St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-08

EMSsM Branch or Newport
AIMS&Y - and see if | am
NSTN ~ Isg@% not speaking the
GNS 4 EN1s8 TRUTH" remarked a
G> YAAF# fashionable New
GMNSSgsS& Y ork ShOe-dealer
YIg@SMN$J. one hot afternoon
SYsA S$SXi6h last week.
SS&S but how about
lp hearts?" asked the
reporter.
''Oh, the feet and head are both
decked out for the benefit of the heart,
don't you see? But. really, it is a fact.
A girl may be dressed to perfection and
yet if she is not well shod' Ito use a
shop wor0 she at once becomes
marked.
"Every woman of fashion," he con-
tinued, clocks most carefully to the
kind of shoes and slippers she takes out
of town with her. No matter if her feet
are not classical, if her shoes and stock
ings are stylish and fit well she looks
well. Imagine pair of worn shoes
from beneath gown OF gOSSamer silk
or lace, as the owner rode along the
Bluffs at Long Branchn'
'HOw much money does the average
woman of fashion spend or her summer
ShOeS?"
Il couldd't say exactly, but she must
at least have a pair of walking shoes,
with extension SoleS and patent-leather
tips, you know; pair of carriage shoes
of fine French kid. bronze slippers for
evening wear. crimson or yellow Slip
perS for the morning, black ties for
piazza promenades and as many pair of
fancy shoes and slippers as she can
afford. Some women wear out two such
sets a season, which, of course brings
the price up. But for about $50 one can
get single such outfit"
Some of the novel shoes imported
from both England and France were
shown the reporter.
"Here are some pretty little ones.
We sent to England for them for one of
our customers. They are called the
'Magpie,' and are of patent leather with
white buckskin uppers. brogued. An
other lady took such fancy to them
that we have sent for more of them.
Patent leather is rather hard on tender
feet, though, and this summer handsome
low shoes of real Russian leather i'm ali
shades are imported. Some of them are
fashioned with big Rhinestone or cut
steel buckles and are very effective Tor
the races, yachting and outdoor wear
generally"
An exquisite pair of bridal slippers in
heavy white satin, worked in white
crystals and pearls to initiate orange
blossoms, were shown, and novel slip
per for bridesmaids, made out of yellow
satin and embroidered in yellow crystal
buttercups and pink clovers, the latter
in glass work.
''Most evening slippers are made to
order to match certain costumes, you
KNOW" said the shoe dealer.
ssHOW much does if cost tO have Suoh
shoes made?'
'Oh, anywhere from Sc up to $50. If
the material is supplied us we do, not
charge so much. For instance, we
made pair of dark-green velvet shoes
with white pearl buttons for Mrs.
Hicks-LOrd last winter. The velvet
was present from some Eastern Off
cial, we believe. 1t was a beautiful
piece, anyhow, and the pearls were her
own. We lined the shoe with white
silk, and made them for $40. But YOU
couldn't have bought them for $3.50 with
the pearls"
Slippers made entirely of garnet
beads, sewed closely together on garnet
satin, and ones IN yellow, black and
steel are displayed by all Of the fashion
able shoe dealers.
Mrs. Potter. who it is said has not
pretty feet, has taken to wearing very
expensive shoes. A pair ordered in
town just before she sailed cost SlS. and
they were only plain patent leather.
Mrs. Langtry. who has even larger
feet than Mrs. Potter, was seen recently
in a pair of bronze shoes with black
patent leather tips. which cost her s25.
There are very few women of premi-
nence in New York society, or on the
stage either, who have what one would
call small feet, said the shoe dealer.
81 have fitted hundreds of them, from
the AstorS, VanderbiltS and Goulds
down. The average size shoe among
them is No. 4. Very few wear 2, but
quite number 3s and IS. But fashion
able women have cultivated a long,
slender foot instead. of short, broad
one. - A
"Mary Anderson, Modjeska and Mrs.
Langtry all wear No. 5s. Rose Coghlan,
Ada RehRn, Mrs. Potter, No. 4s. Of
course none of these women are small.
You will find the prettiest little. feet
among the soubrette actresses"
Some men who have the fear of the
ord IN their pVnS p0 If hind when thpu