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Show RJ "YfiESE SHOES WEAR 25 YEARS KX They Arc Made of Grass and Are Still Hf1 Worn by Natlvaa In Parts of E Portugal Spain. K Esparto shoes, or .shoes made of the L;,-"' toughest and atrongeat of the course K .XI esparto Bbera, are still worn in Iberia ml and parts of Portugul. There la no Ka shoo mado which will outlast them, not H W excepting leather shoes. Indeed, on H.'S pair of esparto shoes has been knout fl to outwear a dozen tanned hide soles Bf.. ' " ' Ma la due to thalr faculty of plckln; V up and retaining In their Intend loet B atony particlea. Aa faat aa the pebble BV ure worn out they are replaced auto- Pl matlcnlly by others. Thus a self-soHn; H,.4n proccsa la constantly going on. It It H k uot uncommon ln some parts of Spalt T.l or Portugal to hear the nutlres boas. B 1 of wearing a pair of esparto shoes foi HBVft I 23 years or more. |