Show I l t T nt fJ 1 N TOn BOOTS OUT OF tW SEA WEED 1 1 Endeavoring to Get Substitute SUbStitute fOI for Leather Shoes and 1 Gloves Special Cable I July 18 Fame Fame and fortun fortune fortune for for- tune tun await the man w ho wio io can an 8 supply the l secretary of th time the Ve Vegetarian Federal Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral union with a serviceable pair of or boots manufactured from rom some material ma ma- terla other than animal leather For years r past enthusiastic vegetarians have bave had hod to bear meekly the the- gibes of tho th who accused them of or Inconsistency ency oncy in golliS shod in foot footwear wear which outraged their h professed principles Vo admit Ih that fh the taunt i. i la not without t tj j Justification ti n- n ns s said d the sec Bec- sec I But Dut up to the time present I resent we have been unable to overcome e it Despite Despite Despite De De- De- De spite oui our most earnest efforts w we have ha failed to discover an any efficient substitute substitute substitute tute for tor leather derived from other than animal sources Until UMLI the vegetarian vege vege- tarlan boots make their appearance our scheme of life must remain in incomplete incomplete incomplete in- in inI I complete complete- I have tested footwear I Imade made from man many kinds s of artificial materials and I t am now about to experiment experiment ex ex- ex- ex exI I with boots made mado fl l a seaweed seaweed sea sea- weed substance which seems to promise promise prom prom- ise Iso well Gloves G 10 8 used use to be another of ot our stumbling blocks but we have discovered an efficient substitute for skins In a kind of cotton fiber r. r which Is indistinguishable from suede |