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Show About Boots and Shoes If a boot or 3hoe is too tight in any ouo particular place, dip a cloth in very hot water anil lay it on the uncomfortable spot. This will cause the leathcrto expand, ex-pand, and to adapt itself to the shape of tho foot. It is eaid that shoes which "draw" tho feot may be made perfectly comlortable by pouring "vater into them ; this, if allowed to remain in the shoe for a few minutes, will take all the neu tral heat from the leather. Soles cut from several thicknesses of brown paper and renewed every day, aie wonderfully wonderful-ly soothing to the feet. For softening shoes that aro hard and thick, castor-oil castor-oil is one of the best possible things. It will keep the leather in excollent condition, and mako the shoes Inst nearly twice as long as tho ordinary way. |