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Popular Science MonthJy 



A Handy Shoe Cabinet for the 

 Whole Family 



A GERM AN woman who claims 

 to have gained her idea from 

 practical experience has designed 

 and ]5atented a shoe closet which 

 may appeal to the "cliff dwellers" 

 of large cities or in fact to an\- 

 persons with whom space in the 

 home is at a premium. Fashions 

 demand a staggering variety of 

 footwear, and the favorite custom 

 of stowing them neatly away 

 under the bed or in the corner of 

 a closet where they may gather 

 dust is not only inefficient but 



At right, the 

 shoe cabinet for 

 the family. This 

 one isomamental 

 enough but it is 

 not at all costly 



Below, the cabi- 

 net reduced to a 

 size for keeping 

 the shoes of one 

 person. The 

 four shelves are 

 each adjustable 



costly. Inefficient because 

 the shoes wanted usualK' 

 evade t lie eye of the wearer, 

 and costly because sIkk's 

 do not imjirove with dust. 

 Tiie shoe cupboard de- 

 signed by the German lad>- 

 would in appearance if 

 nothing else, improve al- 

 most any home. It is com- 

 pact and shapely with 

 nicely enamelled sides and 



swinging doors. Neat little racks arc provided to hang the 

 shoes on, and ventilators in the back wall insure proper 

 cooling. The slioe wardrobe can be attached to the wall, 

 pi.iced upon the lloor or ujjon a small stand or table, as 

 conxi'iiient. If desired, it can be built in a clothes-closet 

 which affords ample room for its construction, or it niay be 

 u.sed as a storage closet in tiu' uKiid's or children's room. 



A cabinet of simple design 

 for the family. It is polished 

 and finished in white enamel 



