Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1884 — To Loosen Tight Shoes. [ARTICLE]

To Loosen Tight Shoes.

The young widow who did washing at the doctor’s every Monday received the shoes for a birthday gift. Bnt they were narrow across the foot for liek, likewise. Her mother, the handy, helpful woman of the neighborhood, tie- “ Philadelphia woman,” of Peterkm fame, knew just what to do. She Baid, “Wet a little, soft, folded rag in hot water, Lneetty, and lay it across your shoes where they pinch; change it every now and then, an’ you’ll not have to do it very often until the leather will have settled down, friendly likp, to the shape of your foot, and yon have a comfortin’ feelin’ in your shoes.” This was the way. This remedy wiU make the tightest boot or shoe come to terms if persisted in a few times.—Pipset/ Fotts, in Arthur’g Magazine.