The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-29
i IDEAS for dMo1nen

when women wore "box-toed" shoes with
four indented lines across the toes? Well,
those days are to return.
One of the sWagger shoe establishment
of the town show this style as the new
one for woman's wear in the winter of
's7-'ss.
1t is ugly. 1t is awkward. But it may
Aprevail.
DO you expect to sell those?" | asked
of the clerk.
We are selling them.s he answered.
IT must admits the purchasers are among
the class ~whosalways go in for extreme
things, and others who think they will
be comfortable.
other styles which will be popular
are these" and he showed exceedingly
smart styles III laced walking boots and
cloth topped %dress" shoes.
One thing was emphasized. Thin soles.
except on shippers. are a fashion that
is done-at least. for. this year. Every
/ thing boasts thick soles, with the edge
sprotruding far from under the sole. And
women who thought the style ~ungainly
abefore now rush into it with all the
ardor of athletic enthusiasm. They claim
they have discovered the true pleasure of
walking since giving up thin seles.
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One of the very swagger pieces of foot
gear is the half shoe Of patent leather.
This has the square tip stitched on the
vamp of the broad sole. especially wide
at the lower part of the yamp. In truth,
they are the fac-simile of the mans half
shoe. These will be worn all fail on the
street and in the house in the winter.
The smart touch is to combine them
with plaid silk stockings.
Laced boots are the regulation walking
affair. These are round toed, fitting very
snugly over instep and ankle. They are
not made of calf skin. but a softer, finer
leather. which takes kindly to a gly-
cer:ne paste polish.
Heels are not so flat as formerly on
any shoe. They are not the Louis XIV,
but more of the high, firmly built heel
worn in the early part of the century.
Patent leather remains in vogue for
dress. But there is no limit of the point
ed toe, turn sole and generally "finick-
ness worn up to this year. The leather
is heavy and well stitched. Very swag-
ger boots have the uppers of fancy cloth,
all black or with a tiny figure.
The buttons are medium and very
glossy. The b%uttonholes well sized and
heavily stitched.
!. The whole bearing of the new boot is
so entirely different from past models
that it is ~emphatically noticeable.
If one wants exceeding daintiness one
must call for an old stock or wear slip
pers. In the latter fancy revels. They
are to the boot what the evening gown
&C. 70 tho ofroRf froal A cts rflinr rArn-
parison. a
The old cavalier type with its round
toe, high heel, elaborate NJ and or
nate buckle, are popular and made from
exquisite brocades or fine suede. A dance
ing slipper comes in satin, sheeny, we'll
arched. delicate, a tiny circle of brilliant
glistening at the instep.
The French kind, pointed toe, patent !
leather tipped half shoe, or slipper, is
out OF late entirely. Even where the
vamp is of patent leather. the upper is
of thick purPlish kid.
Altogether, if one wants to be modish, |
last seasons shoes viii not serve.
And a word about the care of footgear.
Try, is possible, not to wear the same
pair many days in succession. Turn
them back and let them air over night
or place them once a week in the full
If ones feet perspires use powdered
borax just after the bath. Never put
in the shoes. Shoemakers will
declare against this. If the shoe develops
any odor sponge it out once a week with
dfluted ammonia.
Keep fine shoes on lasts made by your
measure.
The latest furnishings fer a girls bed
DOM have all a touch of violet or of
,ink i'll their design. A girls bed room
;hoEld always be dainty in color and
haste in its conception. New carpets of
and Brussels are shown in white
grounds, lightly sstrewn with punches of
~7ielets, while here and there are scat
cred single flowers and leaves. Papers
o correspond with these carpets are
llso shown. Stripes are particularly
a plain satin stripe alternating
With a rough stripe, over which ~vioIets,
ntermingled with conventional designs,
re gracefully blended. the whole present.
ng an exceedingly attractive effect. A
'rass bedstead, a toilet table, escritoire
nd bureau of bird's-eye maple, and a
ouch upholstered with silk tapestry in
Tended shades of green and violet, will
id delieacy to the effect.
For the toilet table a scarf of Renais-
ance lace over a slip of violet or pink
attn is pretty. while for the bureau a
made of sheer fine nainsook. upon
fhieh is embroidered a bunch of ~violets,
ill prove not only ornamental. hut use
III, as there seems to be nc end 10 the
rear OF this frail-lookfng material. Silk
imp shades are still used in bed rooms,
are exceedingly pretty when finished
r lavender silk shade. Picture frames F.,
with college flags are much :
by girls who have friends attending i
ne different colleges. For every day +,
Sc silver is still EN- evidence on bureau t
nd tables. while for extra occasions
oalport is used; but its %costliness will
revent it from becoming as universally /
sed as silver now is. :
Ccalport and Dresden are still prime 1
ayorites for she furnishings of escri- !
Tres for bed rooms or libraries, and the !
retty habit of leaving the desk open
for use conduees not only to con-
enience, but also to tidiness, as it all Y
nportant that the escritoire should be |
the best of order TO prove ornamental. a
A dust bag rad by gathering a a
of china silk on a hoop about ten |
ehes in diameter should find a place in