Shoe Blacking.
* When the leather in your shoes becomes old and begrimed with blacking, you will asoertain that the feet will be cold,’ remarked the old time shoe seller. * Then it is time to cast aside the shoes and use them to wear beneath arctics or for some other purpose. I have seen it referred to many times, but if you want to keep your shoes in good condition you should use vaseline on them often. The life will be kept in the leather, and, if rightly applied, you can Bhine the footwear just as well as if the preparation had never been used. Put it on at night when taking off the shoes. There is castor and like oil, also, that will as well serve the purpose, and keep your boots and shoes in good shape, imparting much greater warmth to the feet than if you allow blacking and the like to eat up all the life in the leather. When blacking commences to cake ou the shoes wash them with plain water, no soap,—-Shoe and Leather Pacta,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 995, 27 March 1891, Page 9
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179Shoe Blacking. New Zealand Mail, Issue 995, 27 March 1891, Page 9
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