The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1878-09-06
Fashions for Feminine Feet.

par,. Correspondence of San Francisco Bulletin as
The low and sandal slipper is much worn
nv ladies here, and ..the display OF ankles Is
ono of tho most attractive features OF the
Exnositiou, Heels are still high aud often
o,,tter with brass tips. There is great
variety of design in foot wear. 1t varies
from mere sole with barely two inches OF
toe.covering to the delicate boot, bustoning
far nm into the clouds of lace. Coiors are
a,so as variegated as form. There are
black. bronze, lavender. white and pale yell
low. Canvas slippers banded with leather
are much worn. Stockings no longes mae
their light under bushels. The favorites
color is a light blue. But va also see tne
striped stocking, a Ia barber pole; the per.
pendicularly striped stocking, oiack ana
wb;te. the stocking with brilliant bo-3
ouet interwoven just above tie ankle the
diamond figured stocking in red and white.
and the delicate open-work stocking. AS
fashion prevails at present, the female ioo'
hos hecome a rival of her head, and the
| male dilemma is whether to look most or
down. With this development OF STYLE all
| former seusitiveness as to the display Oh
the Walking anatomy seems to have desert
| cd the female heart, and now as they re-
lIc,;ne on chairs and benches about the
grounds young women who wear costly
lstockings and slippers take good care tnas
i they do not waste their sweetness under
dim;ty. The sand and gravel Of the walks
on the grounds is of q most aggravat'ng
and troublesome character for low shoes,
/ and it is not uncommon to see ladies' ref'r.s
! ING into corners, where the hasty removal
!, of a delicate triumph of the shoemaker's .
art shows that some little s'grabble stones"
!: have iatruded themselves in tender quar-
: ters. az the Dutchmen remarked when no
! Ipoured the snuffers ont of his boot, after
: working in the field all day. "a 58 '44iiii Est
BoHApAETE's VESSEL STRANDED on
: THE AMERICAN CoAsT.-At low tide ~
y Monterey. CAL, part Of the wreck OF a
= vessel. formerly the Natalia, can be seen'
though very few who see it are aware that
= she is or was the ship on which Napoleon
IL. BOnap3Tt8 eBCdpcu AtOHA A%.os - sr' - =
y to revive his broken power by his immense
!" personal magnetism, and lose it forever on
y the memorable field Of WateFloo. The ol'
. . vessel, now slowly going to pieces ~ ~ 10
:. Pacific, has . local history. She va va
y brought to Cali fornia, in 1884, from Mex
: ico, the colony Of Hijas, whose member
" intended to settle in what was then Sonom
= : county. Not liking sonoma they retur1ppe4
> :, to Monterey and dgradually dwindled. int
y indistinction, being typifed BY the shl
% that had transported them thither. l.
!. - odd that some enterprising Snowman, Tx
- Barnum, has not carried of portion
. the whole OF the wreck Of the Natalia, 90
put it into museum to aid the common % min
- ia its effort to understand the charact'
y. and genius Of the first Captain OF model
~ perhaps of ancient times. !" "Fragmen
-, - Of the ship in which the great Napoleon e |,
~ !. capped from Elba would be to many
= allnring curiosity and q bit Of material p
81 tory withal.