Show shoes require special cars care in wet weather shoes often suffer from rom wet weather once soaked they may never look as wellor well r or fit as ca comfortably fort ably unless they are properly dried and cared for extension clothing specialists say that wet shoes should be taken off as soon as possible leather is weak when its wet wearing wet shoes may pull them out of shape and cause breaks and other da damage niage wet shoes should be stuffed with soft paper or absorbent cotton to take up Tol sture never use tension n shoe trees because they may stretch the leather out of shape instead of drying the outside of shoes by rubbing which may roughen the leather pat with a soft cloth when the inside moisture Is absorbed remove the stuffing and let the shoes dry slowly away from the heat beat fast drying with beat makes leather shrink harden or crack As the shoes dry clean them with saddle soap follow this with a little castor oil rubbed in by hand this treatment keeps 1 leather eather sostand soft tand and pliable work or play shoes that do not need polishing may be softened and an amade made to resist moisture by rubbing them with beeswax tallow wool grease or petroleum jelly well oiled shoes not only turn off moisture but also last longer outdoor work or childrens shoes may be softened sctt ened after getting wet by rubbing them with war warm in no not t hot toot foot oil castor oil or tallow leather soles can be made mols moisture resistant by setting the shoes in a pan of just enough warm oll oil to cover the soles let them stand in this 15 minutes taking care not to get the heels heel in the oil for oil rots rubber |