Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — Curious Shoes. [ARTICLE]

Curious Shoes.

’Tli* Portuguese shoes has a wooden sole and heel, with a vamp maao of patent leather fancifully showing the flesh side; of the skin. Tlie Persian footgear is.a raised shoe, and is often a foot high. It is made of light wood, richly inlaid, with a strap extending over the dnstep. The Muscovite shoe Is hand-woKen, bn a wooden frame, and but little attention is jfaid to the shape Of the foot. I.eatiier is sotnetHiies used, but the sandal is generally tiia le of silk cordage and woolen cloth. The Siamese shoe has the form of an ancient canoe, with a gondola bow ant] an open toe. The sole is made of wood and the upper of inlaid wood and doth, and the exterior is elaborately ornamented in colors with gold and silverThe sahdal-worn by the Egyptians is composed s)f a sole made by sticking together three thicknesses of leather. This is held to the foot by passing a band across the instep. The sandal Is beautifully stitched with thread of different colors.