| Show ON THEIR FEET AGAIN Parisians Secure First Shoe Repairs Since War W Outbreak Twenty-five Twenty thousand Parisians who have been wearing the same battered and tattered shoes since the war cut off all sources of leath leath- leather er and er-and and new shoes shoes are are having their first soles half and new heels since 1940 as a a. result of a shoe repair project launched by the Sal Sal- Salvation Salvation Salvation Army Anny Spurred by reports that shoes are the most needed article in France today the Salvation Army recently dispatched shoe repair kits to that country Each kit contained enough material for the repair of 50 pairs of shoes Leather soles leather and rubber heels pieces of leather for patching of sides and uppers were included in the kit along with a hammer repair knife and other equipment Several Parisian shoe cobblers volunteered their services to the French Salvation army and these men have been working in the wel wel- welfare welfare welfare fare department of the Armee du taking care of long queues of French men women and chil chil- children children dren who were urged to come for free shoe repairs pairs r Referring to the dire need for shoes in France returning Salva Salva- Salvation Salvation Salvation tion Army investigators report that the few new shoes on sale not only are extremely expensive but also are very uncomfortable the soles being made of wood and the tops of ofa ofa ofa a heavy cotton material Poorer people have managed to sole half their old shoes with strips of aban aban- abandoned abandoned abandoned tires while many unable to procure even this material are wearing shoes that literally are tied on Many poor people are wearing makeshift sandals made of thin slats of wood |
