Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

New York, Dec. 2O.-spealzing II
Christmas stockings the showing for
the holidays is enough to turn q head
masculine as well as femme and Of.
ten one good turn deserves another.
There seems to be regular under.
standing that hosiery must live up 10
the diaphonOus texture of the rest Of
the toilette and this is certainly going
some. Yea verify our Puritan Fore
fathers could they but see the guazy,
gaudy and gorgeous covering on 1918
models would them aptly limbs Of
Satin. Such riots Of embroidery and
color, such ornate insets of lace were
never seen before.
As always the thin plain black stock
ing is ever and everywhere in the best
of taste, and only nowadays its thin.
ness has positively reached the last
stages Of emaciation. If you are wear
ing the new cloth topped boots your
hosiery must carry out or rather up
the color theme of the cloth top be it
taupe, tan, gray or the more distinc-
tive shades that match up your entire
street costume, OF course your hos
iery and slippers must match up your
evening gown and the more elaborately
embroidered and the more brightly
dyed they are the more chic you are.
Only with smart gowns Of black velvet
or silk are black stockings and slippers
used for evening wear and even then
the hosiery is richly inset with medal
lions or strips of fine lace
There has been a nightly effort on
foot to revive the plaid stocking Of
yestor.year but in spite of the craze
for plaid touches in her frocks fair
woman has frowned on the Hoot Mon
hosiery as well as upon the freaky
laced stocking which has met the con.
tempt which 1t deserves.
The tango as well as the slit skirts
demand that much more cars and at
tention as we'll as expense must be ex-
pended upon the pedal extremities to-
day and tonight than ever before and
apropos Of the tango the laced slipper
or cothurn which is the last step in
chic evening footgear has created
now Xmas gift to tax poor Percy's
purse. For rhinestone cothurne slides
and buckles are among the newest and
most attractive holiday gifts for the
swain u lay at his ladies feet.
Time was when the correct gifts fer
the lover to offer his adored one at
the morrie Yule Tide were flowers,
fruits or bonbons with perhaps a book,
a lace mouchoir or box Of gloves IL
his ardor were intense. Now he is OK.
pected to come through with either a
cigarette case, walking stick or a
monoclo. How times and women have
changed indeed.
II is safe TO hazard however that
more Of the tango slipper sets viii be
presented this Xmas than any other
gift and tho Christmas counters arc
ashine with them ranging in designs
and materials from rhinestones SGT in
slyeroid Mt SO set TO silver and gold
and platinum mountings incrusted with
semi.prccious or precious stones cost
ing up through two or three figures.
The strings Of Chinese beads aud
new jeweod hair combs and hairpins,
wrist watches and tiny cnameled boxes
for the ubiquitous beauty patch arc
among the now fashions in Xmas gifts
while for the male u marvellous new
walking stick which carries In It's slen.
der insides the werewithall TO turn
itself into q thrcc-legged picnic scat,
y quaint old monk rs teapot and
monk 3 hooded lamp Of dull metal that
conceal bottles, flat watches, hexigon
shaper and thin as waters, are among
the many novelties.
IL you are clever with your fingers,
rut 80 IvnNa a,1 ,,,,5an Iu1I .a, a,1tnou ~