The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-30
SHOES AND TIE WEARERS
DEALERS m FooTceAR FOR MEN
AND WOMEN GIVE soME FACTS

III you should say that thew are wear.
ing All kinds Won would inst about
strike it: bat there Is one thing certain.
much moro sensible shoes are worn bv
women to-day than there were five wears
ago. Tho best selling shoe we have in all
sections Of the country. with one or two
exceptions, Is Che New York medium too.
a shoe with this toe has q comfortable
ana YET natty appearance. and IS usually
Ht'ed with an inch aud am eighth heel.
winch is comfortable height Next in
popularity 60 tho New York medium toe
As the New York opera toe, which is more
pointed at the end and has q heel one
quarter OF ON inch higher shan the for
mor Either Of these styles Of shoe may
or may not bc adorned with the patent
leather up which has been SO popular for
the last year"
"Whoro are the largest shoes wornY7
suppose you viii think ] will say ia
Chicago. bat ! shlnt. for wlilo In ib4t
Slty the sizes range from ono 10 seven in
BOSTON thero arc very few NO. i'a sold
the prevailing numbers RANGING between
TWO and seven. Chicago women have
oeen much maiigncd, and 10 IS "a fact that
we send more large sizes east than 10
any other section Of the country. New
aofhers wo2r much simmer shoes than
arc worn in any other city, and while we
sell more medium sizes threes and threos
and O half, for instance, right here some
women wear as high as fives. We sell
very few shoes over that size in New
York"
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Where are the smallest shoes worm
You viii be surprised when 1 tell Won
that TOT small feet tho southern women
are 10 the van. They wear rather wider
shoes than their New York sisters. bpt
uleh feet are shorter. TO sum up.
thlilk can confidently assert that the
largest shoes are worn by eastern women.
slnnest by New Workers and the widest
and smallest by the fair creatures who
make The south and west their homes"
are there particular styles manufact-
nfed for different scct!0ngy
There are Here. foi instance and
fhe member opened black walnut show
case and took out what looked ike mems
shoes. us sample Of the ladies' wauk-
IN ihat city Of blue blood and leans
Boston
"You VIII notice that they are nearly
as heavy, havo as wide heels, and look
fully as useful as mems shoes. We sell
them nowhere elso but i'm the east
Again here D. q pair of shoes which YOU
VIII observe have perfectly square toes
and narrow feet. These ere what the
fhiladeiphia bellies dOte upon, and you
couldn't see pair in any other city 90
save your neck. Funny, isn't its'
are women wearing heavier OF
lighter shoes chan formerly
"lou would naturally suppose from
my previous statement that they are
wearing more sensible shoes, that j
would say heavier. / regret 10 say that
] cannot Fair woman has come 30 She
conclusion that distorted feet resulting
from too short and too tight shoes de
tract from her appearance, and is there
fore wearing better shaped feet cover
ings You cannot persuade her TO wear
anything clumsy looking A thick s0led
shoe IS her abomin0tion, and there are
more deaths resulting every year from
her determination TO wear paper solcd
shoes than from any other cause. Al
least. that Is my opinion Why Just
look et 10 moment. The thicke5t shoe
we make has but a thrce-cighths of ON
inch s0le-aboBt the thickness @ Iuan
would wear on q summer shoe--and yet
women VIII put on their thick boots as
they call them, and tramp through slush
and mud all day long ia them. II makes
no difference If their feet are soaked
when they get home; they have worn
their thick boots aud that settles IL.
That's what ! like about the eastern
women. They win wear comfortable
and suitable shoes every time, appear
unCes or no appearances"
"ls the French high heel as much in
vogue as 10 wasf'
"For street wear, no. Tor the house
and carriage the most popular button
shoe is the New York opera toe, with the
high French heel This shoe naturally
S. not adapted FOR much walking, and
the women havo discovered this. For
low shoes the New York medium toe and
the opera with high moderately high
French heels sell the best. For a good
walking shoe So 20 s. should be paid; for
fancy ball slippers Of course fancy prices
are given.
IMPROVEMENT IN MEN's sHOEs.
4 wholesale manufacturer of mems
shoes said. 1T would 10 hard TO say
that any particular style of shoe is being
worn now. We make and sell al styles.
III can be- said, though, that men are get
ting better shoes for their money today
than ever before. Not only better IN
NNNIAILH MNL 40 Aala AAlN NAAAAN AAtt" va" "f
when "a man expected 20 buy an un-
comfortable. ready made shoe ana tor
fure himself by wearing &c until Il was
.omuarativelv comfortable. Improved
methods of taking measurements and
improved machinery have accomplished
fhis and q man can today so into q
reputable ready made shoe store and Get
a perfect fitting Shoe without the slightest
trouble"
(which section Of the country dc.
maud8 tho largest shoesF
THAT would be- difficult 10 say, but
probably the western man viii wear
little larger shoes than other men. as
rule The western man, you know. ls NOT
80 particular m his dress as an east
erner and so long as q shoe IS comfort
able that g. about All he cares for
itDo vcu make particular Styles LOT
different parts Of the country
III oan'f say that we 10 except Tor the {
.oofb coufherner5 wear more boots /
fben men in the north In fact there /
ere very few o. the finer grade Of b0ots /
worn M here. The southern man hSes /
toots and he wears them with high heels /
and Is apt to get them TOO short for ms I
60 tn concurrence the southern 1907 /
n shorter and wider th0n other feet, the (
&c. down there ranging from . 70, 3, +
erhls I'm the north they range pa thls /
rart Of the country from 90 10 ana ll 4
ia ,vest from g 10 u. Tho eastern men (
tove fhe elilnmcst feet. A fact which Is .
eemeyybat strange j. that more heavy .
eboes arc sold right here in the city than 4
in tho country districts. Nov ioIA
Press
OF the 200 gold beaters OF New. York
,.,f ono fs n woman, while Of tho OOO
gold cutters not one Is man.