Fitting Boots And Shoes To The Feet

Whenevor" on procures a pair of new boots or subes wkich do nofc fit the feet uniformly, let tho part or parts of the upper leather which set uncomfortably tight be thoroughly saturated with. hot water, while the boots aro on the féot ; then let thèm be worn uutil tb.o leather has bocome dry. If by wetting once the upper leather does not stretch so as to accommodato it;elf to forruation of the foot, let the process be repeatod. In some instances it will bo well to wet uil the upper leather. But, lot it be reinembered that if boots or shoes are allw-cd io dyy wheu not on one's foet the leathor will shnnk, so that it will sometimes bè impracticablo to get theni on the feecuntil the leather has been wetted and atretohed. When one has a pair of rather heavy toots, before the leather is oilod or blacked let the upper part be soaked for a tew minutes in warm wafcftr thbn lt tho boots be worn until the k-athcr has bocoiue quite dry, aftor wliich oil and black them, and they will fit the foot far more satisfactorily than they oan ever bo made to fit without wetting and drying while they are being worn. To prevent the solos from shrinking they should be well saturated with linseod oil before they are worn. Tho writer once wore a pair of .iïgtit calf-skin boots in the wet beforo tho soles were oiled, and in drying they shrauk endways more than bnlf au inch, and' during the year the soles shrank moro than three-fourths of an inch. The present is tho proper time to prepare boots and shoes for tno coming winter.