In the 1800s they probably only had one pair of shoes for Sunday go to church wear. Remember there were no sneakers then. In fact when I was young living in the wilds I was bare foot most of the time too.
You wimmin are incorrigible - you are checking out William and Derly is hitting on Maliki :)
"Incorrigible"? No, my dear sir. We are ladies who acknowledge the handsome qualities of the male gender. Am I right, Der?