The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-24
SHOES OF MANY SHAPES.
How People of Various Countries
Dress Their Feet.
From the New York Star.

Dress Their Feet.
From the New York Star.
Many will congratulate themselves that
russell shoes have been "callei in" and sty-
lish women in New York will now begin to
consider fashions latest freaks in footgear
for street and indoor wear. Looking over
the stock of a prominent dealer, we find the
| ever popular French kid button boot main
| tanning its supremacy for general wear,
and presenting itself this autumn with a
straight patent leather tip decorating the
pointed too. In fact the pointed
toe is employed in all varieties of
shoes; even the heaviest Waukenphast,
with low broad heels, taking on this distin-
gushing feature, which will be found 70 o.
casion great discomfort to the pedestrian.
A very stylish shoe for dressy wear is q
lace boot which is made with patent leather
vamp and tip. Louis XIV. heel, and the top
in tan or gray isle, material which will
be largely employed in footgear for all full
dress occasions this winter, and which seems
to have completely displaced satin for such
purposes. Oxford ties promise to be In
higher favor than slippers for use with
evening costumes, and some beautiful shoes
of this description are shown in all the lead
ing stores
A plain dress Oxford is made with French
kid, or, preferably, patent leather vamp
| and a cloth upper in black, or any color
desired, with the Louis heel and, of course,
! the pointed toe. A shoe which presents a
very elegant appearance is known as the
Western Oxford tie, and is made entirely
| of black suede, with patent leather dia-
mond tip and facings. Some shoes of this
| pattern are made in delicate shades of gray
| or tan, with the vamp ornamented with
straight or V-shaped braiding.
1.-THE "Idear is a handsome one strap
| sandal, composed of patent leather vamp,
| and the back of suede with the strap of this
material, ornamented with bow and buckle.
Gray and tan are admissible with all cos
TUNES, but toilette has a more complete
effect If the shoes are made of suede dyed
| to match the color of the goods. Shoes of
American manufacture generally follow
Partisan models The French have peculiar
| tastes, and consideration productions to be
unapproachable u material, workmanship.
| and, above all, IN style. Their wares are
largely exported tosAmerica, and 1t is a
| sad fact that they are sold readily for their
| distressingly pointed toe and very high heel
sloping from the place where the heel be-
longs to the center OF, the foot, which makes
them prove to their wearers what they ap-
pear to casual observer, a refined instru-
ment Of torture Sao
In Spain the peopie of the upper classes
follow the prevailing fashions in France
in ladies' and gentle x f5ot# Year, and as
pedestrianism is NOT aP5 pdged, in to any re-
marketable extentS12 the slogan appearance
| of the shoe is ofiwytstly more importance
than the comfort &c lie generally conceded
that person weatfhg a squafe-toed, broad
soled boot is an Z 1glishman or at all events
not of Castilian birth. The poor people of
| the country use a sort of slipper made of
| canvas, with sole of hemprope called
''alpergatas, u and it is found to be SO COM
faHl Ds.Nf de- hryo
| the march in Spain. These goods are manu- =
| featured largely in the Basque provinces +,
| the cost being only from 10 to Is peletas a
dozen.
On the isthmus of Panama people of all
classes are most fastidious in the fashion of
| their footgear for outdoor wear. The COM
monest negro, who goes barefooted to work,
| must take his holiday in the dresslest style
| of tParisian boot If he can get them large
enough, and the women who wear the most
slatterniy slippers inside adopt the extreme
of fashion when dressing for a promenade.
The French style Of congress gaiter is most
| largely in demand, with high heels and
narrow toes, the warm climate and lazy
nature OF the people causing them to reject
the lace or button shoe as requiring too
much exertion to adjust.
In Mexico a large proportion of the
population that is not of uropean origin
do not wear shoes at all, but continue to
use the ancient Indian sandal, which is con-
| sidered the most economical, comfortable
and healthy for the climate. This sandal
consists OF a sole Of raw-hide, or woven
maguey fiber, which is strapped to the bot
tom Of tho foot by strings or thongs Of the
same material. and it Is 50 highly esteemed
that the Mexican army, which is equipped
without regard 20 expense, continue 20 use
this ancient foot covering In preference 10
any other kind Of boot or shoe.
shoenakiBg la YucetAn Is o brief and
primitive operation The unsnod lndiYid-
uai proouras q piece Of hide or sole leather.
and, placing bic feet thereon, follows tbs
contour q each foot with a sharp knife.
Having complsted this operation, be passes
q string ~ leather thong betwsea fhe bag
Ne and the one uekt. Nlnds u around The
ensls and again Through tie sole AZ Tbs hesl,