The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02
WOMAN GOES DAINTLY SHOD
ExrRAVAGANT SUMS PAID FOR
SHOES AND HOSIERY

Como the WAY Of Ali Rational Modes
Pretty Footwear OF the Season.
VI, SOFAS years past the American woman's
s.tysyasRnoe In the matter Of footwear
h,s boon increasing at g rapid rate and II II
Ns-c possible TO obtain statistics concern
,e the amount Of money paid out In this
country each year for high grade shoes and
hosiery the figures would surprise even
the women themselves.
PERHAPS the vogue Of the short eldrt has
had something to do with the prevailing
,ase for dainty shoes and hosiery, though
die footwear associated with the long and
trailing skirts is as elaborate and ooquettish
as that displayed by the trotting skirt. 1t
ia n brave woman who can preserve her
,sropity when she Is conscious that her
Walking skirt is leaving In evidence shabby
md shapeless boots or shoes; n to-day
.ven the practical, common sense walking
shoe IL Out e favor with short sklrted
Ssinininitv.
4 surprising number OF smArtly dressed
women display French healed shoes below
Instep length skirts, and the broad oom-
Portable toes have gone thu way Of oil
rational fashions, giving place TO shapes
which. even II fitted wide enough At the ball
or the foot, taper eharply toward the ends
n the toes.
Where a French hoel 10 too radical the
Cuban heel effects o compromise. ThiS
heel undoubtedly u more comfortable than
the French heel for Walking purposes, but,
\ high enough, 1t pushes the foot forward
into the pointed toe In a way promising
profitable returns for the ch~iropodist
Eogr-er. this L. not q lecture on feminine
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s5oes and clippers; and, after all. there's
~ denying that the modiah woman to-day
goes daintilY and attractively Hhod oven
though she may suffer for 1t.
The brown and russet Ghoess 90 unex-
reotedly revived last summer are having
a triumphant career this season and will
he undeniahly the vough wear shoe for
The suplmsr seasop- Comparatively SEN
sjhle shoes with moderately heavy solea
Spd Medium high Cuban heals are made up
- these leathsrs and Ia many ahapes.
The ordinary Oxford. the two hole tie,
the pump and the two hole tie with pointed
tongue are all shown in these heavier shoes,
ard the pump still has q large following.
put the regular Oxford II 4 much more
comfortable walking shoe and the two hole
tie is a happy compromise 'twixt pump and
llItOTu. b8Yhk III Jh0 AOOb ihhy
than the former and being much lower in
nut IN the latter. In fact. this two hole
.ts 70 considered by a majority Of the FASH
ionshls oboe makerA the smartest Of the
heavy brown shoes.
The brown feathers arc made up In Light
weight. flexible sole shoes, also pointed
~ toas, Louis Quinze Of heel and often
ornamented by a buckle covered with the
49,. lno1A.1 b,,f 18th n fipO AHna ~ 0o1d
metal. This leather covered, metal edged
buckle is especially favored by one ex-
elusive aud high priced firm and Ii used
especially upon pointed tongue two hole
nr ono hole ties In brown. champagne or
hiAok leather and in suede Of all oolorings.
The pump with fat bow. universally
worn last summer, has a rival in the pump
With little folded bow OF leather, either in
aelf-oolor or in contrasting color.
Fancy color effects are. by the way,
much In evidence. white and black. white
snd brown. white and champagne. gray
and white and gray and black being popular
combinations. The brown and white idea
,s liked both 7er boots and for shoes. smart
looking boots with brown vsmps and white
uppers trimmed in brown being shown
hv all the fashionable shoemakers; while
lnw shoes Of white trimmed in brown or
made with brown vamps and white uppers
elged with brown are proving extremely
Alcoessful. These are worn either with
White or brown hose. though with a white
trock white hose arO perhaps the wiser
,hoioe.
, me maker has a particularly chic white
md brown model which has taken readily
nth his fashionable customers despite its
hlgh price. This is a fine white kid Oxford
nth pointed toe and high French heel.
4, very narrow line of light brown runs
around the top Of the shoe. down each
side OF the front and along the upper edge
81 the vamp. Two of the narrow brown
Ines GROSS the toe and the Louis Quinze
,eel 10 Of brown.
Another shoe with which the same maker
shaving success has a heel, an oddly slender
Inc tip and narrow borders Of champagne
Gather, the rest Of the shoe white.
Black patent leather In combination
With white is almost as modish as the brown
and white idea. though not so new. A
black patent leather pump with a half
flch line Of white along its upper edge and
a tiny folded bow Of white kid in font Is
ohtc. md. by the way. this same idea is
carried out in all the colored feathers and
Hllc. WHO lie am uOdCI ~ dApO thdIo
Up in white with band and bow Of color.
In this latter case the hose should, Of course.
match the oolored leather.
Suede lie much used both In grays and
browns, and though it soils readily, it makes
8 dressy and comfortable shoe.
Patent leather is rather less worn than
10 past seasons. but is always practical for
the woman who feels she cannot 60 in for
dainty and fancy shoes yet wants some
thing more dressy than the ordinary black
Or brown shoe.
White duck shoes lave not yet had their
innings. but are hardy ~perennials, sure OF
favor in their season, as are the more eI-
penEve white edge calf and kid shoes af-
ttcted by the women with whom expense
need not be considered. Shoes Of hand
embroidered linen. too. are on the schedule
FOR summer wear, and some Of the suede
shoes and clippers are beautifully en-
broidered in self-color with perhaps CLEANS