The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-12

loved any too much time to take the
measure, as every one is in a hurry to
get home or go to the costumer or wig
maker. He has to judge as he holds the
foot to measure if he or she has a hard
foot that will harden by long standing.
or soft foot that will become tender
and sore. Then he must visit the Co.'S
tuner to see what kind of tights and
stockings are to be worn with the Shoes
Sometimes they must be underdressed
in order to make quick changes. A
lady may wear a No. or shoe in
the first act and in the last only No.
3 shoe. That is caused by different
thicknesses of tights, which sometimes
make difference of a full size and a
half; half size will make a misfit
either way.
mo, Chicago girls do not always
have the largest feet. AS a rule we
find the English girls have the largest
feet. In their country they wear heav-
Ter shoes, which are more for COM
fort; this causes the feet to grow In
this country the girls wear neat-f1t-
ting light shoes. This works as do the
shoes in China, or on that principle
and the foot does not get a chance
to spread. Ida Mule, perhaps, wears
the smallest shoe on the stage; she
wears a No. IL (child's shoe). Louise
Kissing has the finest shaped foot I
ever measured. E. S. Willard goes in
for comfort; most stars do. Julia Mar
lowe orders her shoes one size larger.
/ like best to make character shoes.
take great pleasure in finding out the
correct points in shoes, and their his
tory. Henry VIII. was a gOuty-fOOted
individual. He always imagined it was
the fault of his bootmaker making him
tight shoes. So he would cut his shoes.
and have puffs of silk and satin seWed
on them. That is where they got the
slashed costume from
FOR LOUISE MONTAGUE.
Sandals can be made the cheapest,
and be made the most expensive in our
| line. They can be made as low as
| 81, and as high as $40. The most ex-
! penSive pair of shoes | ever made for
the stage was for Louise Montague.
! The shoes were a low strap shoe; the
! goods matched cape that was worn
in the Crystal Slipper" the goods
were brocade, and cost $25 per yard.
| There was $40 worth Of jewels, includ-
ing a pair of diamond buckles.
Ballet shoes are about the cheap
| est shoe in production. Most premier
! dancers have their own idea about
| shoes from an Italian shoemaker in the
East, and some send to Italy for them.
When performers become attached to
a pair of shoes they hate to part with
them. If they make hit in a certain
kind of shoe, that settles it. They will
wear those shoes for years. They
| would not give them up for a dozen
| new pairs. 1 am repairing a pair of
shoes for Mr.. Barnabee that he wore
| in the first production of Robin Hood.
! He would not part with those shoes
for anything. They have been worn
out some time. When l have finished
repairing them I think they will last
another six years. When he sees what
I have done with them he will be sur
prised. Yes, I have helped many a per-
! former in hurry, who was called on
at short notice to take the place of
another who was taken suddenly i'll.
We have made boots and shoes on rec
| ord-breaking time. l remember once
Miss Delasore, of VOLTS Opera COM
| pany was taken suddenly Ill; Miss
| Dixon was to take her place. We
| got Miss DiXon's measure at 4 p. m.
We had three pair Of shoes and a