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Show Shoes Denoted Rank About the year 40 A. D. the shoes j of the wealthier classes were en- riched with precious stones. The j patricians wore ivory crescents on j the instep to distinguish them from j , the lower ranks of people. An ia- ! foresting explanation of the old j dirase "heroes of the sock and j buskin" received its origin at this time, notes a Vancouver (B. C.) paper. pa-per. The actors of this period used to wear very large masks, so that ! the body appeared disproportionately disproportionate-ly small. To remedy this and to raise their stature in order to ap-'pear ap-'pear more commanding, a thlck-soled thlck-soled boot was invented and called the buskin. This shoe was used, however, only in tragedy scenes; in comic- scenes n shoe similar to the solea or slipper called the soccus I was used. |