Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-20
srrLEs IN FOOTWEAR.
What tho Up-to-date Woman should Inclu
IN Her Wardrobe. Is no.

what tho Up-to.tiate Woman should Include
In Her Wardrobe. VETO
Baltimore Sun. ~ sss
The woman whose footgear is correct
and up to date must have her wardrobe
stocked with various styles of shoes
this winter. aS
In the first place she must have
pair Of walking shoes, with heavy
Scotch soles, military heels, board
round toes. and calf-slsin or kid-tops.
They may be either laced or buttoned
according to her fancy. If she buys
them ready made they will cost her
from 50 to So. If she has them made to
order by u fashionable bootmalser the
cost will be 80.
After the walking shoes have been
selected, the next thing to be considered
is the shoe for dressy occasions--for
calling and for social functions. Pat
emit leather buttoned shoes, with Louis
XIV. heels, and thin soles take the lead
for those. For street wear the patent
leather top sometimes gives way to the
top of black boardcloth or diagonal
cloth. In the ready-made shoes a few
with fancy resting tops are shown. o.
casionally the cloth of the gown is
matched III the shoes that are made to
order, but the general preference is for
plain black tops. The broad toe Of the
patent leather vamp is shaped after the
fashion known as "bull-dog Tips
may be used or may be dispensed with
altogether, according to the preference
of the wearer. The cost varies. In
the ready-made Shoes it is "a or So; in
thoseimade to order it is from 50 to $12.
For evening wear high boots, made
Of black satin, with pump soles and
French heels, must be added to the
collection. Some of them are heavily
embroidered in jet. White satin high
boots, or strap or buttoned slippers, are
made to be worn with white or very
instead of the satin slipper, she may
have an Oxford tie made of satin to
match her gown. Handsome black kid
slippers, either jet embroidered OF
finished with large buckle, are also
among the shoes for evening wear.
Dame fashion no longer compels the
wheel woman to wear o very long BIZ
cycle boot. The three quarters length
shoe is preferred by the women who
insist upon wearing tho high shoe. A
great majority of the cyclists have
found that n low shoe is more comfort
| able and gives much greater play tc
the ankle, and so they have adopted it,
On cool days leggins of cloth, cauras
or corduroy, are worn with the Low
shoes. The three-quarters length bi
cycle shoe. costs anywhere from 50. so tt
$l2, according to being ready made OF
made to order. ~
The woman who rides horseback
must have pair of patent-leather rid
ing boots which reach almost to tn,
knee. They are made just like man.
boot, with neither laces nor buttons
and with bulldog toes and militar,
heels. They cost 800. w
The correct shoe for rainy days il
eight inches high-some people wea
the bicycle shoe instead of a specia
rainy-day shoe, but the shoe adopted
by the rainy-day clubs has. heav.
Scotch soles, square heels and broa,
toes. For the women who do not car
to be encumbered with clumsy over
shoes, a layer of cork placed between
the upper and the sole, has been foun,
to answer as well as the overshoes. I
Fancy plaid effects in all colors, yer
tical stripes and polka dots, are show
in the fall hosiery. Tartan fronts ii
which the plaid effect shows only owe
the instep, and open-work lace effect
in black, the patterns being very nue.
like those in the old-style silk mitts
are the novelties. A few of the brigh
solid colors are used, but black sti
has. the first place in all classes 9
hosiery.