The Meeker herald., 1892-09-10
THE FASHION IN HEELS.
THE FL,OHTv DAME MAS HER
NOTIONS ABOUT THEM.


4 venerable and persistent tash'oh
In heels is the habit OF wearing theta
high. Early shoes and boots would
appear To have had -ery slight heels
II any at aiii bat sten once the heels
be.a, Ia be made high and suited
In. Ia,hion breamo rrniy liked aud
has lasted Ia tie present day.
IL would bs dlIiicult Ia say exactly
vhsa hisn heel, nrst appeared bal
.hvy w.r, worn In En.land nj least as
long ago ~, tho early part OF the sIh-
lcenth century.
Tho Turkish original Vas kind OF
pat,-n worn doubtless 10 ra'so tho
~caror a,ovs tho dirt
In tho plate, la George snndys
.Iraycla IA sell known &c '-ni-sh'h-
century BOOK the Iursi,h women arc
represented wearing ihe-. chop ne'
Or 'chi"Dp n.. "a writer's called
them
Ia N,nle. they ~eFs IN Nrry com
mon ". They we're made %; wood
,o,crei with leather OF different
.olorS AMI ~sro often eGrloasly
painted and sometimes sllt
They were worn ab,urdly high
,3mu 5rlng raised eighteen Inches
from tho ground tho degree OF no.
b lit, po,.c,se,. by tho lady NeaF-r
being Indicated by Ia. hsleE, Of the
hopino,
On ,illi, Of this kind unas,ls'.i
y nikine naturally became NO es,y
in.k and henca was seen III. rldlcui-
,u. spec selc Of Il lady supported On
iIher sid. by attendant, shcn shp
~rnt abroad. 30 thu, she might not
'aiL
llr word 'choplnc VA, supposed
D., our older writer's Ia 10 of Italian
origin aud was often spolt cloppino
anu In tho plural eloppini. n. II
;,nuIn, Italian word Hut strangely
snnush Notwithstanding tho inshios
hat undoubtedly prevailed at N.nlc',
Tho worI doc, not appear Ia Italian
ilc,ionnrlo. IL !, probably OF span
sh origin.
Tho modern Spanish chapln mean,
, p clog with cork ,oIr. Hamlet
| .liudc. TO these css',sI pnu.n, Ia
his welcome TO tho pinylng ~h"n h."
,ay-i ''iiy'r lady your aiy.h y i,
nearer Ia heaven than when ] sas
you last by tho altitude Of a chopin.
| lhi. how, that tho Venetian fash.
ionnbl- foot wear vac familiar TO
! II.xab than Englt,hn-n, bat IT, In.
iu-n., In tho .hap. OF .h.-!-J
shoe. had long Dc!ors bccn felt In
tina, country.
A, ia. Tudor Exhibition held 70.
Gently In London there were to b-
seen the shoes ~orn by iiunry VIII
a, tho iamuu, meeting ~ the f!,ld al
the Cloth Of Gold. They uorp %
velvet, beautifully omhro d.roi mt
had silver clc-. anu pretty high
h-ci-. some shoe. worn b. tho un'
fortunate Ann. Bolcyn wore H.,u
.huwni and their heels were drcIdcdI
high
l Another exhibit was u pair Of shoes
formerly belonging To ,.u-cp Eliza
beth which sho lett nj Norihian II
sussex. where on ono occasion sh,
dIncd ON tho vi!iag, green on hrr gay
to Rye. Toe heels a! her majesty
shoc, were very high.
In EIignbcthan I ines corkci shoe.
we're much worn. tho cork ihickcB NJ
toward. the heel. In IN old comedy
The flrirc " printed In l5ia n lady
who Inquire. ~ hy tho citif.n'
wcarc all cors- In their shoc,g' Is
told IT'S Madam 10 keep up tho
customs of tho cite only to bc light
hcolcd"
| During tho rcign- Of Elizabeth :
| Immediate succ-. -oF- hcol. incrcn .cd
in height. In King .nmc-' days or
In tho early years OF Cbaricss reign
Sc!o y political troubles md G VII war
droy, aandyi.m out %! sight mad
nlrnoN out OF existence for many
year.. n Top delighted to oNhibit his
white silk stockings embroidered
with elaborate clocks In u variety
Of colprs. above shoes with heels cut
AWAY n, each corn npi Of pro.
tcntous height
Abou, this time the ladies' too cot
upon their stills and took Ia chopibc.
for tho eccentric John Bulwcr. writ
ing towards the middle OF the century
dcnounccs their adoption OF this
fashion. which he says. Is IL rnonsirous
niIccint!or. Initiated from tho Ncnc, un
und pcrs an 10 lies
| In the time OF George tho beau or
smart woro SQUARE. tocd shoes with
very small diamond buckles great
flap on tho irstcp and high red heels.
The speculative man OF 1870 the
famous bubble year produced u great
crop OF caricn'i'rcs md satiricai songs
and prints Many OF these werc col.
lcctcd In folio volume published In
Holland and nr..ug them Is large
engraving satirisf'g generally the
madness OF spcculat ,rs
II represents For;sno being driven
by Folly her car being drawn by 6g-
ures representing tNc chief bubble
companies from tho South Sea and
tho Mississippi sche eics downwards.
Tho attire Of Folly TIC driver gives
MS complete plc,ur' Of the female
fashion OF the day: IL includes II grca,
hoop pett'coat patches ind shoes
with very high heels ~