Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1901 — In a Hurry For American Shoes. [ARTICLE]

In a Hurry For American Shoes.

A man carrying a dress suit case plastered all over with foreign labels, and wearing a suit of tweed that fitted him like a gunny sack, rushed into a shoe store near Broad street station and called for a pair of American shoes. “I’ve been abroad for two years,” he remarked, as he kicked off a pair of thick-soled, shapeless-looking shoes about three sizes too large for his feet, “and I’ve landed—just got into New York this morning, and hurried right over on the first train. 1 want a pair of, shoes that fit me comfortnbly, and yet look like something.’ 1 He got them and went out vastly pleased. “That's nothing unusual,’* remarked the proprietor, after he had gone. “They don’t know how to mak< shoes on the other side.”- Philadelphia Record.