Show t Wt Watertight ti ht Ventilation f for Sh Shoes es I i.- i. il- il r ri t fUR feet need nero air j just st as much as asb b other parts of our bodies but buti butt i b a vt t of the time timo wo we 0 keep them im- im I 1 jj J CS- CS E. E cL t in air airtight cases of leather t t r I closely pac packed ked I with wool cotton 1 L or silk socks and ti tightly S' S h tl y laced about the ankles Now however t tu c-tu comes E. E J. J Devlin Devlin Dev Dev- a lin Un of Newark N. N T J. J with a yenti- yenti l lator that can be ber r t to rJ-to any pair 0 or of shoes or boots in ino o 3 1 I and for which he makes make aim alm that it is absolutely water water- 1 JT V a little button to be inserted in Ither made with a punch through the then t 4 n ti II hollow part of the arch on the Inside of the upper This button is in two parts a hub with two flanges and a screw The hub has small holes in it and the screw has one hole through the centre When the screw is not Inserted Inserted in inserted In- In to Its full depth i it it leaves a space through which the air Is sucked by the motion of the foot in walking If water penetrates penetrates pene pene- the outer holes It runs run j J down inside the hub and out again through the low low- lowest lowest Q est hole before i i ilias H has lias a chance to go through the screw to the foot toot If H the screw be inserted to its full depth tho the ventilator ceases to work for tor tho the vent is closed |