The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-12
forehead. We have seen d few III our life
journey on which 1t would have been sacri-
lego Tor art to lay her "'prentice hand"

forehead. We have seen q few In our 1ife-
journey on which 1t would have been sacri-
lego Tor art to lay her "'prentice hand
SHOES AND HOSIERY.
As extremes meet, 1t is an easy step from
head to heels We have been looking recently
at some very pretty coored hosiery, and
| thinking what d bright Idea It's Introduction
| was. It was the iirst-fruit Of the short walk
ing dress, and not the least Of ts trumphs.
There is still great demand for dark, plain
manufactured In such serviceube materials
and enduring shades that one ID no longer
tinid about purchasing them. The fact OF
colored hose being, as n rule dearer than the
white need not deter even the over-ecopomical
from wearing them, as II IT, GOunterbalnncnd
by the other fact that one requires only about
half as many OF the one as Of the other. The
young ladies' should remember that, and
bring this unanswerabla arithmetic to bear
upon the papas and mann who consider
cUored hosiery an extravaganza. With the
short skirts aud tell-tale shoes that 20 trip
ping about the streets, colored sto kings are
Indispensable. Great opportunity is afforded
for the display Of taste ia harmonlzing or con-
trasting prettily the hosiery with the Cog
tune worn. This is always possible
with the unlimited variety and COM
binatiOns OF Colors now procurabls. We are
glad to learn that some of the very best
hosiery now to be seen Ia OF American manu-
fRcture, and that q Yankee trade mark Is the
best guarantee we can have OF its excellence
wv HLe ti5O pleHSsh w Ilf'LI ilOHu hlOSS wiz
should best know that the prejudice once en-
tertained against colored hosiery by women
Of rank and pure taste has quite yielded TO
the real beauty and intrinsic merit OF this
fashion. 1t was considered u passing freak
Of fashionable rusticity, naturally accom-
panying the peasant and Washer-WOmHn
styles or costume But 1t will now DO re-
tanned, no doubt, for Its own sake, and be-
come as Susan Nipper would say, "a per-
inanency.'
Stockings naturally suggest and lead to
shoes, the relation between them being as
intimate az IL ID obvious There are few ar
ttces of the toilette which hold higher place
In the affections Of the fair than the shoes
upon their feet, and yet they provokingy re-
mind one Of the little girl in the rhyme:
When they are good they are very good indeed.
And when they are bad they are hOrrld
The buttoned boot still IL and will ever be the
ruling favorite, rs IL clearly enhances the
beauty Of q handsome foot and disguises the
defects Of d hOmeIy one. But sde-laced CATERS
are frequently preferred by young ladies,
| whose well-shaped feet can tear criticism On
every line, and who dsdan any assistance
| from the shoemakers' art. Low. square
| quarters are still considered tho most stylish
| fuot-wea and since they have been recog
| nzad az legitimate walking Shoes they have
But 1t will, and then they viii take their
1t will be well to remember In purchasing
your shoes, that the short starched skirts
which come In constant contact with the up
pers OF your boots will soon wear them
| threadbare 1t they arc III cloth. CoDsequ"nt-
ly care should hs taken to have them made Of
heavy closely woven material, or OF kid that
promises to wear well. MARIA TUCKER.