Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1915 — Big Shoes Keep Feet Warm. [ARTICLE]

Big Shoes Keep Feet Warm.

Frozen or swollen feet are so common * mon ß soldiers living in the trenches, says the Paris correspondence of the Associated Press, that hundreds of depots have been established behind the line for the repose of these lamed soldiers, who are otherwise in perfect fighting condition. There they rest from four to eight days before they are able to return to the trenches. In addition to the* action of water ami ma d the men have suffered cru-

elly from the cold. The explorer, Dr. J. B. Charcot, son-in-law to the poet Victor Hugo, has suggested the use of a very big shoe. Polar explorers never found their shoes large enough he said, and in all cases of frost-bit-ten feet the cause could be traced to the tightness of the footwear confining the foot so that it cannot by its own exerciße accelerate the circulation of the blood. This, Doctor Charcot thinks, is the difficulty with the French military shoe, which Is so flat at the toe as not to .permit the free

movement of the toes nor the use of several pairs of socks. The tight lacing of shoes, also, he points out, 1* frequent cause of frost-bitten feet.