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Show Shoes Made In Quick Time. "Theso two-and-a-half shoes," said the salesman, "were made In 2S mln-1 utes. All our shoes uro turned out In I Hint time. "You ought to sec our plant. There me 11C men there. KvcrythliiR Is ma-, chlnory no handwork for us. "From the time the leather Is laid , on the cutthiK board it takes two tnln-1 utes to cut it out, eight minutes to stitch It and two minutes to put In tho lasts. In eight minutes moru the soles I are sewed on. In six minutes the edge-seating edge-seating and fatewell touches ai-e completed, com-pleted, and In two minutes the laces are Inserted and the shoes packed. Total, 28 minutes. "Think of that " said the salesman. "And yet I know" people who still pay $12 and $15 a pair tor their shoes because, be-cause, being handmade, fioy last a little longer and look a little better." |