The nation’s shoe clerks had a fierceweek. There were stampedes, late closings, long queues of customers(mostly women, exhibiting a wholly unfeminine unconcern with style ascompared to comfort and wear). The shoe stampede illustrated the basicpsychology of rationees: need or no need, use Coupon No. 17 before it’stoo late. But many had held off in order to get the most possible wearout of No. 17. They probably won’t use No. 18 until just before itexpires, Oct. 31.