Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-29
passion flower, with its running vines and
tendrils, is much used.
FADs IN FooT-eEAR.

A pair of bathing sandals has recently
been made for Lady Colin Campbell,
| which have uppers of navy-blue canvas,
| gofiered and eye-letted. The lacing runs
! from the instep to tolerably high in the
| leg, but nowhere do the sides meet when
the sandal is worn. No covering at all is
| furnished for the toes, but the sole comes
well to the front. Two loops of gut are
| inserted in the sole, one for the big-toe
and one for the small one. The uppers
| are edged with red, and in color and de-
sign match Lady Colin Campbelrs bath
ing-dress.
Just nowadays the oldest of all possible
shoes are worn at English festival gather
ings, and she who can show the queerest is
eminently the belle of the ball. Perhaps
the toe is white, and the rest of the shoe
is black; OF vice-versa. In the former
case bright stocking is worn, and in the
latter white stocking. In both cases the
wearer looks as if she had on only the toe
of shoe.
White satin boots for evening wear
have the entire toe-piece of open-work
pearl and small gold-bead lattice-like en-
broidery. In shoes of black or bronze
satin, the embroidery is in gold, and in the
delicate shades matching evening gowns
Many of them have two straps, coming
from the back of the heel, and crossing
the ankle, sandal fashion.
By the way, there is new and useful
devise in gloves, which ought to prove a
h1sSing to those ladies who always have
to hunt for their fare when confronted by
the horse-car conductor. The novelty
consists in little silver-mounted purse,
inserted in the palm, just big enough to
held few nickels. The charity bangle
vanished long ago, and now it is time for
some devise by which women may be
enabled to get at their money as easily as
men may dive into their vest pockets for
change" and then sit smiling scornfuiIy
while their feminine neighbors fdget and
fuss in the effort to find receptacle hid
den away somewhere beneath bewildering
pleats and gathers.
Speaking of shoes, a native Chinese
journal, discussing the practice of cramp-
ing ladies feet, says that in the year 1864
the great and enlightened Emperor
Kanghsi issued an edict, forbidding it un-
der heavy penalties, and calling upon all
local officials to suppress the custom. But,
four years later, on the advice of the Board
of Ceremonies, he withdrew the edict, and
left the ladies free to follow their own
taste. The origin of the strange custon,
seems to be lost in ebscurity. In the
eighth century of our era the wife
of an Emperor of the Tang dynasty is
said to have worn shoes only three inches
long. One theory assigns the practice to
the fourth century A. D., "when Pan Fri
danced before the last of the sovereigns of
the Tel dynasty, and every footstep made a
lily grow"
The older poets made no reference to
the cramped foot, but sing of the loveliness
Of the snow-white feet of the women of
their days, when the foot-gear, if worn at
all, was round-toed for women and square
toed for men. The native writer in the
journal aforesaid thinks that the custom of
pinching the feet was progressive, and
only attained its present pitch by slow de-
grees. Do you remember John G. Saxe's
description of the beautiful Chinese
maiden
eldest daughter of wise Wang Kee:
Her skin was the color of saffron tea,
And her nose was fiat as flat could be;
And never were seen such beautiful eyes
Two almond kernels in shape and size,
Set in a couple OF slanting gashes,
And not in the least disfgured by lashes;
And then such feet,
You'd hardly meet
In the longest walk through the grandest street,
You might go seeking
From Nankin to Pekin
pair SO remarkably small and neat"
FIG LEAVES.
One of fashions pet projects this autumn
is to find novel and striking ornamental
tions for dress waists. At recent very
swell luncheon party one lady wore cos
tune of beige-tinted Glorioso silk Ia new
material of very high luster that is greatly
in favor at present., touched off with roll
ing collar and deep cuffs of tan-colored
Suede kid. Odder still is the fancy for
using bands of real silver in trimming.
The metal is rolled out very thin, and is
laid over foundation of cloth, silk, etc.
For reveres, cuffs and collars nothing can
be more effective-unless it were pure gold
used In the same way. | lately saw a
charming dinner toilet of Sevres blue
japanese crepe, trimmed with real silver
bands In way 10 remind one of medieval
times, or to suggest Joan of Arc conde-
scending to ballroom. The japanese
crepe, by the way. is much better than the
Chinese, having far heavier mesh, and
! being, therefore, more durable.
The newest things out are beauty pads,
for the cheeks! Hollow cheeks and
wrinkles are very awkward things, and
hard to overcome. An English physician
is now providing ladies who need them
with small pads, which are attached to
natural or artificial teeth by means of tiny
gold springs. A pair of pads cost about
S75, but is said to make the most cadaver-
Gus cheek round out like that of cherub,
and thereby to take at least ten years of
the apparent age of the wearer. The
maker of the pads says that more men
than women wear them, so far.
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