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Her First Pair of Shoes

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 25, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 21.

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Her First Pair of Shoes

A WOMAN came into a store very timidly. She was evidently unaccustomed to trading.
“What can I do for you?” inquired the merchant.
“I want a pair of shoes for a little girl.”
“What number?”
“She is twelve years old.”
“But what number does she wear?”
“I do not know.”
“But what number did you buy when you bought the last pair for her?”
“She never had a pair in her life. You see, sir, her father used to drink when we had saloons; but now they are closed, he doesn’t drink any more, and this morning he said to me: ‘Mother, I want you to go to town to-day, and get Clara a pair of shoes, for she never had a pair in her life.’ I thought, sir, if I told you how old she is, you would know just what size to give me.”—Little Christian.