Evening star., 1914-04-12
Shoes Are Shapely
and Also Pointed
French Heel for
Dire SIS Patent
Leather IS Worn at
All Hours of the Day
Excepting Evening.
7HERE is not a shoe of the moment
that is not Influenced by the stu
pendous craze for dancing that

vhfflf- is not a shoe of the nome Mt
that is not influenced by the stu
pendous craze for dancing that
has swept over the land
Perhaps the most important change
!! that the dancing craze has wrought in
footwear is this: 1t has made shoes
comfortable. Any one can dance an old
fashioned waltz in a shoe that Says at
the heel pinches through the arch and
binds through the instep. But nobody
can dance one of the modern dances in
an uncomfortable shoe So the fashion
in dances has done more to make shoes
comfortable than all the rulings of
mankind could ever do
To be sure the shoes of the day are
shapely. They are pointed. But they
are made to fit the foot TO cling at the
heel without pinching it, to support the
arch. and also TO give the toes suffi :
cient room.
Fhe attempt on the part Of some
women of society to introduce the heel
less dancing slippers for evening wear
was brave one, but it has not vet
been crowned with success. The high
French heel is still the rule for dress
shoes for both day and evening wear.
There was really danger in the fat
heeled slipper. Women have been
trained from childhood to walk with
their feet tilted at more or less sharp
angle. Dainty as the heelless slipper
may be. and suitable as it may be for
the dancer who has worn it for hours
day from babyhood. it is likely to
bring disastrous foot troubles to the
foot accustomed to the support of a
high -heeled shoe. Broken arches are
one of the evils physicians have laid at
its door
The house slipper for morning wear
has as many variations as the house
frock has. 1t may be as dainty as the
daintlest neglige, as smart as the smart
est morning frock of crepe or silk.
Slippers of all sorts for boudoir wear
are still made of fiowered ribbons And
these are especially pretty when worn
with neghges that suggest the pompadour
styles-with short, frilled- sleeved jack
cts and puffed, f1owered-Silk petticoats
Some of these dainty slippers are held
about the ankle with straps of ribbon
that cross cothurn-wise, and some of them
are held with straps of ribbon over the
instep.
Then there are heeled and heelless
mules made of cretonne. These are al
most as dainty as the slippers of fowered
ribbon, and they are far more durable
Kid slippers, with quilted Innings. and
silken pompons on the toes, are also worn
in the morning.
Boudoir slippers can be bought at mod
crate prices and made at really reason
able cost. They are dainty handiwork,
too. So pair may be had to match every
boudoir gown of neglige.
The japanese or Chinese sandals of
straw with cross straps of red or blue
or green cloth to hold them on the feet,
are convenient and inexpensive bath slip
pers. They are hardly dainty enough,
however. for general wear.
Patent leather is worn at all hours of
the day. excepting in the evening. So
there can be no better choice for boots to
be worn for walking and shopping than
patent leather.
A good many Of the spring patent leath-
er models have cloth uppers. Tan and
gray cloth. SO popular in the winter, is
still used. But there is a wider choice
of fabrics for the uppers than there was
in the cold weather.
Sometimes dark stripes are used and
sometimes solid color to match the frock
with which the boots are worn. Some
times. too. the uppers are made Of
Scotch paid or of bright striped fabric.