The herald., 1895-06-02
LEGGINGS FOR CYCLING
A Necessary Part of Every
Fair WheeIWOman's
Costume
OVER SIXTY STYLES NOW SHOWN
The Very Latest Thing Is Laced
Affair Made TO Fit Like
a Glove

Bicycle leggings. CATERS, boots and
shoes cf special design are shown in the
shoe stores and department stores in
great variety. says writer in the New
York World. The fashionable makers
Of custom shoes find an incidenta boom
in sheir business directly connected with
the bicycle craze and some of their fin EST
and costliest work is in the line of laced
or buttoned leggings and boots of extra
length in the legs.
Sixth avenue dealer in boots and
shoes has issued an ilus6rated. catalogue
devoted entirely to ladies' and gentle
mems bicycle footwear. Designers ia
shoe factories are racking their brain s
for new ideas in leggings and boots.
The latter come in all shades OF russet
and tan. They are made with an extra
long top. reaching to the center of the
cali. They come in laces and differ only
from the ladies hunting boot or boot
for mountain wear, IN that for bicycle
use the sole must be single, thin and
flexible.
Comfortable as such boot is. it is in no
such favor among the fair cyclers as
leggings worn with approved bicycle
shoes. The latter come in two styles,
oxford ties and plain frontlaoe reaching
Just above the ankle. The soles are
thin and the heel is low and fiat. The
Oxford ties are made up in dongola
patent leather. tans, russet calf and can
vas. The regulation bicycle shoe, laced
to support the ankle. is made in dongola,
calf and canvas. Rubber or leather soles
are optional, but rubber is no longer con-
sideIed the proper thing. The rat-trap
| pedals M axe the rubber soles unnecessary.
| The logging is necessity with either
style of these shoes and it is in their
construction that the designers of foot
wear have given to the trade their best
efforts.
One window shows over sixty styles of
leggings. They are made up to button
and to lace and to lace with button effect.
and comprize ooze calf in the undressed
or suede style and IN all the rich tan
uints. russell, white, red and brown Rus
sia calf; enamelled calf in black red and
russell; dongola kid, kangaroo kid cor
duroy in gray. black, blue and purple;
cloth specially woven for this purpose in
every color likely to be worn i'll the con-
struction of bicycling costumes. Blues
and grays predomnate, and it is possi-
BILE to match any of the prevailing shades
of outing cloth in any OF the big retail
stores.
Tan leggings are. however, supposed
to go we'll with any costume. Leggings
ready made range in value f1om " to 81.
A oman of the Michaux club who in
Difference to her high social position must
have everything maue to order, pays
from $l3 20 $25 for her leggngs.
The laced pattern worn by the ladies of
the Lyceum company during the long run
of The Amazons is much affected. They
are made of either ooze calf or russell leath
er of russell color. velvety and rich in APP
pearance, and must fit like glove from
ankle to knee. TO do this and not ir ter
fere with the free motion of the limb is
triumph of the cordwainer's art. The
greatest care must be taken in the cutting
out OF leggings of this class. A slight
mi stake in measurement or cutting will
ruin them in the eyes of the fastidious
costumer. That is why he charges $50.
tMen are not overgven to wearing leg
gings as part of a bicycle costume, pre-
ferring TO show their manly limbs through
the medium of plaid stockings. The
bicycle Logging for men is q simple affair
closely resembling the riding Logging in
appearance. The bicycle Logging, how
ever. is not held to the limb by strap
under the foot but rests lightly or the
top of the foot. They are really intended
as protection in long journeys, and in
the stores are shown only in corduroys.
canvas and leather. The low-quarter
dongola kid or canvas shoe OF Oxford tie
pattern. with an especially stout fiat heel
and with leather sole, Is the correct
thing in mems bicycle shoes.