New-York tribune., 1870-04-30
FASHIONS FOR THE FEET.


Mademoiselle's little, warm, white feet are
struggling into their chaussure Bewitchng new
boots OF vernal make clickcckng down Broadway,
scattering the odor OF violet powder as they co. slippers
and shoes are perng up their bows and buckics IN
manner assertve Of conquest over the leather OF some
tough masculine heart. Mile finds trappings nc Tor
every mood Here are serious boots OF black satin'
severely plain dovecoored boots euchantingly demure
white and rose and skycoored boots with youth ana
Inerrrnent peepng from every button-hole. Here's
little waterproof boot, made like "jocund day" to
Stand tptoe the misty mountdn tops,
TO range through Adirondack woods, and panse, awe
struck in the Yosemite. II commends Itself 20 the
strong minded nsomuch that it il made a. Is MANS
having top, vertable top, into which the Turkish
trouseroons OF wildwood travellers are tucked II has
substantial heel aud traceres OF scarlet, and every
thing handsome about it, and neater and saucer bit or
aggravation ripped it through paths OF green
cry wet with dew"
Behold pair OF buttoned trifes, too stout for idle
promenade but fit for seaside scrambes pic-nics and
boating parties They cost s12 Of thick goatskin
quite plain and their peculiarities are the little brass
plates which protect the heels, and the rough sole
which are OF use in slippery places. Imagine Mile
lazily summing herself on some grassy clin with
these sly boots creeping from under her rufhed
skirts to cross themselves sedae and stare out to sea
in company with her blue eyes. Pretty picture! But
she does know that t0shfu fellows are adrniring
those boots. Not she.
Here boots for promenade which every lady views
with decisive little warnings Dainty they and per-
fectly fitting, made OF Met Kid, the upper cut In one
piece and laced the side For Fashion decrees that
her handsomes boots shall he fastened in other way
They m smoothly than the buttoned, reasons the
tyran and more space left for trimming the instep
That is necessity. Open-work ornaments in patent
leather in nciful patterns sewed on instep and
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possibly with gilt but this is too pronOnce for Niles edu
Gated taste. The regulation boot is seven inches high
with a u inch heel. The lowly shall not tumble
II Nile has not Andalusian instep one is made for
her Under the innocent patent-eather trimmings are
pied layers Of KID til the requisite hight and shape are
attained or she pad on her wicked little foot
and charms us with her borrowed beauty. The steel
shanks which are useful for children and wcghty DANES
are rarely introduced into Wss chaussure. Her soes
must be elastic
Walking and receptiOnbOota with uppers made Of the
dress material much worr-they are usually plain
Bronze boots are longer fashionable Green blue, and
fawncoored kids soud exclusively by children
though they are offered 10 Mile. The prices or these
boots ran ge from $12 TO $50.
Carriage boots-very handsome ones-are OF satin In
dark colos Those of black satn embroidered with tiny
scarlet gold arrows are specially pretty Riding boots
French kid with cunning little flaps of embroidered
leather about the tops. They are sometimes made Of
darkbue or grey ladescloth s0I SILKY, ana durable.
These, too, are laced-sl2 to SIS.
MILE having enveloped her throat in the Elizabethan
ruff skps down decade or two into the Moliere shoe
These shoes, so pretty with their high heels, their
pointed toes arched sOes and full bows, promise to be-
generally popular this season than they were
last Nothing could be more quaint for home wear, but
they are what conspicuous for the street where
Mile longs take them They made for walking Of
black glazed kid with delicate embroideres of white
and with substantial These tes cost Sl2. Those
i'll light shades Of satin for evening much
expensive. A shoe OF the Moere type, but more
characteristic is about to be introduced 1t is called the
Frou II has a rill of leather surrounding the in
step, and instead OF bow the side pieces fastened
in front by the old fashioned buckle The design very
pretty, and we may see Mile moving about with
her great great grandpapas diamond buckles cleaning
on her little shoes
Kid and satin boots in light colors for evening
are expensive of yore; neither they made
gh In the ankle. They not ornamened, and are
both laced and buttOned. Marie AntOinette has set
permanent seal upon slippers They to be wOrn but
they slightly vary from the make Of last season. The
heels not high, the sole is arched and leather
bows banshed In favor of satin ones pair of beau
tifully-made Marie Antolnette's cost S. new Re-
movable Heel is somewhat in use. II Il gilt or svered
and can he attached and removed at pleasure. 1t is
capped with rubber which prevents an undue click Of
metal.
Two things there are which Mile abhors-square toes
makers congrauatng themselves upon the fact that
American women are yearly becoming more dainty and
extravagant in their chaussure. Mile certainly does
dispose Of great deal OF leather. But though all that's
bright must fade there's rluch that Is left, after all
When country lanes are filed with futterng brown
leaves and the dry grass the elf is rattng in the
Autumn winds, behold Mile ret rning from her Summer
haunts with long procession OF diapdated shoon each
nursing little story IN Its worn recesses, each the sug
geston Of a thousand lovely pictures.
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