole and upper from each arm with a pair of bought shoes as a pattern. At the same tjme I cut out a lining of a firm material to make my handiwork quite firm and neat. .Then I sititched the kid And lining of the, upper together on the wrong side and joined up the back of the heel, afterwards turning the whole thing right side out and stitching it all round. The little bands I hemmed neatly by hand, and finished them off with a brown button and buttonhole. Then I stitched the sole —which I had already joined to its lining—to the upper, inside out, of course, and finally another lining to the sole to make it tidy. . J In less than an hour my first attempt at shoemaking was finished, and baby had a comfy pair of slippers which fitted his little feet perfectly, and absolutely refused to be kicked off. - . / That was eight months ago, and baby still wears little brown shoes made in the same way. He also has some white ones for best occasions made from gloves, as well, and finished with tiny pompoms. They look very charming, and are much admired.