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Show How To Conserve Shoes Told By Specialist "Use your head to save your shoes" is the leather-saving slogan slo-gan put forth this week by Mrs. Susie S. Cook, clothing specialist at the Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service. In these clays of shoe rationing, ration-ing, Mrs. Cook maintains that daily care of leather footwear Is even more Important than "keeping "keep-ing the shine on those shoes." However, she contends that adequate ade-quate shining or polishing should be part of their dally upkeep, since it It extremely Important In preserving the leather. "When you aren't wearing your shoes, keep them on a rack. In a cabinet, or In shoe bags," advises Mrs. Cook. "Good shoe trees of proper size and the Immediate repair of soles and heels are deckled de-ckled assets In keeping that 'new' look. Those lucky enough to own two pairs of shoes should wear one pair one day, the other the next. Then they have iv only a clay to rest but also a chance to dry and air Inside. Shoes should always be In good repair when put away for a season, sea-son, and since mildew In certain areas can play hoi) with leather, they must be .stored In a dry, wcll-venl.ilaLt-d place, she continues. con-tinues. When children come home from .school with soaked feet on wet spring days, mothers should teach l.hi-m to dry their shoes slowly on well-fitted shoe tiers or with paper .stuffed In (lie toes. They should never be dried with heal, because II, ruins the leal. her, Mrs. Cook warns. When dry, the leather can be softened with a 111, tie saddle soap. This applied to tint leather on hand bnr.s or luggage trim Is another an-other method of preserving leather. |