Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1918 — Titled Lady as Shoemaker. [ARTICLE]

Titled Lady as Shoemaker.

It is an interesting fact that, although the women of the United Kingdom have invaded most employments that formerly were followed chiefly by men, the shoemaking trade has not experienced much change in this respect. Yet, something over a hundred years ago, shoemaking was one of the “employments of high society” in London. Lady Sarah Spencer, in a letter to her brother, written .about the year 1808, says: “In the evening we divide our time between music and shoemaking, which is now the staple trade of the family. lam today in a state of great vanity, for I have made a pair of shoes —there is news for you. So If all other trades fail I shall certainly establish myself, cross-legged, at the corner of an alley to earn a livelihood in the midst of leather, awls and hammer’s.” . ;