Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-21
COMFORT AND LOOKS
WHAT THE UP-To-D DATE GIRL MAY
BUY.
Dainty and Pliable Slippers for House
and Bed Room Wear

Written for The Evening Star.
The daintiness and comfort Of the new
bed room slippers offer great temptations to
the American girl of 1905 to adopt her Eng
lish sisters commeL dable habit of remov-
ing stiff walking boots Immediately on en-
tering the house, and Slipping into low,
easy footwear. Delicately tinted kid slip
pers with fluffy tasseled rosettes and no
heels please Miladi Dainty, who likes silk
dressing gowns and lacey frills. She Of
more dignified tastes chooses high heeled
mules of embroidered satin or leather The
girl who combines beauty and wonderful
coziness knits her own slippers from An
CORA wool and colored silk, or enjoys solid
comfort In soleless eiderdown shoes lined
with tufted satin Sandals in straw or
satin are the bed room footwear favored
by men, while low suede or alligator skin
slippers make ideal Longing boots.
Nothing is more charming for boudoir
wear than loose gowns in white, and the
soft white kid slippers with huge, downy
tassels of creamy silk are a fascination
to the most exacting fancy. These pliabIe
kid slippers are also very fetching in the
delicate shades of blue, pink and lavender,
with large, fluffy rosettes in self-tone
Mules, or sandals, with high heels, make
the foot look small, and are stunning for
wear with teagowns and handsome loose
robes. A dainty pair has the stiff black
me-nots and edged with tiny ruff1ing of blue
chiffon. Another pair in stiff white satin
is embroided in gold beads. A pair of mules
in subdued gray suede are edged with
band of gray fox fur, and the toes are en-
broidered in cut steel g.,
With Silk and Wool.
For softness and comfort there is no
handmade slipper which compares with
the one knitted from silk and Angora wool.
A devoted mother recently knitted a pair
for her little haired daughter, using
lavender crochet silk alternating with
silky, white Angora wool for the outside Of
the slippers. They were lined with laven-
der china silk, and the rolling collars were
tied with fluffy lavender satin bows. All
the knitted slippers this winter show two
inch turnover collars of the same shade
as the V-shaped piece inset in the toes,
which is usually Of a contrasting color to
the body of the slipper. "A coZy-lOOking
wrapper of tufteds japanese silk in navy
blue, lined with scarlet, has a pair of slip
pers to match knitted from navy blue wool,
with scarlet collar and toe, and ties of
scarlet ribbon. l1;. 2i1@E -'l
Slippers known as foot warmers are built
from two pieces of eiderdown cut the shape
of shoe, but Sewed together at the bottom
without a leather sole. The edges are
bound with satin ribbon in self-tone. These
come up high on the ankles, and are often
lined with tufted satin or silk in the same
shade, the satin showing on the turnover
collar. One pair accompanying a white
eiderdown robe had the extreme pointed
toe embroidered with a rose in gold, and
were tied with gold cord and tassel.
Chinamen's shoes heavily embroidered in
silk are worn with dressing gowns made
from the mandarin's silk coats. Black silk
shoes show roses embroidered in pink and
blue. A pair of turquoise blue shoes were
embroidered with sapphire blue roses, and
the edges showed scallops of sapphire blue
silk.