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Show I 8HOC8 OP SOUTIlKtlNSIt Aa u Ituln Mn tl, r II, m II, urlhrrn. , era, Mllti II (lire lulr. I 'There la no doubt a nnikcil differ-oiee. differ-oiee. ' outtd n New Urleune eiioe nan-ufacturer, nan-ufacturer, 'In the alio ami ahapo ot the average foot north and south nf Mason ami Dixon a line A great deal or uunseuse has been written nboit the ao called Creole last ' but the shoe lieat adapted to high claai auulbern trudo doa poaseas certain distinguishing distinguish-ing featurra ot Its own It la shorter thin the northern shoe, to begin with, nml has a much higher Instep The dHTcriiica In the Instep varlia fromoiit-lnlf fromoiit-lnlf to ono and n half Inches which Is eqiilvnlcnl to saying that n man with I In typical aouthcrn foot could not g I Into n shoe made on a typical nothtrn I last. 1 ho Criolo model cuta lata of a flmro lnthci ,UdbnciwJlan l( did formerly, loi1 llfll lcIBfIflVlfatrT. 1 I lo wear looser foo gear nt prea7? I th in they used to, and the dlstlm Hit pjlnls nr not so noticeable, and aec- ' ond. an Immense number of northern I folks havo como Into tho south unj tho local maiitifacturcra cater to tlielr latronngo with a conilderablo pcrrttrt aho or the factory ol puL Hut the na live southern customer still calls for a short high-arched shoe In the old day every southern tcuMlcmun bad hi bouta and shoes made to order anJ tho Impresatun Is even now pretty gen in I that no factor) -mudo artlrle rai poaslbl) be na kooI aa tho ban I liui t wares turned nut by tho autcatlluu craftsman That is n great mistake A high-class michlnc-inido shoe la better thnu anything produced by hand for the reason Hint the stltehlng Isab sotutcly uniform throughout In hanl I work no two atltches nro of exactly the mmo tension, but on the maehlao they nro aa Hku n so many peas Tho result ot tills uniformity Is that Uo shoo holds Its shape better and lam longer i'liat Is ono point out uf nuy Tho ouly question Is tlml o jUng nt ted, nnd Instmaklng has been reduce I to such an oxact scleneo that there Is no dllllculty with nny foot not absolutely abso-lutely deformed " ow Orleans Times Democrat |
