Show PARIS SEWER COOTS how thy they are arc in making linking fine fie shops shoes for ladics Laii ica speaking of the fa fashions brings I 1 us to an odd discovery which has recently been made thereisa there is a small shop on the other side of the seine in the rue des decoles which deals exclusively with tile the secondhand second hand liand hoots boots of the men who work in hewers sev ers these boots sos s a paris letter are arc furnished by the state and come halt half way up to the thi thigh ii and each man ia allowed ved a new pair every six six months when new they cost nine dollars dollar when bold secondhand they realize the modest sum slim of fifty cents but as at least six thousand pairs per annum are sent to the rue hue des decoles it makes quite a booming industry the leather of these boots is so to speak peak tanned by the alkaline and greasy water in 1 w I aich the sewer clean ers so perpetually paddle and they are arc ea eagerly gerly sou ait for by the great parisian boot makers fur for this leather being at once tough and light serves to sustain the curve of the louis XV heel at first this was done by a piece of iron but that was heavy and clumsy so finally the ingenious dealer hit upon this substitute to the delight of the sewer cleaners who realized a modest bum and the content of the fashionable whose shoes profited by the change but the great lady whose satin shod feet glide over the earth with such majesty of gait little knows that one of the component parts of her dainty foot footgear has risen from a sewer to reach her her |