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Full Title	The Fra : a Journal of Affirmation v. 14 no. 2
Author	Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915. Shay, Felix.
Date Added	10 January 2014
Language	English
Publish Date	1914-11
Publisher	East Aurora, N.Y. : Roycrofters
Source	Hubbard Journals
Topic	Arts and crafts movement --New York (State) --East Aurora --Periodicals.
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OCR HE English are a great race, and they admit it. Also, we admit it. We love England and admire the English, our kinsmen once removed- Drink waes hail to Hands across the Sea! We will eat with the English, drink with the English. talk with ’em, walk with ‘em, and consort with ’em, but damme, Brother. there are two things we draw the line at-we will not wear their bally bloomin’ clothes, you know--or buy their shoddy shoes! so- So we have William Marion Reedy, who holds the Mirror up to Nature, denoun- cing the villainous combination in good round terms. Bill spent a month in England recently, seeing the sights and making memoranda. On the return trip he writes feelingly, as follows: “ I noted that most of the men and nearly all the women were wearing English clothes. The men’s clothes were good as to stuff, but abominable as to fit. London tailors can’t fit. They can make a pretty fair stagger at our over- coat, but there they stop. So, too, I can’t say much for London-made women’s gowns, as shown aboard ship. American girls were wearing English shoes, and that rather detracts from them, for the English shoe is a sloppy affair at best. It spoils the effect of the dancing on deck. A girl with slippers JAMES S. 264-274 Greenwich Street MAIL ORDERS FILLED 1 W111 buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you drink with you, T101‘ Pray with You- ’ -SHYLOCK THE JEW gaping at the side and at the heel is rather distressful to look upon.” America leads the world in the pro- duction of line footwear. Let the fact be stated. A few years ago we were importing shoes. The tide is turning, and the time is at hand when American- made shoes will be shipped to the four and far comers of the globe. So buy your bale of cotton and be sure you wear shoes made in the U. S. A. They cost less, look better and wear longer. I will go further and say that if you wemt shoes that will afford you a maximum of comfort and satisfaction, at the same time proclaiming your good taste and bump of commonsense, get Coward Shoes, made by my good friend, James S. Coward, in Manhattan, which is New York. This is Coward’s forty-ninth year on the job, as boss shoemaker to their majesties, the American man, his wife and children. I have a pair of Coward scuffs that have seen ten years of hard service at the front. They are like the brook that Tennyson tells about-shoes may come and shoes may go, but these “ go on ” forever ac. .9v Every Fra reader should send for a copy of Coward’s book picturing the many Coward models for tired and fretful feet. COWARD New York, N. Y. SOLD NO WHERE ELSE

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