Show BABY NEEDS HEAVIER t TYPE OF SHOE WHEN 1 I HE STARTS The problem of shoes for tor the baby Is discussed In Mrs Eldred's Eldred special leaflet What Are the Proper Shoes for Baby If you OU want to j 1 obtain send Bend self addressed three cent stamped tamped a COP copy a envelope J with your request to Myrtle Meyer leer Eldred in care of the Your Baby 4 and Mine lIne department of this newspaper 1 By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Up to the time baby becomes Interested in interested interested in- in in walking a soft soled bootee or moccasin type shoe is comfortable and suitable But when the child la is making contact with the hard surfaced streets and sidewalks his foot must be protected by a n stouter shoe and one with a more definite shape The soft shoe gives the crawling child the opportunity to make the best possible use of the foot toot But the tho fragility of the shoe might hamper hamper hamper ham ham- per walking since it tends to twist about on the childs child's foot toot The type of oC shoe recommended for this early walking period may be of ot either cither the laced or buttoned type It should be a high shoe The uppers may be a soft and washable leather or or of ot canvas The s sole sale le should be of a thicker but flexible leather soft leather soft enough to bend double in the hand The shape must be the natural one of baby's foot broad and with round or medium medium medium me me- square toes These first shoes shoe are Important I They should not be picked up on I counters piled plied high with leftover I merchandise They should not be made of ot flimsy material with rough linings and thin soles Such do not repay repa carrying home The right shoes shoes and and there need be so only one pair at It a time since baby tends to outgrow them rather rapidly rapidly will will give glye baby the proper support of the foot which makes walking easily possible The scars of a a. wrong type or faulty aulty fitting shoe will show up on baby's tender foot Take off the shoe before the bath each morning and tat take ke note of baby's feet Are there ridges or purple bruises or other meaningful evidences of pain pain- r ful fut The child lJ pressure cannot t you that his feet hurt but he can can whine and refuse to walk orand or orand and so indicate his discomfort When the child walks constantly on his tiptoes he may not always by any means be wearing shoes shoes- hot that are too short for him Thi This can readily be estimated by mark mark rt 1 ing around the outline of hl his bare barefoot foot toot when he Is standing and incas meas his shoes upon this outline The shoe should be at least on one Inch longer than the outline Buy shoes carefully Discard them when rapid growth no longer allows for or natural foot expansion widthwise se or lengthwise in th shoe Bunions and distorted toeS toe be e the penalty of I may ignoring the then evidence that the shoe is outgrown Jl S1 |