Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-23
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Beautiful Specimens Of Foot Covering Some
Items OF the Seasonal Variety Of Fashionable

| Until the shoe pinches the lady of fashion
hardly realizes how much her actual comfort and
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 Of the blood
quite as much and are as injurious as tight
waists; therefore. for hygienic considerations.
easy. pcTfect-fitting 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. lave been justly condemned, and are
even credited with iniuring the eyesight. and in
one instance. the describing Of the French shoes
and tightly-tirawn corsets certainly gave great
and immediate reliefto lady whose eyesight
was thought to be failing.
In THE Art of Beauty Mrs. Haweis SAYS we
lose 10y the shoe for frmness Of tread and charm
of appearance, and only gain cleanliness and a
certain amount of protection for the foot against
ceiu. wet and friction. She even grows poetical
LII her description of q thinly-stockinged foot
WIN sandal beneath. held In place by an en-
oroidered strap coming between the two first
toes. across the instep, after the old Roman
fashion. showing with every stem with every
turn OF the ankle, kind of delicate ripple pass
ing over the instep. a thrill runs through
corn field sometimes under tender wind She
lndorses one kind of shoe as being of proper
and sensible form from the medical point of
view, the wide-ending shoe worn i'm 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
| Tor long walks have been most highly appre-
ciated by those who have tested their admirable
qualities. They have low, fiat heels. thick soles
| and square toes. and are earnestly recommended
| nv nlySlciAnS Indeed
condemns waist and chest contraction and, with
ciinging and flowing draperies. allows her yo-
taries to reveal the graceful curves of their
charming forms, advocates ease of hand and foot
~. the loose, wrinkied giant de Suede and the
iow-heeled. wide-soled, stIuare-toed shoes now
worn by the aesthetics and laughed at by sense
Tess mademoiselie or madame who cares more
Tor Frenchy high heel. Spanish-curved instep
and stylish look of her foot than she does for
present personal comfort and future wears 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
NIFTY styles exists the curves and lines can only
oe seen to be recognized, as in the arrangement
OF the graceful drapery of a tulle-coyered dress
however, there are some specimens that can be
described, such as the semi-high shoes laced or
Win open bars on tie instep to be worn with
iilie COTTON or thread stockings matched i'm color
W Tie dfeSS. and sometimes striped or SpriIged
A stylish high boot shows the straps across the
'front.' from the toe up. eleven straps being used.
each one garnished with embroidery and secured
with an ornamental button on useful buckle
Combinations of STYLES are fashionable as i'm
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 i'm demand thi, 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
ana haif-s4uare toes, of fine French kid laced at
the sides, while across the fronts are thirteen
richly embroidered straps or as in other varie-
ties, with the back and front most beautifully
embroidered in vari0usly -c0lOred silks. i'm gold
or silver thread or with wonderfully hued beads
In the hands Of fashionable Young lady a pair
OF slippers are in process Of construction ofcream
satin, lined with white quilted satin. borGiered
with quiilngs of satin ribbon and embroidered
on the toe with pink rose and cream bud and
sprays of tiny blue and white flowers
Frenchy shoe, with high heel and curved instep.
can be made of any desirable silk or satin. either
10 match or contrast with costumes; and one
model is worked in gold or silver thread another
In SILK OF different cOlors. the buttoned strap
across the instep being Ornamented with bow
OF ribbon or a 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 gaslight
The C,stcersa Fashion Monthly, reliable au-
thority in matters of unique dress. saws the
vatican 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
lord ties are still popular but they are not so
Iashlonabe for a carriage shoe as novel STYLE
OF black Kid, with an elastic at each side aud
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 biilliants, and gar
nished with iaces in round old point point de
Venice and Duchesse point and others are bead
embroidered or embellisfed with flowers on the
BEDS OF iaces or radiant with the prisInatic hues
Of the beads.
The poetfcal costumes Of this season are those
Wnere cach detail is in harmony with the others
comprising the toilet. as i'm an outfit designed by
Worth the dress was of most delicate blue satin.
hand-painted in floral designs and lace gar
nished. 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 in Duchesse
lace let in, while the delicate satin slippers i'm
euS cesiAS iuooAhSnt tiul were DOrQereu with
outings OF and center rosette of Duchesse lace
and upon each rOsette rested an exquisite hum
ming bird, with Illuminated throat and head
aud Outstretched wings as if ready to leave it's
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
skht, showed a wreath of buttercups with
golden leaves passing diagonaliy 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 a
wreath of buttercups with leaves like those gar
nishing the skirt. only smaller in size
With a grey and pink brocade trimmed with
blond lace. pink satin and shaded feathers the
stockings worn were pearl white and the shoes
were of pink satin 0rnamented with lace and
ombre feathers in the hues of the brocade Most
stylish was a dress of cora,-red brocaded satin
with white satin apron covered with applique of
net exquisitely embroidered with leaves of
Howers 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 i'm small
pearl beads with wonderfully pretty effect
magnificent white satin robe brocaded with
punches Of colored tulips, outlined in iridescent
beads, had apron of white satin, carmingly |