SHOE COMFORT.
Buckled shoes are sometimes loose round the instep. If the portion of leather to which the buckle is sewn is unsewn and firmly stitched a little further back inside the shoe, this will tighten it, and give greater comfort to the wearer.
Shoes a wee bit too big and which rob may be made " comfy by fixing a small length of narrow ribbon velvet in the heel of the shoe with seccotine or a pair of little fixtures sold at most shoemakers for the purpose. If a patent shoe pinches any part of the foot, a rag soaked in boiling water should be placed over the part while the foot is in the shoe-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 6 (Supplement)
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116SHOE COMFORT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19221, 9 January 1926, Page 6 (Supplement)
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