The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-14


New York Commercial Advertiser.
With many women gloves and shoes
amount to a passion, and the atrocities
committed by other women less devoted to
hands and feet make them acutely un-
happy. II would like to found school to
teach women how to clothe their hands
and feet" declared one dainty damsel the
other day, "and in this day of spanSled
mittens and jeweled sandals such school
is almost a necessity I'm thinking quite
seriously of applying to Mr.. Carnegie for
funds to found such an institution. / am,
really.
''The novelties In the shops ought to
be called the 'monstrosities.' Fancy black
gloves with white and red stitching! Gray
gloves with gold spangles! Mauve suede
gloves strapped with white kid! Circus
wear. / call them.
THE very thin or very fat hand should
stick to glace kid Suede is not for them.
The woman with a large hand, II 1t is well
shaped, may wear white--but not a pure
white; If she is wise she will choose one
of the oyster description, and she VIII en-
ploy black stitchings-'points' is the word
But for a short, plump hand white should
be barred. No thick or fat hand should
ever be incased in anything lighter than
a mouse-colored tint unless the wearer be
all in white. Then the hand is naturally
less conspicuous-in fact, to cover 1T with
a darker glove would defeat our end
have said before, and l repeat again, that
white gloves should never be worn by any
body who is not wearing another dlstlnc-
tive touch of white on gown or hat Inc
contrast is too crude. l am much In 1avor
of black gloves for winter wear, naturally
only with black gowns or coats. For your
gown in every shade of brown, from cnoc-
olate down to the range OF masuc ana
pastel hues, you can have gloves to match.
The same with grays. .
For evening dresses, especially ball
gowns. white, gray. all shades OF cream, @
ecru and so on Q am thinking OF lace
frocks) are easy to suit. FOR pale pinKs'
blues, yellows, mauves. unless there IS
some particular lace trimming or embroid, ia,
cry in white or ivory, L think the paiest
mushroom or mastic tints are safest.
Feet should be studied, if possible, even
more carefully than hands. a woman VINO
had lovely hands and ugly feet once said
feet; they don't matter wanted to say:
That is the very reason why you ought to
pay them attention; your hands are pretty
enough to look after themselves!
People with short, broad feet should
never wear high-heeled shoes 0hough they
almost invariably seem TO do so), as these
force the weight of the foot forward upon
the ball of the toe, thereby causing IL 70
spread even wider than usual. They should
be careful to choose as narrow a make OF
lines and having nothing in the way OF
ornamentation that does not give narrow
ness, but not too pointed an effect, or the
toe OF the shoe will assume an undesirable
triangular appearance.
People whose feet are too long should
be careful to avoid lengthy vamp and
should, if possible, wear Louis XIV heels
(Which need not necessarily be high onesl,
thereby assuring a raised instep and avoid
ing the unbroken line of sole set fiat upon
the pavement A great difference in the
apparent length can be made by having the
buckle or pompom, or whatever ornament
finishes off the shoe, set as low down the
toe as possible, and 1 do think a strapped
shoe is most becoming.
I'm the matter of colors anything bright
must be judiciously worn by those whose
feet fan short of the beautiful and even
more carefully noticeable contrasts be.
tween footgear and the color of the gown
with which it is worn must be avoided
Anything in the way of buckles which
catch the eye, too bright tan ties, or COL
ored evening shoes, should not be worm
nor the golden slippers, which, for really
trying mode, have been in fashion a Won
derfuiIy long time. Violet shoes are eco
nomical winter house wear, and last an
extraordinarily long time. They do not
drou he nafpnt leather.