The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-30
FOR THE MODERN CINDERELLA

cd toe This is not what is known as
the common sense shoe, however, as
that is q last which has little or no curve
to the sole. This calfslzin must be kept
blackened or polished like men IS boots.
Many women cannot wear even the
Iightest weight of calfskin, as they con-
tend it draws the feet and produces
CORES, but in order to keep i'll the fash
ion they wear kid, without any gloss,
which can be polished the same as the
calfskin. and the general effect Is very
much the same.
Shoes are worn more months OF the
year than boots. Shoes, be it understood,
are what used to be called ties. Caters,
or fspats, - are only permissible spring
and autumn, but they have ''sporty'
look dear to the heart Of some girls.
Calfskin shoes are worn in the morning,
patent feathers, or kid with patent
leather foxings, net nearly so comfort
able, bat much smarter, il the afternoon.
Shoes reaching just above the ankle,
with tops of colored cloth, buttoned with
most abnormal buttons, are somewhat
startling, but generally included in a
fashionable outfit. The tips are of smooth
tan cloth, fine check being the most
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While the latest fashion, excepting in
walking boots, is toward a more round
ed toe, the general effect is still the long
and narrow. OF course this necessitates
wearing size or two sizes longer, but
is far better and more becoming to the
foot than to have it squeezed into a
broader and shorter boot. For street
wear, low, broad heels are necessary. In
fancy slippers, high heels and even the
Louis 9uinze are still fashionable. AS
for slippers and fancy ties, there is no
end to the quantity needed. Many wom-
en-, when they have their ball gowns
made, send a bit of the stuff to their
bootmaker to insure the slippers match
ing the gown exactly. White satin and
even white kid slippers are embroidered
with pearls and rhine seedstOnes, and
the tiny jeweled tips that show beneath
the hem Of the dainty gown do add
| greatly to the finish of the costume.
Numberless shoes, boots and slippers
require numberlass stockings, and many
women find, in order to keep them as
| they want, it is necessary to give up q
chiffonier solely for that use. Every
shade and color Of silk stocking is care
! fully folded in this chifonier. Silk, Of
course, predominates, but there are lisle
| thread, cotton and even the coarse wool
used in the bicycle and golf stockings.
These last, III bright plaids, are almost
too bright to be popular for any length
CT time.
Pretty stockings can now be bought
at prices possible to almost any one,
and even if the quality is not of the
finest it is fine enough to look well,
and better still, to feel comfortable.
Black Isle thread, embroidered in col
ored silks in dainty designs, and ribbed
spun silk in plain colors are extraor-
dinarily cheap, according to the New
York Herald, authority for the forego-
ing, and are always becoming to the
feet Of course there is practically no
limit to the prices one can pay for elaD-
orately embroidered silk stockings, and
these same stockings are often embroid-
cred with tiny seed pearls to match the
elaborate slippers. Insertion of real lace
is often used on the instep of stockings,
but the openwork designs on the cheaper
grade Of goods is very satisfactory.