Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1903 — Slippers Made of Paper. [ARTICLE]

Slippers Made of Paper.

Some of the European hotels are Introducing a novelty by furnishing each guest on his arrival with a pair of paper slippers, and the plan is expected to contribute largely toward the cleanliness of the hostelries. The slippers are cheap. They are made wholly of paper. The soles are of pasteboard and thfr rest is maddx of white or brown •. paper, stitched with heavy cotton to prevent tearing. There are various qualities. The moat expensive is made of an extra good quality of white paper. The cheapest is made of common brown straw paper. These paper slippers are so cheap that new ones can be furnished to each guest. An attempt is being made also to introduce them in hospitals and public Institutions, as they would add much to cleanliness and form another preventive of contagion,, since each pair could be thrown away or destroyed as soon as the wearer has done with them.