A revolution in our boots and shoes has been proposed
by Mr. Oliver E. de Ridder, a shoemaker of Rochester, New York. " The Edison of the shoe industry," as he is called by the Illustrated World of New York, has created " a totally new kind of shoe, the main feature of which is that the upper part of the sole on which the foot rests is moulded to fit the foot and resembles the impression left by the bare foot in pliable, moist sand. The sole contains permanently moulded hollows or depressions into which the projecting curvatures of the foot rest, and rising curved surfaces that fit up under the arches of the foot." The inventor predicts that in a few years' time our present type of boot will become obsolete and that corns will become a thing of the past, because " the hollows or depressions in the sole give room in which the joints of the foot can move up and down in the course of walking."
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