Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10
Written for the Evening Star
BOOTS AND PARASOLS.
What Arc the Latest Fashions in These for
Ladies'.

What Arc the Latest Fashions in These for
Ladies'.
DAINTY FooTaEAR FOR TINY FEMININE FEET
THE CORRECT THING FOR STREET AND HOUSE
wEAR-A FORTUNE CAN BE SPENT ON PARA
j soLs-THE STYLE IN Wells.
"Her little feet, like mice, stole in and out"
but no mouse was ever SO gorgeously decked as
''her little feet nowadays, especially at balls
and receptions, where they are covered with
low shoes made Of kid embroidered with tiny
round beads over the instep-not toe-and
with slippers Of satin matching in color the
gown worn. Sometimes they are heavily
worked in flowers made Of glass jewels. A pair
recently seen at swell wedding was of white
satin worked in blue forget me-nots made Of
bits OF stone and with such exquisite work
manship that it seemed a shame to catch only
glimpse Of them as they "stole in and OUT be-
meath gown of white satin and blue velvet.
For demi-toilets gray, black and tan suede are
worn either in shape of slipper or tie. The
former have slides sparkling with steel, gilt,
rhinestones or other jewels Some are shown
with two slides, one on the vamp, the other
over the instep. The soles OF slippers, ties and
boots are now colored black. with the idea Of
making the foot look smaller. The hand
soonest house slipper l have seen is of bronze.
with the shamrock fashioned from emeralds on
it. The one in which the foot looks the
daintiest and smallest is Of black velvet, with q
cluster Of rhinestones on it.
CORRECT THING IN STREET WEAR.
The most correct thing for street wear is .
patent leather Oxford tie with an attenuated
he dub boa aoad
against the small toe having gained absolutely
nothing. 1t is necessary for every woman who
wishes to be comfortable as well as
fashionable. to purchase her shoes size
larger than if they were made with
square toes. for every one knows that ne woman
living could get one toe let alone five, into that
ridiculous point. The fashion is, Of course, out
Of all nature, but Dame Fashion has demon |
ftrated too often her antagonism to Dame |
Nature for us to make any remarks on that |
subject, therefore, as l before said. the one |
hope in being comfortable Is to get these shoes |
and boots large enough to give the toes suffi-
cient room, irrespective Of the point. Over
the Oxford at present are worn the gaiter,
which gives the ankle extremely pretty |
appearance. For those who prefer the high
boot. the buttoned ones are first in favor made
Of kid with patent leather vamps OF cloth and
patent leather entirely of kid. Made
OF American kid and not hand-sewed they are
reasonablein price, but Of course they can cost
$40 pair and yet be very plain in appear
ance. Later the tan shoe, made either Oxford
or blucher. will supersede the black. Tan
stockings will have to be worn with them. Zone
often sees an advertisement of French kid
boots at half for what they may be bought else
where" Be it known that the highest priced
Kid is taken from the animal when it is very
young, that the skin becomes coarser with age
and can be procured much cheaper. 1t wears
quite well If not better than the younger
kid. but is not as soft. flexible pretty. Strict
attention will have to be given to shoeing the
feet at least neatly since the much shortened
skirts show the entire foot to the ankle.
dainty gift to a lady is pair of the lovely bed
room slippers, made of quilted satin, lined
with fur. For warmer weather they come lined
with silk of contrasting color, and are es-
pecially lovely in baby blue lined with shrimp
pink or heliotrope lined with tender lime
green.
FASHIONS IN PARAsoLs.
fortune in itself may be spent on parasols.
Imagihe one made Of boiling cloth, the ribs
covered with satin and all covered with one
piece o; real point d alencop lace with handle
OF carved meteorological set with precious
stones. yet saw one exactly like this in a
brides trousseau yesterday. The same bride
had a coaching parasol in helitrope bengaline,
with white enameled crook stick. It had one Of
the new empire cases in which to slip it; this
was also of heliotrope. and was finished with a
drawn puff at either end. completed with inch
wide pale green ribbons to be slung over the
arm; small sachet of heliotrope and pale
green satin bangles from the ribbon, adding to
the elegance of the affair. Another parasol is
Of shrimp pink chiffon over thin pink silk, with
ivory handle, while black gros grain, edged
with lace and finished with handle of let
seemed the most sensible and the handsomest
in the collection. Parasols are shown in flow
cred grenadines. plaid and striped gauze. one
especially beautiful one being of black gauze,
striped with gold over black silk and
having black ebony stick inlaid with
gold. For people with small purses and
who desire parasoIs suitable for either rain or
sun, they are shown in dark. plain or satin
striped taffeta. Pretty and inc xpensive para
soils come III navy blue, chocolate and golden
brown armure silk with handles entirely of
wood. with wood and bono or woven wood and
straw. Black and colored satin parasos are also
shown, and in, fact. every kind class and
description Of woman aud purse can be suited
this year with parasol.
1t doesn't matter what a woman has on "a
long as she wears veil. but veil she must
wear morning, noon and night. the most becom-
ing of which she will find is the Tuxedo. It
comes In single and double mesh and il dotted
with chenille. Care should be used in adjusting
this veil that no dot comes Just within the
range of vision As ii is wellknowu fact that
spotted veils are apt to injure the eyesight
The Tuxedo cost from 25 cents to SIS n ward. A
few wells of silk net with border of three rows
of narrow ribbon are shown: the ribbon may be
black or OF any color preferred; they fall below
the chin and are tied in bow in the back.
Sensible people never wear heavy crepe |
veil over the face. not even in widows mourn
ing; instead a fine plain crepe with a border of
heavy crepe is used; for lighter mourning the
border is of dead silk. White wells of Brussels
net are being brought out for white hats.
Driving and travelling wells are in thick silk it's
sues, either plain or of iridescent shades.