Show REDUCE BILL FOR CHILDRENS SHOES leather of good quality Is most economical Pre prepared Dared by th tb 0 united aft Depart mout of As agriculture rt alture I 1 have tile the childrens school shoes carefully fitted allowing in length tw for the growth that Is almost certain to occur within ta two or three months besides being more comfortable and better for the childs feet well fitting shoes look better and wear longer sans fas the united states department of 0 agriculture slices shoes of good leather are arc more economical in the long run ran than those of poor quality sometimes they mill NIll outwear several pairs of inferior grade and may aland re soling oliree or cien cen four times small rips should le be attended to at once often the rips can be sewed at home brass nail in the heels make 14 less astl noise in walking than iron ones rubber heels beets jarring in walking anil and fire are comfortable find and for foe some persons they seem to wear longer than leather heels beels rundown run down heels beels should never be worn they spoil the shape of tile the whole alioe if to pairs of shoes are kept in use and worn on alternate days both pairs will III last longer it Is difficult to get boys to take proper care of slices shoes and especially to keep them dry if a boy clin be made to realize that getting tin lils its slides net spot spoils their appear abuce rots the thread and makes the them ra aoh ooh i wear out he will be mure more likely to take better care of them if his shoes get wet et he should know that they must be very slowly and carefully dried because wet leather burns easily envile and when dried too rapidly is harsh liar sli stiff and readily crocked cracked shoe trees or paper should he be used uses when driling wet slices eliop the use of suitable oil or grease really greatly increases the endur endurance STIVe of slice shoe leather by making it more water resistant among the best materials ma teriaN for tit this purpose are foot coil oil and castor oils tallow and wool grease or mixtures of them cylinder oil and la aseline seline or petroleum also are good but are improved by being mixed vt with I 1 t I 1 I 1 an animal I 1 mal oils or greases greats castor oil Is probably the cobl satisfactory for sh slices s that are to be polished polli shed the application of oil or grease to light colored and russet leather darkens it why not keep a shoe record suggests tile the new llev bureau of home economics an account of the alie number of das dais wear apar will show which type la Is fill he heit best to buy and that good care I 1 la is s |