Piute Chieftain | 1917-01-18 | Page 3 | These Shoes Wear 25 Years

THESE SHOES WEAR 25 YEARS they are made of grass and are still worn by natives in parts of portugal and spain esparto shoes or shoes made of the toughest and strongest of the coarse esparto fibers are still worn in iberia and parts of portugal there Is no shoo shoe made mada which will outlast them not excepting leather shoes indeed one pair of esparto shoes has been known to outwear a dozen tanned hide soles sales this Is due to their faculty of picking up and retaining alne in their interstices stony particles As fast its as the pebbles are ara worn out they are replaced automatically mati cally by others thus a self soling process to la constantly going on it Is not lot uncommon in some parts of spain or portugal to hear bear the natives boast of wearing a pair of esparto bhones for 25 years or more