Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — French Shoes. [ARTICLE]

French Shoes.

Wooden shoes in France are produced to the extent of about 4.000,<J00 Lozere by hand. In the last uam*d l \ 1.700 persons are engaged in this manufacture, and the yearly proda million pairs. The Destare are maae of maple; In the provinces nearly every ladywjtossessea '! £j7i;di Yi wearing out in damp weather. These finer sa- ' hots fsiTe jiiJiTOOfframs prod jother l dekept on tile foot by omatnentai leather pifecea oVw ‘tUtf fcahufac- ' • ture of-thdieiptfiveß‘Of»d!aaltljfnr'if *irngs ■ psi-ii ’^Uci—sir Pather-*-What was ydMofejt&WfaltfjO lng about awhile ago? Son—l don’t Know. Father—Why, you sat and heard to the babj.—Chicago Record.