SHOE STYLES STAGE A REVOLUTION
Fashion Advisor Tells How Revolutionary Shoe
Designs Beautify Unattractive Feet
THE greatest revolution in fash
ion design “since the whale
bone corset was relegated to the
scrap-heap," has occurred in the
shoe industry within the past two
years, according to Miss Ruth H.
Kerr, fashion advisor for the 2 in
l-Shinola-Bixby Corporation. Miss
Kerr, an authority on style trends,
says this revolution is due to the
discovery that shoes designed spe
cifically to compliment the natural
contours of the human foot contrib
ute materially to the general smart
ness of a woman's appearance.
In place of the exaggerated nar
row toe of a few years ago, and the
still more fantastic “needle toe" of
the nineties we now have nature
conforming “lasts" over which
shoes are built. In working out
these “lasts,” shoe sculptors have
found that the proportion of the
human foot is in direct relation to
the proportion of the individual
measurements of the body. The
problem therefore has been to
bring the individual foot—be it
long or short, wide or narrow—in
to conformity with current style
trends.
“The long narrow foot that used
to be admired because it was ‘aris
tocratic’ is not the fashionable foot
today,” explains Miss Kerr. "Short
vamps, lower heels—all are part of
the stylists' scheme to bring the
shoe into relation to the fashion
able silhouette of boxed shoulder
and general squarish effect. Feet
must be disguised to fit the mode,
for feet are becoming more and
more an integral part of fashion,
now that women have learned to
think in terms of the ensemble.”
At the same time that more em
phasis is placed on simplicity, fine
materials and color interest, as part
of the recognition by manufactur
ers that feet are worthy of fashion
interest, it has become absolutely
essential for a woman to know how
to take care of her shoes, according
to Miss Kerr. The first step in
shoe care, is to place the shoe on
a tree the very minute it is remov
ed from the foot. The second step
is to choose the correct cleaner
for the type of leather. And choos
ing cleaners seems to have become
an art in itself, for no longer will
one box of shoe polish take care of
a shoe wardrobe.
The modern woman must have
special paste cleaners for glazed
leathers like kids and calfskins;
liquid polishes of the Shinola type
for suedes; two cleaners for shoes
of combination materials, and if
she is really serious about being
smart and beautiful from the crown
of her head to the soles of her
feet, she probably invests in one of
the shoe beauty treatment kits
that have recently been introduced
to the market!
"Because,” concludes Miss Kerr,
“if designers give beauty treat
ments to feet with their clever shoe
designs, the least we women can do
is to learn to give beauty treat
ments to shoes!”
Roosevelt Gets
First Bale Of
Georgia Cotton
Donalsonville, Ga.—Citizens of
Seminole county, the first to vote
for renomination of President
Roosevelt in a preferential primary
this spring, donated the first bale
of cotton ginned in Georgia this
year to his campaign fund.
Charlie Reynolds, clerk of Semi
nole superior court, notified Marion
Allen, the President’s Georgia
campaign manager, of the gift by
telephone.
The bale, weighing 425 pounds,
was grown by D. C. McKellar on
the farm of B. B. Clarke. Clarke
joined with the other citizens of
the county in making the present.
Morganton Man
Named President
Democratic Club
J. Ed Butler, of Morganton, was
elected state president of the
Young Democrats of North Caro
lina at their meeting in Greens
boro Saturday. Other efficers elect
ed were Miss Mae Oliver, of San
ford, vice-president; Mrs. John
Long, of Iredell county, secretary;
William ,We|lons, of Smithfield,
treasurer; J. T. Gresham, Jr., of
Warsaw, national committeeman,
and Mrs. George C. Brown, of
Greensboro, national committee
woman.
Bankruptcies
On Decrease
Charlotte.—Bankruptcies of re
tail and wholesale concerns in the
Carolinas are on the decrease, ac
cording to E. C. Fearrington, sec
retary of the Carolina Association
of Credit Men.
Fearrington said the volume of
buying due to the recent soldiers’
bonus payment has fallen short of
expectations, but that the bonus
money is coming slowly into trade
channels.
Woman Lover To
Die For Slaying
Her Son
Hollidaysburg, Pa.—Mrs. Mar
garet Karmendi, 24-year-old moth
er, and Roy T. Lockard, a laborer,
were sentenced to die in the elec
tric chair for killing the woman’s
3-year-old son.
The commonwealth charged the
two carried on a love affair and
disposed of the child because he
interfered with their meetings.
Mrs. Karmendi broke into tears
after Judge Marion D. Patterson
pronounced sentence. She cried
out:
"Pm innocent.”
Lockard calmly heard the sen
tence.
Matthew "Sonny” Karmendi, Jr.,
was slain the night of April 21
with a railroad spike.
71 N. C. Road
Deaths In June
I
Raleigh.—North Carolina’s 71
automobile accident fatalities in
June occured in 35 of the State’s
100 counties, Capt. Charles D.
Farmer of the Flighway Patrol said.
Duplin and Guilford counties
each reported five deaths, and four
were listed in each of Buncombe,
Wayne and Mecklenburg.
Only six counties in which sale
of liquor is legalized reported fatal
accidents, and in ony two were
intoxicated drivers involved. Mar-'
tin county had three deaths, Le
noir two and one each occured in
Carteret, Moore, Pit and Beaufort.
Three fataalities each were re
ported from Davidson, Haywood,
Rowan and Wilkes; two each from
Alamance, Catawba, Forsyth, Ran
dolph, Robeson, Rockingham and
Wake, and one, each in the follow
ing other counties, Bladen, Burke,
Cumberland, Davie, Durham,
Granville, Iredell, Jones, Macon,
Montgomery, Person, Polk and
Rutherford.
In Nash County arrangements
are being made to . show 4-H club
members’ calves and pigs at the
Rocky Mount fair this fall.
Bruce Barton Says
LUCKY SHOULD BE HUMBLE
My wise friend William Hard is
liked by statesmen because he never
betrays their confidence, and be
cause his mind works so clearly.
He stands up to the full measure of
his five feet five inches, and tells
them the truth.
In a queer, shy fashion Calvin
Coolidge warmed toward him, and
the two had many a long and hu
morous visit. One night Bill said:
"Mr. President,. I think I should
like to be President of the United
States myself one of these days. I
wish you would tell me how to go
about it to realize my ambition.
You have been through the mill,
and your counsel ought to save me
quite a bit of time.”
Coolidge looked down his long
nose, and then drawled: "Well, I
can give you the formula. You
just have to keep plugging along
as hard as you can, and then hope
for a million lucky breaks.”
That sentiment does not have
any very heroic ring. It does not
echo Nathan Hale’s, "I regret that
I have but one life to give for my
country,” nor does it remind one
of Napoleon’s, "There are no
Alps.”
But there is a certain attractive
honesty in the Goolidge statement.
Most big men, if given an oppor
tunity to be correspondingly frank,
would admit that luck has played
1 a large part in their success. One
such man, who ^massed several mil
lion dollars in .the manufacturing
business, said: "People credit me
with superior intelligence and ent
erprise because I have made mil
lions. But I also have lost millions.
What about the superior intelli
gence and enterprise then?”
TRAINSDO STOP
William James, the psychologist,
remarked, .that the average man is
an old fogery ^t twenty-five. He
meant that even at that early age
most of us have dug our little ruts:
of daily habit, accumulated the
slender sjock of prejudices which
we fondly term "convictions,” and
thereafter like nothing so little as
to be compelled to change. We
will be very peevish at any one who
shows up our errors. We are sec
ond cousins to the doughty old
station agent wifh whom a friend
of mine had an encounter a few
days ago.
The friend’s car suffered an ac
cident while he and his chauffeur
were on their way to Chicago.
Rather than lose a day and miss an
important engagement, he decided
to push on by rail. The station
agent informed him that a local
would be along in about six hours.
"But what about the next ex
press?” the stranded gentleman
inquired.
Oh, no use talking aDout ex
press trains. They never stopped
here and they never will.”
The man remarked that his name
was not unknown to the officials
of the road and that they might,
if advised of the circumstances by
wire, have an express take him on.
The station agent scoffed.
"Nothing doing,” he sputtered.
"Ain’t never stopped and never
will.” Under much duress he fin
ally sent the telegram. When the,
train did stop his disgust knew no
bounds. "It just ain’t got no busi
ness to,” he spluttered.
It was said of Socrates that he
found no more satisfaction in con
vincing others of their mistakes
than in having his own errors
pointed out. A long time had to
elapse before the world recognized
that Socjates was great; most of
his neighbors in Athens just
thought that he was a little queer.
NOTHING TO LEAN ON
One of the WPA workers was
complaining because he had no
shovel. He finally told the fore
man about it.
"Well, whaddaya kickin’ a
bout?” was the answer, "you don’t
have to do any work if you ain’t
got no shovel.”
"I know?,” pouted the fellow,
"but I haven’t got anything to
lean on—like the other guys!”
GOOD COOK
The boys of the Fairmont (W.
Va.) American Legion Post were
discussing the impending marriage
of a buddy.
"That’s an accomplished girl
Ben is going to marry,” observed
on?, of the men. "She can swim,
ride, d^nce, drive a car, and pilot
a plane; a real all-around girl.”
"They should get along fine,”
replied another. "You know, Ben is
a good cook.”
Trains Racers
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SEATTLE Ruth Parton
(above), is in the business of race
horse breeding, training and han
dicapping on her 200-acre ranch
near here. She conducts one of1
the most successful stables on the
Pacific coast and enters all Wes
tern meets Her father gave her'
some blooded stock when she was!
18. to induce her to give up rodeo;
and stunt riding
v •
name Licenses
Net $40,000
Washington. — The hunting
grounds, and streams of North
Carolina proved popular with
sportsmen during the last year, the
Bureau of the Census reportting
the State derived $40,049 from sale
of licenses in 193$.
Combination licenses for the two
sports were issued to $,440 resi
dents, netting $16,320, while 6,478
Tar Heels pajd $12,956 for fishing
licenses alone. The bureau report
;d 467 outsiders paid $2,33$ for
non-resident licenses. Tourists paid
the State $3,180 for hunting and
fishing licenses.
South Carolina derived $840
from sale of non-resident hunting
ind fishing licenses.
BANKRUPT'S PETITION FOR
DISCHARGE
Gordon W. Brandt, Bankrupt.
IN BANKRUPTCY,
Io the Honorable JOHNSON J.
HAYES, Judge of the District
Court of the United States, For
:he Middle District of North
Carolina:
Gordon William Brandt, of
spencer, in the county of Rfowan,
ind State of North Carolina, in
laid district, respectfully represents
chat on the 21st day of March last
past, he was duly adjudged bank
rupt under the acts of Congress re
nting to bankruptcy; that he has
July surrendered all of his propetry
ind rights of property, and he has
:omplied syith all the requirements'
>f said acts and of the orders of
:he court douching his bankruptcy.'
Wherefore he prays that he may|
be decreed by the court to have a!
full discharge from all debts prov-'
able against his estate under said
bankruptcy acts, except such debts
is are excepted by law from such
Jischarge.
uatea tms l/tn aay oi jury,i
1936.
Signed—Gordon W. Brandt,1
Bankrupt. ■
DRDER OF NOTICE THEREON;
Middle District of North Carolina,'
>s:
On the 17th day of July, 1936
an reading the foregoing petition,
it is ordered by the court, that a.
hearing be had ugftn the same on
the 24th day of August, 1936, be
fore W. T. Shuford, Referee in
Bankruptcy, at Salisbury, N. C.,
in said district, at 2:30 o’clock in
the afternoon; and that notice
thereof be published in The Caro
lina Watchman, a newspaper print
id in said district, and that all
known creditors and other persons
in interest appear at the said i
time and place and show cause, if j
any they have, why the prayer of;
said petitioner should not be grant
id.
And it is further ordered by the
cjourt, that jthe Referee in Bank
ruptcy shall send by mail to all
known creditors, copies of said pe
tition and this order, addressed to
them at their places of residence,
is stated.
Witness the Honorable Johnson
f. Hayes, Judge of the said court,
ind the seal thereof, at Greensboro,
M. C., in said district, on the 21st
lay of July, 1936.
Signed—Johnson J. Hayes,
United States Judge.
Pulls Child From
Pool; Doesn't
Learn Her Name
Kinston.—Young Mike Lee, Jr.,
was a hero Tuesday without know
ing whose life he had saved. Seeing
a five-year-old girl struggling in
the municipal swimming pool, he
vaulted a high fence and rescued
her. Persons who witnessed the
rescue said Lee left without inquir
ing the child’s name.
He was graduated from high
school a year or two ago. He is
a member of the national guard,
and was at headquarters of the
113th Field artillery during its re
cent training period.
Charlotte Firms
Get Contracts
For Furniture
Two Charlotte concerns were a
warded the bulk of the contracts
for furniture for six new Rowan
county schools and six new addi
tions by the board of education
Tuesday.
The Carolina School Supply
company division of Charlotte of
the American Seating company re
ceived contracts for $16,555 and
the General Seating & Equipment
company for $2,121. The South
ern Desk company of Hickory re
ceived the remaining contract of
$3,160.
Hot Weather Tips
Practical Hints On How To Make Your
Climate To Order
Simple regard for attic temperature# makes all the difference between
comfort and discomfort In the rest of the house.
AN engineering discovery of pe
culiarly timely value to mil
lions who will perspire through the
next few months is illustrated in
the above diagram. This discovery
directs attention to the attic in a
house, as a means of keeping the
entire house more comfortable In
temperature.
The attic, being the enclosed part
of a house most exposed to the
beating rays of the sun, is naturally
the hot spot. You know how the
heat strikes you when you go up
stairs on a baking July or August
day. Good tactics obviously tell
you that if you can do something to
cool the attic, the rest of the house
will benefit.
Placing so simple n device as an
air circulator in an open attic win
dow helps markedly, the General
Electric Air Conditioning institute,
uo’nts out. This is basically a fan.
built to move air silently and with
high efficiency. It runs on standard
electric current. Put It In front of
the window so that It blows air out.
In the daytime, when the attic 1b
hotter than outside temperatures,
close the door leadiug down to the
house, but leave the window open
on the other side of the attic from
the air circulator. Thus, It moves
the heated atr out of the attic and
heat leakage to the lower floors is
minimized
In the evening and at night, when
it is cooler outside, open the (loot
up to the altic, close the attic win
dow opposite the air circulator, and
open the windows on lower floors.
The circulator, moving air out o!
the attic, draws the cooler ou'stds
air up through the house This
simple .procedure can tna.ke ali the
difference between comfort and dis
oonfort
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Final Clearance
OF ALL
Summer Shoes
DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS
ON EVERY PAIR IN STOCKS
Clean Out Of All Ladies
White Brownbilts
Air Step and Buster Brown white shoes.
Regular $5.50 shoes in many styles but
broken sizes. To close out at
$2.35
Misses and Children’s
SUMMER SHOES
j A large group of oxfords, straps and san
| dais. Whites and a few blues, blonde and
| combinations. Close-out of all misses’ and
children’s summer footwear at
68c
Final Close Out Group of Ladies’ Summertime
NOVELTY FOOTWEAR
Three large tables of oxfords, straps,
| pumps and sandals. In white, white
and tan, blue and white, white and formerly sold B
red, grey, white and blue, red patent, [ Every wanted I
black patent and other novelty com* every size in ail
i l . . • styles.
; binations.
Efird’s Dept. Store
Salisbury, N. C.