The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-08

"They say black stockings are all
the rage now" remarked reporter
to q big dry goods dealer yesterday.
'.That is because they are not in
formed. was the reply. IAN effort
was made to get up craze on black
stockings. but it was signal failure.
Few ladies who are not in mourning
wear black stockings. There is some-
thing poisonous in the dye that gets
into the pores Of the skin, and in
stockings, at least. woman allows her
good sense to guide her."
"Are ladies very particular about
their stockings?"
ST should smile" replied the dealer
with a sly twinkle of the eye. A crea'
ture who would spend hours ia fixing
up her face and collar and cuffs and
ribbons and things is very sure to be
prepared in case a saucy wind
should lift her skirts above hes shoe
tops. A pretty ankle coyly displayed
is simply irresistible, and when sly
wind blows dress little to one side
aud q mans eye catches a glimpse Of
the snowy goods with all their fancy
embroideries, and his heart goes pit
a.pat, / tell you il would just be sim
ply horrifying if he saw the black
shoe-tops. surmounted by black stock
ings, that stood out, ss Oscar Wilde
says, like silbouettes.' The pref.
test stockings for a young lady is Of
plain tint-f1esh, rose, or light blue,
They are ravishing, and are much
worn. especially by bathers. Striped
stockings have now become the prop
erty of children and the colored popu-
latioD. White stocking are gaining
popularity. Some writer says that a
glimpse OF q dainty foot, capped by
a few inches OF stockings vanishing
amid mysterious and rustling masses
of whitest skirt & more enthralls
men than the glance OF a flirting eye
or the tremor of ruby lip. I guess
that is very near the Truth, and the
women realize it."
How high is the stocking sup
posed to so?" asked the reporter.
Some encase the entire limb, but
generally they go only about three
inches above the knee"
chow are they kept up?" inquired
the reporter, who felt that he was
developing new line OF news.
why, that's the easiest thing in
the world. You see this tiny button
on this silk; you can hardly see it,
it's go small. Well, this button holds
'em up. The thing works this way:
The girls have a band OF cotton
bound round the waist, attached to
some of their inside clothing. This
band has a little piece OF elastic drop
ping down from it; the elastic is at
tached to the button on the stocking.
It's the easiest thing in the world
you see."
What about sizas?h
Girls have their sizes in stockings
as they have IN shoes or in gloves.
The usual size called for ia No. s.
Some larger women get go. but il
seldom goes above No. 9. 1t would
surprise you to see how many little
delicate women wear No. stockings,
and big No, IS at that, and how
many large fat women wear No. 8. "
"Do men clerks in shoe stores fl
shoes on women here?"
eyes, just as they do everywhere
else. II is looked upon purely as a
matter of business, and salesman
fits the shoe on just ss one in the cloak
department would ft clcak
IN. Of course a man does not place
a woman's foot in his lap, as they dc
in some OF the New York shoe stores,
and in fact De generally here simply
buttons the shoe on. atlanta Con-
Stituti0n.