| Show boots of unman human in 1878 a arm m ot of boot ani shoo mak makers ers in new york city made A pair of boots bo 0 is from human skin which thy they desired to exhibit at the exposition then in progress in that city if I 1 remember rightly they were never put on exhibition which goes to show that there was some humanity in the cen 1 tennial man manager agero if not in the makers of the tha ghastly footwear afterward they ley were sent to the tha late prof S V bald baid ol of the smithsonian institute who would not allow them shelf room the skin or leather from which these awful relies relics were manufactured was taken from the breast stomach and back of a man who had died suddenly and had bad been taken to a medical college in general looks looka the boots were of light bron color somewhat heavier than if they had been made from calf calfskin sAn the dark color was said to have been the result of the tanning process the I 1 leather was very porous much more so BO than that made from either cow or horsehide exchange |
