Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

per on walking shoe. but it should be
Joined TO the leather vamp and heel with
| a severe. unornamented line. There is
| tendency to shorten the seeming size of
| the foot by curving the leather of the
yamp and heel to diminishing point
under the instep. and while this may be
well done on a long foot, il should be
carefully done. SO that the effect will not
| be too fantastic.
The idea OF having the uppers to ones
boots made of the cloth of the suit Is not
| as fashionable as it was. Women prefer
contrast, IL cloth is to be used. or
| leather. The mixture of patent and dull
| leather has lost its charm. 1t was only
suitable for dressy boot and women
| have decided 10 wear pumps for such oc-
casons.
Apparently there is no stemming the
tide against the low shoe for winter. And
for some illogical reason women do not
seem to die of pneumonia any more than
they did when wearing high boots. thick
bodices and sufficient amount of under
wear. Today these are discarded. along
with flesh and brilliant color. and yet
the girls of today are amazingly sturdy
and quite able to stand any burden put
upon them.
While the American women have glad
ly taken up the flat heel for dancing.
which, today, means any evening, as
everything is preceded or followed by
dancing. yet they show no special fond
ness for it for other occasions. They
cling to the high heel, which is slightly
curved and finished with a good deal of
breadth at the base. 1t is far prettier
invention than the French heel although
it bears that name, Just as the tango is
a word used for many dances in America
that are not even first cousins to the
Argentine olk-dance...
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Interesting, isn't it, how the Americans
have a little trick of adopting a French
name for something that is not French
and thus obscure the real thing. The
French heel is almost never worn here.
just as the tango is rarely never danced
here. The former is a symbol OF any
heel that is high. and the latter is a SYM
Dol of any new dance.
The doctors and physical culturists are
in hopes that the American woman will
avoid both the fat heel and the elastic
girdle. There is danger in each. One
allows the arch of the foot to drop and
the other allows the abdominal muscles
to sag.
The dance slipper which is high at the
back and laced across the instep and
over the ankle is preferred to all others,
even when there is no dancing, but the
American woman wishes it to have
high heel. She has begun to wear the
ed so absurd when they were originated.
While it may not be possible to get the
right kind of cothurn slipper in every
town, yet it Is better to know what one
is the best and how 1t should be made.
Instead of the ribbon going across the
instep and tied around the ankle In the
way of our grandmothers, the satin of
the slipper should be carried up the back
of the ankle far as one wishes the
shoe to lace. This extension of the satin
has eyelets at the sides, and the ribbon
Is run through them and tied in front.
The slipper which is most preferred for
afternoon wear is the colonial pump,
made of patent leather. finished with
tongue in front, which may may not
be pointed. This tongue is held down
with an extra large buckle Of cut steel
or old silver. The heel is high and the
sides of the shoe are shaped we'll up on
the foot. ...-
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This shaped slipper is not worn in the
evening unless ones foot is unusually
thin and the tongue is required to hold
on the slipper over the instep. which, as
you know. keeps 1T from slipping at the
heel. Then it is made in satin. not in
leather.
The most approved satin slipper for
evening wear after the cothurn, is en-
tirely plain, without bow buckle. 1t
is of bright colored satin and is perfectly
fitted to the foot and usually worn be-
low a silk stocking that matches the
skirt, but not the slipper. When one has