Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1905 — GOIN’ BAREFOOT. [ARTICLE]

GOIN’ BAREFOOT.

it’s more fun goin’ barefoot “than anythin’ I know. There ain’t a single nother thing that helps yer feelin’s so. Some days I stay in muvver's room, a-gettin in her way; An’ whtn I’ve bo.hered her so much, she sez, “Ok. run an’ play!” I say, “Kin I go barefoot?” ’En she says, “If y’ choose.” Nen I alwuz wanter holler when I’m pulling oil my shoes. An’ if yer goin’ barefoot yer want t’ go outdoors. Y’ can’t stretch out and dig your heels in stupl-1 hardwcid floors Like you kin dig ’em in the’ dirt.' An’ where the long grass grows, Th’ blades feel kinder tickley and cool between your toes. So whta I’m pullin’ off my shoes I’m mighty ’fraid I’ll cough—’Cause then I know ma’d stop me ’fore I got my stockin’s off!If y“ often go 'round barefoot there’s lots o’ things to know — Of how to curl yer feet on stones so they won’t hurt y’ so— An’ when the grass Is tickley an’ pricks y’ at a touch, Jes’ plank yer feet down solid an’ it don’t hurt half so much. I lose my hat mos’ every day, I wlsht I did my shoes— Er else I wlsht I was so poor I hadn’t none to lose! < —Health Culture.