RUBBER HEELS.— These are made for use in either men's or women's shoes, being supplied to stores and attached there. RUBBER SHOES.— There is a considerable variety of pattern in rubber footwear, from the low "footholds" to the fisher man's hip length boot. The most common use is as an overshoe or boot, to be worn over either leather or felt footwear.
Besides regular and ordinary low' cut rubber overshoes, there are a number of varieties, among which are the following: "Storm slipper" or "Romeo," with extra high front and heel; "Alaska," a cloth top rubber storm cut; "self-acting oven," so cut as to slip on without the use of the hand and with a rubber projection at the heel by which each shoe can be pushed off by using the other foot; "clog," an extra low cut rubber; "footholds," or "Sunny South" rubbers, rubbers for women which cover the forepart of the shoe only with a strap extending from the shank up over the heel; "Arctic." a heavy cloth-topped, ankle-high rubber over, fastened with one or more bucldes; "snow excluders," extra high rubbers of the Arctic type: "lumber man's oven," extra heavy, buckled overshoes, intended for use over felt boots.
Among rubber boots, besides the regular height, there is the half -high boot, the leather soled t, the thigh boot and the hip boot, the latter being tne longest and coming up over the hip with a strap to attach it to the belt, and used for fishing, hunting, etc.
"Felt combinations" are rubber overshoes of the Arctic type in combination with felt boots. Tennis and gym nasium shoes are also made with rubber soles, usually with cloth or canvas tops.
Rtarmrs0 SHOES.— Low, soft leather shoes with spiked soles used in foot racing.
Russet.— Means "tan color," and nothing else, although it is often used when the word "Russia" is intended. Bark tanned leather comes out a yellowish brown; that is the origin of the word -"tan" as applied to shade; and the word " russet" was orignally used to refer to leather which was not blackened or otherwise colored, but was left in its natural tan color.