-UaivlXG THE SOLE OF A STRING SHOE. In the West of England the price of boots has become such a problem that the economical housewife has had to adopt drastic measures, and has fallen back on the old-world string shoe, such as is used for paddling at the seaside. The shoe is made of string or thread, which is waxed, and then plaited, afterwards being worked in • shape as shown m the photograph.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 37 (Supplement)
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73-UaivlXG THE SOLE OF A STRING SHOE. In the West of England the price of boots has become such a problem that the economical housewife has had to adopt drastic measures, and has fallen back on the old-world string shoe, such as is used for paddling at the seaside. The shoe is made of string or thread, which is waxed, and then plaited, afterwards being worked in • shape as shown m the photograph. Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 37 (Supplement)
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