Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 236, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1916 — TAKE GOOD CARE OF SHOES [ARTICLE]

TAKE GOOD CARE OF SHOES

•f Leather Is Kept Soft and Trees Ustfd, Life of Footwear Will Be Much Extended. ■ • With the cost of shoes going up it pays to give special care to one’s footwear nowadays. Some women seem to think that shoe trees are merely pretty ornaments, whereas they are really necessaries. The leather in shoes should not be allowed to shrink, which it' is apt to do if shoes are taken from moist feet and left in a warm place. If trees are used the shoes will keep their shape. Wet shoes should never be dried at a stove, or on a radiator, or near a heater of any description. The effect of heat so applied is to dry the oil out of the leather and cause the shoes to crack. Another thing not to do is to let shoes stand in a damp place,, or in a closet near the heat. Leather should not be allowed to become dry. It should be kept soft, quite the same as when it is in its natural condition on the animal. Natural animal oils should be rubbed over the shoes occasionally. In many cases if one would rub banana sklFroh the’sTioes it would be sufficient. This not only cbeans, but keeps the leather soft. For brown shoes this is especially good, as it takes off all stains, and one using this simple cleanser is astonished at the result. The two principal things to be remembered regarding the care of shoes are * hat the - shoe trees should be slipped in as soon as the shoes are removed and that the leather should be kept clean and soft.