The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-17
STYLES IN FooTGEAR.

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| Shoe.
| With its exaggerated high heel, it,
much arched instep, its embroidery
beading or lower decorations, the SAITH
Du Barry shoe, whether high or low, il
what might be called the acme of tht
| frivolous in footgear. Yet in spite o.
this it is the favorite of the season.
Pink is a popular color in shoes ant
slippers, The whole shoe is sometime:
made of richly brocaded silk in pink, Oh
| sometimes it is of white. black or pale
| tinted silk or satin, with flowers EN-.
broidered or painted upon it. Any cir
with taste for painting can buy g
plain shoe at a comparatively small
| cost and paint he toe, heel and sides
and tongue or straps to suit herself.
Slippers are prettily finished with
satin roses or chiffon rosettes, as well
as with perky brown of velvet which
stand up in points like butterfly wings
Dainty butterfly wings formed of gauze
and spangles or lace and spangles are
alsoe mployed, and these are easily
made at home. Buckles, too, are used
upon these pretty slippers, and in jew
els range from cut steel to rhinestones
while in gold or silver monograms ap.
pear upon both plain and fancy slip
pers and low shoes. These are nc
doubt intended to be worn with the
stockings which have monograms EN-
broidered upon the sides.
Black satin high and low shoes are
so much in vogue that they will be
worn upon many occasions formerly
relegated tot he patent leather. Cow
cred with lace applique, they are
charming with the numberless con1bi-
nations Of black and white which are
so popular now. All the pastel shades
in which slippers are made look well
with lace coverings or appliques, and il
is scarcely needful to say that, next to
black and black and white. the all
white lace and satin SLIPPER Is the
thing pont of style.
Feathers are so much n vogue this
winter that one of the daintiest fancies
is to have pink or blue slippers Dor
dered with white ostrich, marabout or
fancy feathers n ia sort of roll. This
feather ornamentation of the evening
slipper is intended to match the fan,
dress trimming and feather boa which
form part of so many evening cos
tunes.
For carriage wear, high velvet shoes
in orange yellow and warm red are
quite the thing. These are high and
warm and are bordered around the top
and along the opens ide with dark fur
or feathers. tE .
An odd but pretty shoe, which shows
how combinations Of materials will be
employed in the winter styles. is Of
green satin, with a green satin heel.
Above the satin is let in a side strip Of
patent leather, which, in turn, is Dor
dered about the top with the green sat
in. The vamp Is low, to show the side
ornament alton which is now q fad upon
silk hose.
Bead embroidery is such a fad that 1t
is not only used upon satin and silk
but upon Leather shoes. Pearl and
gold' and silver colored beads are the
usual sorts employed, but jet is still
more popular and steel is used both
alone and mixed with other beads.
Beads are even worked in dainty pat
terms and the little. straps that are SO
much worn, and upon the shoes which
have open designs cut In the leather up
the arch of the instep and which but
ton at the side with fancy buttons.
Leather treated in the oSenwork, style
looks like embroidery, and other shoes
have stitched effects made with rows
of stitching in contrasting color.
Happily for dancers, the slippers that
they wear do not have an abnormally
high heel, as do all the other styles Of
dress shoe, although the dancing reel
would have been considered very high
a year or so ago. In dancing slippers,
as we'll as in other sorts, a pretty and
sensible style is the cross strap. These
straps are embroidered or beaded. The
three strap, four strap and two strap
low shoes are smart, and a number of
little straps climb right UP the foot to
as great a height as the wearer desires.
They are fastened with buttons at the
side or with buckles in the middle~
1t is the proper thing to have slipper
pieces made to match the gown with
which the slipper is to be worn, anda $
many Oriental styles of materials and
trimmings will be used slipper pieces
are embroidered to correspond, and
may be purchased all ready to make
up. ~s
In general form shoes have prettier
toe this year than they have had for
some time. These toes are neither too
pointed nor too round. but arem ore
like the shape Of the foot as it is pos
sessed, in spite of changes of style in
footwear these many decades. Insteps,
too, have changed. They are remarka-
bly, high. e.
For walking shoes sales appear in
heavier and more sensible weights and
box calf is popular. Dull leather in
high shoes and vanished leather in
slippers are stylesof the season, and
the patent leather shoe appears among
the rest like an old standby.
Riding boots are deliberately stitched
and trimmedwi tn ornamental work in
appliqued strips Of stitched leather,
and even with colored embroidery, but
patent leather riding boots are consid-
cred the proper thing.--New York Tri-
bune.