The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-17
WEE BITS OF ADVICE.

1t is Louis XIV. who is followed this
| season by the makers and wearers of satin
shoes These satin shoes may be as elab-
crate and costly as individual fancy
chooses. Lace insertions, jewel trimming.
silver or gold embroidery. may enrich them.
and severe In outline. A charming pal.
has pink satin uppers and lace over
pink for the lower part. Silk stock
ings o! pink, with white lace insertions.
are worr with them. This kind Of
stocking is in great demand for very oressy
wear. The tinsel embroidered stockings.
with lizards and beetle backs on the in
step. are dazzling. with shoes to match. to
wear with black tulle dancing frocks. but
they require professional cleaning. the
shoe is used almost TO the exclusion of the
slipper for all dressy occasions. because II
can stand more decoration and Is better
dancing shoe. Taen. too. the slipper has a
half-negligee look that makes 1t filter for
home and bedroom wear.
Mules in which to slip the foot when
getting out OF bed. and to wear during the
lazy hours spent IN ones own room. are
built bewitchngIy Of all shades Of pretty
striped and plaided and brocaded satin.
The high. sharp heels are covered with the
satin. and while satin or kid lines the in
side. The toes .: these saucy little affairs
have big pompon OF black tulle or little
bow sticking up in the air. like butterfly
wings.
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bed slipper or sock to wear when one
Is Ill and reclining on a COUCH or as some
people like. in bed on cold nights. is bull;
OF satin or fine French flannel in some
pretty Dresden pattern. sole and all. 1t
has no heel. is drawn on over the bare foot
and is slit down each side. where there are
little ribbon bows. A frll or quilting OF
ribbon edges the top about the ankle. AL
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wear with nightgown and saul de lit.
Shoes and stockings bring us naturally to
carriers. and that is no small subject In
itself. There are little shops, indeed. along
the frivolous rue de la Paix whose principal
raison dette is garter and pettcoat design
ing Round garters are made very wide.
A Dresden ribbon is first shirred over the
rubber puff CT a quilting added to the top
edge. three-inch frill OF lace to the lower
and jeweled buckle. a ribbon bow. a
bunch Of violets and bit of peau d Espagne
or a sachet added Neus! a confection al
most big enough for an opera bonnet.
There is no telling. either, what a woman
who loves to FIX up things will devise on
the spur Of the moment. Last winter many
n velvet stock collar became. with rose or
two a captivating Dutch bonnet" Tho
other day velvet gir1le was swathed, ros-
cites and all. in stunning mass about
girls throat. the ends tucked inside her
ton to the ensemble. That a garter will
eerve as a CHECKER is only question OF time
The suspender garters many women still
cling to. and after all they are the best
The round me is pretty finish to the
stocking. we admit. but to hold the stocking
without wrinkling. especially a silk one.
means to wear il very tight indeed. and that
means dert IN the flesh that will in a very
short tine spoil the contour Of the leg.
The euspender garters are made very
lovely in spite OF their harness-like aspect.
The rubber is covered with shrred ribbon.
and on each edge there are two thick frills
of very narrow black or white yellow lace.
or the whole width OF the ribbon may be
covered with rows Of narrow lace frills.
The buckles are Of gold or silver, jeweled
perhaps. and so are the hooks. At the ends
of each garter, where they fasten TO the
stocking, there is a ribbon bow. with tiny
oechet hidden in one Of its loops. Rosettes
If lace and punches Of ribbon loops are also
used to trim garters.