Project Gutenberg 2016-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 112 MacKenzie, Edna I. The Dearest Things in Boots Produced by Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Dearest Thing in Boots" by Edna I. MacKenzie is a comedic play written during the early 20th century. It centers around the bustling environment of a ladies' shoe store, where the perspectives on footwear are humorously intertwined with themes of womanhood and social issues, such as suffrage. The play captures the conflicting attitudes of its characters towards women’s roles in society, particularly through the lens of fashion and commerce. In the story, Jack Wilson is working under his father's guidance at the family shoe store, where he encounters various customers, each representing different viewpoints on women's rights and fashion. Among these customers is Betty Moffat, who is charming yet temperamental over shoe sizes, and Miss Firmrock, a passionate suffragette, alongside Mrs. Atkins, an anti-suffragette. As Jack navigates the chaotic demands of his customers while trying to prove himself, comedic misunderstandings arise related to women's sizes and expectations, highlighting the absurdities of social norms regarding women and their footwear. Ultimately, the play culminates in Jack's realization of what truly matters—the affection of Betty, showcased through their playful banter about shoes, thus capturing both the lightheartedness and deeper truths within everyday interactions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Shoe stores -- Drama Sales personnel -- Drama PS Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 88808 2025-08-21T10:01:25.505881 text/html 63907 2024-10-23T01:20:00 text/html 206456 2025-08-21T10:01:28.341832 application/epub+zip 205643 2025-08-21T10:01:26.095905 application/epub+zip 94693 2025-08-21T10:01:25.781876 application/epub+zip 252217 2025-08-21T10:01:29.963851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241463 2025-08-21T10:01:28.052873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130911 2022-09-24T09:07:20.012109 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 65908 2025-08-21T10:01:25.222859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45970 2024-10-23T01:20:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16013 2025-08-21T10:01:30.099836 application/rdf+xml 19233 2025-08-21T10:01:25.866917 image/jpeg 3060 2025-08-21T10:01:25.823859 image/jpeg 403723 2025-08-21T10:01:25.522871 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog