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Show Cork Soles. Nothing new under the sun. It is now an established fact that tho Romans Ro-mans In classlcnl times woro cork soles In their shoes to protect their feet from vvntor. especially In winter. Ab high heels wero not then Introduced, Intro-duced, tho Roman ladles who wished to appear taller thnn they wero fashioned fash-ioned by nature, pul plenty of cork under them It remains to bo demonstrated demon-strated that tho French women of the seventeenth century woro short of stature, and lo their desire, to appear tall must bo credited tho Invention of high hcols. Once lot a stumpy llttlo bit of femininity get to wearing French heals mid feel much more than her Indies, and sho will uovnr depart from thorn -Now York Press |