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Show Fioot und Shoe Eliqacttn. The boot and shoe etiquette sorely perplexes per-plexes native officials on ceremonial occasions. occa-sions. In tho mef ussil it is customary for all native government officials, to take oil tbeir native Bhoes before entering tho presence of their superior, but if they wear English boots no such change is required. When the governor gov-ernor of Bombay held a levee at Ahinodabad, a number of Hindoo ofilcials clubbed together to buy a pair of English boots, so as to avoid tho indignity of appearing before his excellency excel-lency with bare feet. Each took It in turn o wear the boots as ho was presented to the governor, and no small amusement was created outside the levee room by the officials rushing backward and forward to exchange tbo solitary pair of boots with the next comer. London Globe, |