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Show Sand Feet for Clowns Stilts usually employed by circus clowns to give them gigantic stature during their antics in the rings have feet of sand to aid the performer in walking and to maintain his balance. The poles are of stout hickory flattened flat-tened and widened at the tops to fit the wearer's thighs and fitted with straps to hold them In position. Toward the. bottom the props are rounded and tapered, ending In soft shoes filled with coarse sand which are fastened on the sticks so that the heels support the points. Wide trousers trou-sers or other apparel cover the stilts for their full length, and the clowns appear to walk on their heels. Popular Pop-ular Mechanics Magazine. |