13 AUGUST 1927, Page 16

THOSE NARROW-TOED SHOES [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — It

seems very strange that boot and shoe manufacturers cannot put upon the market sensible articles. So many firms seem to manufacture for men nothing but those narrow-toed shoes. For young children boots and shoes of the wide sandal shape are made with plenty of play for the toes, but when I tried to get boots of this type I had no success, and one boot shop told me it would cost me £3 3s. to have a pair made. Why cannot broad, sandal-shaped shoes be made for men, instead of those which cramp Nature in every part of the foot