The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

our fofked shoes almo I no long gain az
our feet not q little TO the hindrunce Of
the action of h OCT, aid not only so,
mt hey prove an impeachment to reveren.
tlal devotion, for our boots IN l I'll oes a,e
so mounted that we can hardly kneel in
Gods house,"
Shoemaking was prnct.ced in monastic
institutions, excepting those he'ongingto
monks denominatc0 ~"nnrefooted. fiom u
very early date. aud the existence of the
practice appears to have given otfenss 10
Richard, the first abbot of st. Alban's
Abbey, wEo complained of the monks and
canons associating with shoemakels and
tanners.
In Edward Wis reign. and long after,
counters high boots with very long
tops that could be pulled over the knes
and half up the thigh when wanted. The
boots fitted the leg like a stocking, md
closely resembled the buskin.
The choppine WAS introduced into En-
gland lnthe sixteenth century, hut ii never
reached the proportions that it did in
Venice and Rome. Shakespeare, in a sal
ntation to u lady. writes: "What, my
young mistress, by'r lady, your ladysl.ip
IS nearer heaven than when / saw YOU
last by the altitude of a choppine."
Many of the shoes of this period close
ly assemble the shoes now WON, and the
modern fashion of ornamenting shoes
with bows over the instcp is evidently a
copy OF the fashion then in vogue. Shoes
OF buM .eatNar with slashes in their up.
Iers were very much worn in the reign Of
the first James, when high boots ;giin
came into fashion. These were clumslly
formed and were allowed to SLOUGH down
over the calvas and ankles of their wenr-
ers, like united stockings. 1t was plob-
ably from these boots that w,ink'eI legs
took their rise. About this time n lady
kles of n gallant's boots" These high
s'ouching boots We're worn by pedestrians
as we'll as by riders.
Apart from the gold lace and silver
thread with which "shooties" were edged
at This period the shoes Worn did not en-
tail n sreAt expense to the wearers.
Drnmatists of the same reign and of tl.at
of Charles /. male frequent mention OF
corsel shoes. The boots of the Crom-
wclllan era were mostly of buff Spanish
leather. They were plain to ugliness.
and were armed with a square piece of
leather III front to keep the pressure of
tue stirrnp from the iAstep. During the
existence of the Commonwealth, and for
some time after, the tops of the boois
We're of enormous width. The shoes dur.
ing the reign of tharles ii. and james
IL. we're distinguished by high heels and
!ongish toes. tapering toward their points,
but cut square ut tho ends, The upl,ers of
which not only covered the instep, but
extended some distance over the Sims OF
their wearers.
Buckles, it is said, were first used in
the reign of William I'LL, but the brass
of Robert Attelnth at Lynn, who died in
1876, is pictured with shoes with buckles.
The costliness of many of tho buckles so
worn is placed beyond doubt from the
fact that they were often fashioned of
the most precious metals and studded
witt. brilliants. William himself wore
hig tjack boots, scarcely differing in form
froi! and having the same belongings by
way, of instep-gnards as those of his
predecessor. They were cut MS ugly \,
can possibly he imagined.
Ladies' shoes had hikh heels. 1t was
quite common to bridge the arch with a
leathcrn clog. Tho higi-cut quarter
shos was worn by men during the reign
of George l. and George II.
Bucklcd shoes lasted down to the be-
ginning of the present century. The i.
We're speedily succeeded by shoes fastened
with strings. In the reign of George
III. ciosc-titting top boots. the legs OF
which were cut from grained leather,
wyrc Very commonly Worn. The upper
portion was cut more to resemble the
form of the leg. ana it was furnished
with Il turnover. or a top, as it was after
ward called. High boots SO cut were