Show Some Facts About Feet and Leather I oro more moro people In the hen twentieth won t C century weak on ou their feet than ever eer before In tho history of at the tb world The reason n why feet teet become tender antI and Inflamed In summer null and cold In winter Is b chiefly b because au e boot leather la Is not now usually tanned In the old way 01 Good nu au authorities aver ner that 00 per cent of ot tho ho boots boo hi made nowadays aro oro composed no nd noto noto to the tho uppers of ot chemically prepared leather One Ouo way war of ot testing It Is IB to ask aliI aska n a boot seller what percentage of ot his stock Block BlockIE stockIs IE Is chrome which Is III the tho name of oC the tho leather tanned with mineral mIneraI salts salU There Thero IB Is n ii very relT good 1001 reason ronson from the tho tanners and point polet of or view for tho substitution of ot chrome for oak tanned hides bides Under UDder the tho old process pr l s of ot tanning with oak anI bark n a could not into leather leuther under much less leos than from trow 10 Hi months to two years jeara This meant that the tue tanner required capitol capital for tor ho he turned his bl money over oven slowly Good leather with two years on It was WIlS not Dot cheap Since then tonnage with vegetable extract has bas been Introduced This Is III still employed for tor salts snits leather leuther and tho ho process takes talu B only three or four tour months lint Hut with mineral Balm salts leather can bo be produced 11 from the tho strongest but buffalo falo fob hide bide In coven days From cow COli hide bide hlll It can cnn bo be 1 0 produced In 24 t hours Look at ot the saving In lu time tho the saving Baying In Interest on the tho capital value of ot hides the tb greater greuter convenience from nil all points poInt ot of view 1 c Tanners producing little but chemically tanned leather and au boot manufacturers using In their business little but this tills chromo chrome leather will have bave none nono of ot It In their own oln booth If It It U is as till comfortable an as somo mo Interested people will contend It In is would they the t this preference Let tho the of or chronIc chromo point to a first class European power which permits Its soldiers to be shod bod with It How can cnn you expect to t keep your feet teel teelIn In good rood condition when they are arc encased In leather which Is III charged with acid In summer the heat causes the acid to Irritate the flesh In the tho winter the damp and the tho cold collI malo m le for tor discomfort It If It ItIs itis Is Js claimed tint that the acid Is washed out of ot the leather before It Is III made Into boots boo Just look 1001 Into tho the process and tho the proba probabilities bill tie After Alter the hides bides or skins shIns have havo been sub submerged submerged merged In the chemical solution they arc nrc piled plied up so eo as to allow ollow ho tanning tannIn liquors to drain off orr slowly Then they are supposed to be well weli washed In lu several changes ell of ot water and noel afterwards put Into Inton a n solution of at borax and water to neutral Izo ie trace of at acid This last part port of ot the tho process pro ess It will vili be noticed Is an on admission that ho pres presence once ence of ot acid Is hurtful It is II the point po let at which most careful attention should be bo given ghen In a first rate tannery producing ing In the tho best grades no doubt this atten attention ion tion Is 18 given Ihen In these e days das of oC and strain there thore ought to be every cery Inducement to wall wail wallStreet wallStreet Street cars care have hao made us all too ready to ride If It uncomfortable boots Increase that readiness why wh In n a few tew generations feet teet will be bU almost useless and children will iii be lie born without them thew Doot Novelties It IR is good food to know that ono one of ot tho the forms torms of ot modern torture has be been n abet hilled even cen tho the nry crr host boat boot procurable pr has been b n liable after a n wear to reveal with Irritating persistence pe the presence of ot a 11 pointed nail nailon nailon on the Inner side of ot the sole lIole This Thill ap parenti was WIlS due to Jhc he be nail having been bean carelessly left leCt In 10 pineo when the boot was In the tile making A boot Is hi now being made malle In which nails arc are at ot no time used In the process of ot manufacture Another novelty which was wan exhibited at nt a recent shoe and leather fair was waR a 0 boot with a n rubber sole between till thu Inner and outer solca solen This device removes 9 the last dan ger Jer of or cold from damp boots hoots because been use tho the rubber renders tho ho new nev footwear proof wetness Another pleasing feature about rubber soled boots Is they the cannot possibly pro produce p duce duco the Irritating noise familiarly known kuon as squeaking One of ot tho most mOlt Inter Interesting interesting esting exhibits In tho the show was waa 31 an nn old shop In which b the cobbler bending over Oer his Ills work ork was 39 replaced by machinery which soled oled and heeled he lell boots whilo you jou OU wait |