The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-02

are TO be used for walking shoes as they
were last season.
In fancy slippers and ties there are many
new erocts. Leather in all oolorings "a
represented In this class and In both suede
and glace finish
A woman can match almost any frook
In her slippers; and, II she does not care
70 match frook In leather, she may have
her slipper OF tie Of white on black and let
the trimming echo the color note Of the
frock
Embroidery In silks, or beads, or ribbon,
or gold and silver thread ornaments some
models. Others are plain save for odd
bow OF rosette effects in color. There are
bows shirred In the middle with many
rows. bows whose numerous short loops
run back along the upper edge Of the slipper
almost the whole length OF the vamp, bows
OF gold or silver gauze, bows Of black or
white. motted in the centre with gold tissue
or gold leather
Embroidery in gold gold bells and
perhaps, bow Of gold or trimmed in gold
adorn slippers and ties in all colors. For
example, one slipper in suede Of a lovely
green has high French heels gilded and
gold wheat heads embroidered on the toes.
A patent leather slipper has gold heels
and a black bow held by a knot Of glded
leather, and there is a white slipper with
gold heels. gold toe embroidery and a lit
tie white bow with small gold buckle.
There are numerous variations upon the
strapped slipper idea, one Of the newest Of
them being a slipper in color with several
straps straps and shoe top being bound
narrowly in white or black kid The but
tons Of the straps are white OF black 10
match the binding
But all these novelties are, Of course,
extreme; and, although women wear more
fanciful footwear now than they have in
many a generation past, the conservative
are far more hume rous than the daring,
even among fashionable women, and the
palmer shoes and slippers, relying for their
modishness upon their cut and material
rather than their originality, are always
the favorite.
Matching shoes to costumes is more
general than it has ever been within re-
cent years, but the color gives the shoe
its distinction, and freakishness of trim
ming is not favored Some Of the colored
ties with large white eyelets and broad
white ribbon OF silk laces are particularly
attractive, but there is nothing strkingly
conspicuous or bizarre about this touch.
In hosiery there are new colorings, new
open work designs, new embroidery de-
signs, but the general characteristics echo
those Of the winter.
Small and delicate designs in embroidery
are better liked than the heavy designs
seen last summer. and are certainly more
becoming 70 the foot.
Open work has a vogue, though not so
decided as at one time, and the shot silk
effects bid fair TO be more popular than ever
with walking shoes. Very, very fine, plain
silk stockings with clocks, are offered in
every imaginable shade. and nothing is
smarter, the hose being chosen to match
either shoes OF frock.
Tiny blossoms flights OF little butter
files OF birds, fine vines or garlands on
wreaths, are the embroideries most often
seen. One design shows embroidered on
the instep a little flower basket, its handle
tied with floating ribbon, its load Of bios
SONS overlooking and falling in scattered
feoks Of color down TO the slipper line.
Another pair Of stockings, shown in con-