Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
ABOUT SHOES.
The Shoes of Fair Women, Also Some
thing About those Worn by Men.
Eastern Women Wear the largest and Southern
Women the Smallest Footgear-Chicago
:, Women Have Been Maligned.

Gfess reporter, - WOulp Get ten 10 one
that you couldn It guess what those are
Tor, - and the member handed over q
pair of the most peculiar looking articles
OF feminine wear that the reporter had
ever seen. They were apparently a. com
bination of the neatest, nattiest and
glossiest patent leather shoes, with the
richest, thickest and shiniest woven silk
legs. Just above the ankle came the
leather, and at that point ii was joined to
the silk by the daintiest red stitching i'm
aginable. The silk was of = rich, black
. color, adorned on either side with gold
clocks deliberately embroidered.
The reporter took the things, gazed at
them minute or two with critical atten-
ton and then said: ''I'll give il up,
but | should imagine that they were some
sort of ladies boots. -
''Not such Il bad guess, and a natural
one under the circumstances. But I
don't believe you could guess Just what
kind of boots they are, ana what they will
he used for, so l Will tell you. Those are
riding boots - ana the member leaned
back in his chair, and laughed heartily
at the reporters look of amazement.
Eyes, stree, - he continued, those are
wo;nan'wants such things as those for
to ride in | can It imagine. 1t was spe-
cial order for a Southern lady, ana We
made them; and what's more, she Will
have to pay just SIS for them, too. -
DO you have many such orders as
that?'' >.
''No, we don't, and I'm glad of it,
for they are a nuisance. We are whole
sale dealers, you know, but have one OF
two retail stores, and it is from these
that such orders come. -
;. ''WhaU kind Of shoes are the ladies
wearing rowadays?"
eff you should say that they are wear
ing all kinds you would just about strike
it; but there is one thing certain, much
more sensible shoes are worn by women
to-day than there were five years ago.
The best selling shoe we have in all sec
tons of the country with one or two excep-
tions, is the New York medium toe. Il
shoe with this toe has a comfortable and
yet natty appearance, and is usually
ftted with an inch and an eighth heel,
which is a comfortable height. Next in
popularity to the New York medium toe
is the New York opera toe, which is more
pointed ut the end and has Il heel one
quarter of an inch higher than the
former. Either of these styles OF shoe may
or may not be adorned with the patent
leather tip which has been SO popular for
the last year
''Where are the largest shoes wOrn?''
81 suppose you viii think I viii say i'll
Chicago, but ! shan t, for while III tha5
city the sizes range from one to seven, III
Boston there are few No. is sold, the
prevailing numbers ranging between two
and seven. Chicago women have been
send more large sizes EasL than to am
other section of the country. New York
Crs wear much simmer shoes than are
worn ii any other city, and while we sell
more medium sizes, threos and threes
ana a half, for Instance, right here some
wrtuen wear as high as Gves. We sell
very few shoes over that size in New
York -
"Whcre are the smallest shoes worn?'
q You VIII he surprised when | tell you
tn0t for small feet The Southern women
are il the van. They wear rather wider !
shoes than their New York sisters, but
their feet are shorter. To sum up, |
fink can confidently assert that the
l1T,yat SHOES are worn by Eastern
women, siimmest by New Workers and
the widest arr! .1aqllest by the fair cvea-
lures who make The SOuth and West their
homes. -
''Are there particular styles manufac-
turcl for different sections: I
''lhere are. Here, for instance |
ana tla member opened 3 plaei walnut
show case ana took our what looked like |
Mon 5 shoes, ais sample OF the ladies'
wa asnn'last shoe. wHien is HOW very |
popular in that city OF blue blood and |
JeIne-Iostou -
- Tou VIII notice that they are nearly |
IS heavy, have is VIDE heels, and Look F,
fully Is useful as men S shoes. We sal |
them nowhere else but in the eas5 |
Again. here Is Il pair of shoes which you
viii observe have perfectly square toes |
and marrow fees. These are what the !
Philadelphia bellies dole Upon, ana you
'toGiGn I s"e pair IN any other city to |
save yuUE. meek. Funny, ISL Z it? The |
California dies wear shoes somewhat |
similar 20 tn" IhAGdelphians, the only |
difference being q ratEarlouEerv amp and |
slightly rounding toe.
care women wearing heavier or lighter |
shoes than formariy?'
- You would naturally suppose from NY |
previous statement that .Avy are wearing 1
more sensible shoes, that I would say
heavier. regret TO say that I cannot.
Fair woman has come to the conclusion .
short and toe tight shoes detra2t from
her appearance land is therefore wearing
better SNAPPED feet coverings. You can
not persuade her to wear anything clumsy
locking \ thick so!ld FhoG Is her abom-
nation. and there are more deaths re-
auGug every year from her Getermina-
ton to wear paper sclea shoes than from
any other cause. NFieast, thai is my
opinion. Why, just look at it a moment.
The thicllest snoe we make has
but "a three-eighths of an inch sole
.ahSut the thickness man would
wear On summer shoe-aud yet
viii nut on their 'thick boots, as
they call theB,, aud tramp through the
slush and mud ;.II day long in them. 1t
makes no difference il their feet are
soaked when they get home; they have
worn their thick boots, and that set
Ties it. THAT 3 what l like about the
Eastern women. They viii wear COM
and suitable shoes every time,
or no appearances.
els the French high heel as much in
vogue as it was?
. For street wear, no. Fer the house
aud carriage the most popular button
shoe IS the New York opera toe. with the
high Fresleh heel This shoe naturally is
not adapted Tor much walking, and
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