Show shoes require special care in wet weather shoes often suffer from wet weather once soaked they may never look as well or fit as corn tort fort ably unless they are properly dried and cared for extension clothing specialists say that wet shoes should be taken off as soon as possible leather is weak when its it s wet wearing wet shoes may pull them out of shape and cause breaks and other damage wet shoes should be stuffed with soft paper or absorbent cotton to take up moisture never use tension shoe trees because they may stretch the leather out of shape instead of drying the outside of shoes by rubbing which may roughen the leather pat with a soft cloth when the inside moisture Is absorbed re move the stuffing and let the shoes dry slowly away from the heat fast drying with heat makes leather shrink harden or crack As the shoes dry clean them with saddle soap follow this with a little castor oil rubbed in by hand this treatment keeps leather soft and pliable vork work or play shoes that do not need polishing may be softened and made to resist mois ture by rubbing them with beeswax tallow wool grease or petroleum jelly well oiled shoes not only turn off moisture but also last longer outdoor work or children s shoes may be softened after getting wet by y rubbing them with warm not hot neat s foot oil castor oil or tallow leather soles can be made mois ture resistant by setting the shoes in a pan of just enough warm oil to cover the soles let them stand in this 15 minutes taking care not to get the heels in the oil for oil rote rots rubber 4 |