The San Francisco call., 1905-05-21

made in black or tan suede. These are
not only pretty and becoming, but they
are exceedingly easy and comfortable.
They may be worn on the street in the
afternoon for calling or to teas.
To keep slippers in good condition.
the shoe-trees should be kept in them.
and they should be wrapped in soft
flannel. Patent leather shoes or slip
pers can be kept from cracking by be-
ing wrapped in flannel and protected
from the air.
STOCKINGS.
This is not only an important subject,
but is one of such wide range. both
as to style, taste and cost, that II Is a
little difficult to deal with it satisfac-
torily. When one considers the differ
ent materials of which stockings arc
made. wooden, cotton. thread and silk,
and the wide difference in their cost,
from fifty cents to twenty dollars a
pair, the difficulty can be appreciated.
Then again, there are TIE differens
styles, heavy, light. opeJs-work. en-
broidered, plain. fancy an& art stock
ings- To those who prefer silk stock
ings and can afford them.; can only
say that Paris is the place 10 buy them
both for their variety ana price My
recollection is that in Paris could buy
heavy silk and embroidered stockings
for nine francs a pair-or little lees
than two dollars. / saw there some
wonderful spangled stoc Kings that
caught my fancy, but the price was
prohibitory. Still they were so attrac-
tive that was unwilling to give them
UP altogether, and finally thought that
with little ingenuity I could manu-
facture them myself. I purchased a
pair of plain black silk stockings and
had a pattern marked on them. and
sewed gold spangles on the stamped
pattern. and the result was very satis-
factory. / saw in the Bon Marche I'm
Paris pair Of spangled stockings In
the design of a snake twisting UP the
leg. 1t is needless to say that the effect
was very striking.
Tan shoes require tan-cOlored stock
ings, of whatever kind the taste OF the
wearer may dictate. Lisle thread open
work stockings are always pretty, and
the new "Lisle Met" although not very
durable. is now considered very attrac-
tive Thev are so thin that they re-
semble gauge You see these stock
ings in white. tan and black coIors
They were much worn in the East last
summer In the hot weather, in spite OF
the fact that ii presents a somewhat
bare appearance. Stockings with
clocks. though old as time itself, are
always stylish and pretty. The silk
stockings. with lace let in. for evening
wear, are charming in appearance but
very high in price. The stockings
shown in figure Il are made of heavy
white or corn-colored silk, embroid-
cred in light green fern-like branches
or vines. embellished with French
dots In the center OF the tiny flowers
of delicate red and white alternately.
The spiral or twining shape Of the
embroidery is very effectice. In fig
ure s there is shown pair Of heavy
black silk stockings, embroidered in
white. the heavy embroidery being
made Of small crepe ribbon. These are
very handsome stockings and the en-
broidery is the finest French hand
work. Figure IL displays a very elab-
crate French stocking for house wear,
although the embroidery is piled on so
thick as to seem in bad taste.
With white shoes. white stockings
must be worn. and a great variety of
them can be found either in white silk
or in Isle thread. and either embroid
cred or open work They are partic-
ularly appropriate for summer in the
country.