Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-24

Beautiful specimens or Foot Ccyerin--Seme
Gems OF the Scasen-A Variety of Fashionable
ModrlS-Seyr1a} CoStEmeS Described.

Until the shoe pinches the lady OF fashion
hardly realizes how mnca her actual comfort ard
general enjoyment depends upon the very
| foundation Of style. the outer covering OF her
dainty foot. Physicians insist that tight shoes
and gloves impede the circulation CT the Hood
I, quite rs much ard are as Injurious IS tight
waists: therefore. for hygienc considerations
easy pcrfect-ftting shoes must be selected no
matter what their shape. form and style may be-
High heels. Placed almost in the center OF the
shoe soles. have been Justly condemned and are
even credited with niuring the eyesight. and. in
ole instance. the discsrdng of the French shoes
and tightly drawn corsets certainly gave great
and immediate rcliefto Q lady whose eyesight
was thought TO be failing.
In THE Art of Beauty" Mrs. Hawe;s says We
lose by the shoe for frmness of tread and charm
Of appearance and only gain cleanliness and a
certain amount of protection for the foot against
cold. wet and friction. She even grows poetical
in her description Of thinly -stockinged foot
with sandal beneath held in place by an en-
broidered strap coming between the two first
toes. across the instep. after the old Roman
fashion. showing with every step, with every
turn OF the ankle. a kind Of delicate ripple pass
| Ing over the fnstep. As a thrill runs through
| corn Held sometimes under a tender wind" She
Endorses one kind OF shoe as being of proper
and sensible form from the medical point of
view. the wide-ending shoe worn in the time OF
Henry Will. in whose capracious front the toes
! might spread and be at ease. She. however de-
ciares it ugly, and says nothing really equals the
sandal.
The modern hygeia boots. specially intended
for long walks, nave been most highly, appre-
ciated by those who have tested their admirable
qualities. They have low. nat heels. thick soles
ana square toes, and are earnestly recommended
by physicians. Indeed. fashion herself. who
condemns waist and chest contraction and, with
clinging and flowing draperies, allows her vo-
taries to reveal the graceful curves of their
charming forms, advocates ease of hand and foot
in the loose, wrinkled CANT de Suede and the
/ lOw-hceled wde-soled s.i,lare-toed shoes now
worn by the aesthetics and laughed at by sense
| less mademoiselle or madame who cares more
for Frenchy high heel. Spanish-curved instep
and stylish look Of her foot than she does for
present personal comfort and future years of
bodily suffering.
TO grasp the wonderful variety of fashionable
models in shoes is hardly possible without Illus
trations. for while decided difference in over
fifty styles exists the curves and lines can only
| De seen to be recognized, as in the arrangement
OF the graceful drapefy of tulle-covered dress
| however, there are some specimens that can be
| described, such As the semi-high shoes laced or
with open bars on the instep, to be worn with
fine cotton or thread stockings matched in color
TO the dress, and sometimes striped or sDriCged
| stylish high boot shows the straps across the
| front from the toe up. eleven straps being used.
each one garnshed with embroidery and secured
| with an ornamental button on q useful buckle
Combinations of STYLES are fashionable as in
| the shoe with the Louis XIV heel Of glace kid
| and kid lined. showing the Charles TX top, with
round toe and buttOned strap over the instep
and the same style heel. with the elegant half
| nigh Richelieu top. embroidered down front over
seams and at edges with dainty vine patterns
The Vatican shoe is much in demand this sea-
son, but it is not the most comfortable nor really
as pretty as other styles. Very elegant are shoes
with good substantial heels. not too high. and
and haif-square toes. of fine French kid laced at
| the sides. while across the fronts are thirteen
richly -embroidered straps or as in other yarie-
ties. with the back and front most beautifully
embroidered in yariously -colored silks, in gold
or silver thread, or with wonderfully hued beads
In the hands of a fashionable young lady pair
OF slippers are i'm process of construction ofcream
/ satin. lined with white quilted satin bordered
with quiilings of satin ribbon and embroidered
on the toe with pink rose and cream bud and
sprays of tiny blue and white flowers A
Frenchy SHOE with high heel and curved instep,
can be made of any desirable silk or satin. either
to match or contrast with costumes: and one
model is worked in gold or silver thread another
liz Silk OF different cOlors. the buttoned strap
across the instep being ornamented with a bow
OF ribbon or spray of flowers. Pretty kid shoes
have the toes beaded in Oriental designs in illu-
minated Persian beads. with strap to match
They are most effective in brilliant gasIzht
The Universal Fashion Monthly reliable au-
/ thOrity in matters of unique dress saws the
"Watteau" tennis and Yachting shoes have
| pointed toes, no heels and sOles made on a new
| principle; they are held on by strap passing
around the ankle. Sandal boots for dancing
have French heels, arched insteps, and are
strapped across the front up to above the ankle.
and are buttoned in the center of the foot. Ok.
ford ties are still popular. but they are not SO
fashionable for a carriage shoe as a novel STYLE
| OF black kid, with an elastic at each side and
several straps across the instep.
The gems of the season are the exquisite shoes
and slippers intended for evening wear: indeed
they are real work Of art and command fabu-
lous prices, many of them being decorated with
| really valuable stones and brilliants and gar
nished with laces in round old point, point de
Venice and Duchesse point and others are bead
embroidered or embeilished with flowers on the
beds of laces or radiant with the prisnatic bues
of the beads.
The pOetical costumes of this season are those
where each detail is in harmony with the others
comprising the toilet. as in an outfit designed by
Worth the dress was of most delicate hile satin
nd-painted in floral designs and lace gar
nlshed. while half hidden amid the masses of
DucheSSe lace on corSage and skirt were rides
cent humming birds on flexible feet, so arranged
that they quivered at the slightest movement of
the wearer, radiating at every turn and cleaning
In each new degree Of light. The stockings were
OF pale blue silk with floral designs i'm Duchesse
lace let in, while the delicate satin slippers i'm
the same moonlight tint were bordcied with
outings OF and center rosette of Duchesse lace
and upon each rOsette rested an exquisite hum
ming bird, with Illuminated throat and head
ana outstretched wings as if ready to leave its
dainty perch upon the pretty and costly-garbed
foot Of its lovely mistress
"A peculiar costume, with black bodice gar-
nished with gold and white and gold striped
| skirt, showed a wreath Of buttercups. With
golden leaves passing diagonally down the skirt
front, from right to edge of left side The stock
ings were striped, white, black and gold. while
the black satin slippers were finished with q
wreath of buttercups, with leaves like those gar
nishing the skirt, only smaller in size.
with grey and pink brocade trimmed with
blond lace, pink satin and shaded feathers the
| stockings worn were pearl white and the shoes
We're of pink satin ornamented with lace and
Ombre feathers in the hues of the brOcade Most
stylish was a dress Of cOral-red brocaded satin
with white satin apron covered With applique of
net exquisitely embroidered with leaves of
flowers in pearl beads. The stockings were of
cOral-red embroidered in lace figures to match
the brocaded satin, while the white satin shoes
were decorated in leaves and flowers in small
pearl beads with wonderfully pretty effect
A magnificent white satin robe brocaded with
punches OF colored tulips outlined in ridescent
beads had apron of white satin. charminply