

300 GOODYEAK ON GUM -ELASTIC, 



IMPROVED SHOE SPRINGS. 



These are made of napped or embossed stayed compound, per- 

 forated as represented in plate , fig. ; or they may be cut 

 as needed, of any size or pattern, from the perforated knit goods, 

 which are made very elastic one way, and non-elastic the other. 

 These springs may be made to match the shoes with which they 

 are worn, by napping in imitation of cloth, or embossing in imi- 

 tation of any kind of leather. Their chief superiority over the 

 shirred goods shoe springs, consists in cheapness and neatness, 

 and beside, they do not sweat the foot. 



There has been some objection made to the shirred spring, on 

 account of its sweating the foot ; this objection does not apply 

 to shoe springs made of perforated stayed goods, or perforated 

 knit goods. 



The importance of this small article, the shoe spring, is but 

 just beginning to be appreciated by the public. 



Whoever knows by experience the difficulty of teaching a 

 family of children to keep their shoes tied, to say nothing of the 

 neatness and convenience of the article for adults, will hail this 

 as one of the great improvements of the age. 



A set of these springs will outlast several pairs of shoes, and 

 may be changed from the old to the new. Owing to their cheap- 

 ness, utility, and durability, their use will probably become as 

 general as that of any other article made of gum-elastic. 



See plate , fig. 



VEST SPRINGS. 



These have been made of shirred goods, and of different pat- 

 terns, from elastic w^ebs. 



The pattern represented in plate , fig. , made of perforated 

 stayed compound, with a buckle at each end, may be deemed 

 worthy of notice on account of its cheapness and convenience. 



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