Roosevelt Standard | 1917-02-14 | Page 2 | These Shoes Wear 25 Years

THESE TH ES E SHOES SH 0 ES WEAR W EAR 25 YEAR yean they are made of cf grass and art are sq worn by natives in parts of portugal and spain esparto shoes or shoes made bade of b toughest and str strongest Onlest of the esparto fibers are still worn wora la iliin W 4 find and parts of portugal there li 5 a shoo made which will outlast ahmo excepting leather shoes indeed xi to pair of esparto shoes has been ten to outwear a dozen tanned hide nil kim this Is due to their faculty of up and retaining in their later stirs stony particles As fast as the are worn out they are replaced odb ia matl matI cally by others thus a alf process Is constantly going on oil ili ller no not t uncommon in some parts of or portugal to hear the anal of wearing a pair of esparto sha estt 25 years or more