LAM STAT.—. A strip of leather applied up the front of a lace shoe to strengthen and reinforce the eyelets or eyelet boles. IATSTONIC.— An iron plate which the cobbler holds in his lap and upon which he beats soles in order to give them a rounded or to solidify them, or on which he pounds down seams or folded edges with his flat-faced hammer. Leancstr.— A knee-high leg moccasin, or boot made with moccasin sole, sometimes having a wedge-heeled sole on the outside, and used by lumbermen in the snow of our northern Ponies and Canada, where the name originated. The moccasin foot is the distinguishing feature.
Last — Theo wooden or metal form or mold over which a leather or rubber shoe is constructed and which gives the shoe its slope. Lasts are turned to very exact measure ments and proportions by the use of machinery. In the promo of manufacturing welt shoes the insole is lightly tacked to the bottom of the last, then the upper is placed over the top of the last, pulled down firmly and the tacks being driven only part way in. the counter boxing first being placed. This operation of pulling over and tacking is now usually done by ingenious machin ery. Then follow the various processes of "welt inseam ing," "liestMg out," etc., which prepare the shoe for the a • of the °insole,prior to which all the loosely tacks are carefully pulled out.
Lasts are made from seasoned maple wood, are in an exact scale of standard sizes, each size, half size and width requiring its proper scale of measurements. The standard scale of last measurements for ball, waist and as ep, as adopted in this country, is as shown in the sub Lastnto Tams.-- Tacks which are used in the lasting of
shoes. As the u is pulled over the insole, tacks are driven about halfway in to hold the upper in place until it sets and molds itself to the shape of the last. These tacks are to be taken out before the out-sole is pin on. An outer animal integument, tanned, tawed or otherwise chemically preserved, shrunk and toughened. Any skin or hide of beast, bird, fish or reptile may be made into leather. (See Tanning and special article on Leather.) LFATHER BOARD.— An imitation sole leather made from scraps of leather pasted and pressed together into sheets. Lams.— A shelf projecting out about a foot from the rest of the shelving, some three and a half feet from the floor. and used as a convenient place to lay a shoe or carton while selecting shoes for a customer. Some modern stores have discarded this feature.
Leo Boor.— As distinguished from what is termed a "shoe" in America, a boot which extends some distance above the ankle without lacing.
Lsocrwo.— A strapped or laced covering for the leg, extend ing from the ankle to the knee. A "Puttee" legging is formed from a spirally wrapped strip of dab Lxvsirr.— A general term indicating certain processes of tanning.
Lter.— One of the separate pieces of sole leather used in making a leather heel. "Top lift," the last piece applied in making the shoe.