Show THESE SHOES WEAR 25 YEARS They Aro Are Made of Grass Gran and Are sun Still Worn by Natives In Parts of Portugal and Spain Esparto shoes or shoes made of th the toughest and anel strongest of the coarse esparto fibers are still worn in Iberia and parts of ot Portugal There is no shoo shoe made which will outlast them no not at excepting leather shoes Indeed one pair of esparto shoes has been known to outwear a dozen tanned hide soles This is due to their faculty of picking up and retaining In fn their Interstices stony partI particles les As fast as the tho pebbles are worn out they are replaced automatically automatically auto auto- by others Thus a soling self process Is constantly going on It is not uncommon In some parts of ot Spain or Portugal to hear the natives boast of wearing a 0 pair pall of esparto shoes for tor 25 years or more |