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Show 8queaky Shoet Once Prized. Yhllo conducting n research for information in-formation on tho origin of certain fashions of tho rast I discovered tho reason 'or tho existence .: iho squeak In shoes. , Tho squeak was on?o deemed fashionable, fash-ionable, and men of great Importance j In tho affairs of tho country domanded it in their footwear, and cobblers wore paid two shillings extra for putting it In. Tho squeaky boot denoted tho approach ap-proach of somoono of importance, and tho way was mado clear at onco in tho samo manner as a blcyclo's shrill whlstlo wains you to look to your Interests. During the squeaky porlod men found It difficult to sneak Into tho houso after twelvo midnight without bolng discovered and disgraced. Ro-i moving tho shoes before entering the homo is an invention which followed tho squeaky shoes era, and while tho formor Is now almost obsoloto, tho latter lat-ter Is still in voguo and as popular ns over with marrlod men I "Zlm" In Cartoons Magazlno. i |