Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-27
CHICAGO GIRLS SHOES.

TheT Range Between Ta,ees and FauTs in
szs-an Experienced Deal,r raihe.
An experienced shoe deGier, who is as
well acquainted with the styles OF female
footwear il Chicago as he Is With thst
worn IN NV York, was recently asked
about the shoes worn By American
women. Hs said:
"Amsrlcans PAY E:oTe sttoQtioa &c
thets feet itsn they used to. This
being the Gaze the msn who
catsrs to Tie comfort OF the fee;
EUss make 2 study Ct the same. When
YOU and were boys We bought shoes In
which cur toes came out to the end CT
the shoe-Tight against the end.
We also bought, or our fathers did, eeI
cordirg TO The pric.. No Intelligent
dealer in shoes 10 ,daY viii ever sell
customer pair OF shoes against the
end Of which the toes viii
be forced. The shoe Of to- day-.hst is
the common sense shoes always long.
er than tie foot. The Stylish shoe is
lorg and narrow. No lsdg who has any
regard for her comfort, TO sky nothing
else thsn long and narrow
| shoe On the same principle. l sup
pose you know that in England an Amer
lean is generally known by the kind Of
shoe he wears The English wGer wide
shoes-men and women alike. Some
folks think this is done because the En-
g.ish 90 SO much mCrs walking than we
Americans. That Is not il Il ls hshit
they don't take the same pains with the.r
feet in the old country thai we do over
here. l do not know Ct any nation that
does.
"Somehody asked me the other day
WHIST sizes were mostly worn in Chicago
My answer rather surprised him. l said
threes and f1urs, and more fours than
threes. he got Of the idiotic talk soou,
Chicago woGeL's feet that you fad In
newspapers CT liy1l cites. The same
thing Is true CT every American city II
this age CT the world. In some sections OF
tie country children used to run in their
bare feet more than they do now, !
Should say that with ladies number four
is the most generally Worn-I won't say
called foT--shoe in the market. Number
t1os, lndies' eiZes, you understand, are
not much worn, though called for fire.
quen!ly. That Is another thing that you
nssr s great deal about in funny way.
ntv5r deceive customer about his CT
her number II the question Is asked. But
when lady comes in and stys to one OF
Inc young men that she wants 8 number
TWO, he locks at her foot, il he can do 90
without ofsnse, aud pToces Dis to Il. her.
81 must ssy for the intelligence Of the
average woman that this sort Of nonsense
is not INDUCED in SO much now SO tor.
meTly. The intelligent woEsn comes In
and says she wants to be fitted, ct The
same time putting up one foot to the
salesman. We don't go as much On num-
bers ISL eldi1 twenty years ago. We Il.
the shoe TO the foot, and when we have
dono that 1t makes precious little differ
ence TO the wesrer whether the last is
"double A" or "double Z" You know,
Ct course, that "double A" is nsrroa
last snd "double E"s:very wide last.
The widths become wider as the letters
run down.
"Ths French heel Is not worn as much
as 1t was. II Is good thing it is act.
No womHn's foot ever looked sc well in
shoe With French heel. told you
that the tendency is to long shoes. This
does not spply TO ehoes worn on the
stage, which are always shors. There is
more tsste displayed in tia shoe for the
psrlof now thaa there used to bs TIE
lady OF taste, II she can ford It, CT
course, has & pair Of shoes 20 mach each
dress. One OF the pre.tsst shoes fey
evening Is the undressed kid, orange
shade, especially II tho dress Is OF blsck
silk Cr satin. One CT ihe most styIisk4
things we know Of in tnis line is lsosS
der. Il Is exceedingly rich and costs 500,