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322 GOODYEAR ON GUM-ELASTIC. 



MOCCASINS. 



It is well known that the buckskin moccasin, which is so much 

 prized for wearing in cold weather, is much injured by being wet. 

 They may be much improved by being covered on the bottom 

 and sides with elastic compound. See plate xxi., fig. 10. 



INVALIDS' SHOES 



Are manufactured of perforated gum-elastic felt, and porous 

 elastic knit goods, with an insole of perforated sponge fabric, as 

 represented in plate xxi., fig. 11. Besides answering the com- 

 mon purpose of a leather shoe, this article will be found most 

 comfortable for those who are afllicted with lameness, especially 

 when the soles are made of gum-elastic sponge. 



HOTEL AND HOUSE SLIPPERS. 



These are made from the perforated gum-elastic fabrics, with 

 leather soles, by stitching like other shoes. These slippers are 

 not only pleasant and comfortable in-doors, but they may also 

 be worn out of doors, or in the wet, with impunity. Numerous 

 other kinds of perforated shoes for ordinary wear, as a substitute 

 for shoes of cloth and animal leather, might be noticed with 

 equal propriety ; but it is presumed that their advantages will 

 be sufficiently obvious from the descriptions already given, and 

 the diagrams, plate xxi., fig. 12. 



