The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

dance craze has made even the careless
and comfort loving abandon shabby
shoes and go well shod AT all hours
Now come the very short street skirts
to insist upon smartness and freshness
in winter boots and shoes.
The shoemakcrs have risen nohly To
the emergency. and though for years
past luxury in footwear has STEADILY in
creased no season within the memory
of the oldest fashion chroricler has
shown variety and elegance in boots.
shoes and slippers as does tn" present
one
Low shoes with black vampS and light
gray or tan quarters were universally
worn last summer in conjunction with
plain sheer silk stockings matching the
quarters. and without withdrawing from
the fashion field themselves they eave
found legitimate successors In boots OF
similar character. An amazing number
Of dainty variations have been rung
upon the usually sedate top boot theme,
and while the wise woman Will turn her
back on temptation ana keep to her
practical black boots for general wear
: there's no denying that the innovations
tllIdtNlNt - anu many VI llltlll Span
: eloquently OF the makers SIKH.
., The dressiest of these new buots are
astonishingly flexible. soft enough for
ia ncing, ~ they are smart enough to
f., look well with the Iressiest of street or
Limousine toilets. The vamps are usu-
+. ally in the dress boots If paten, leather,
o. while the tops are oO2e or buckslliu or
=. cloth in the popular shades Of tan and
brown from nAl,.sf lisfIIft N channels Ia
snuff and taupe, or-ln gray. and clever
details of line or trimmings give iudi-
:. viduality.
q. one model has q move, strap effect IN
patent leather up the back seam. An
D.: other mas laced tops with very narrow
lace stay lines of patent leather to match
the vamps. still another has the vamps
As we'll as the tops in light uozr or suede.
odd long toe points Of patent leather
and back strap and stay laCes also of
the patent Gather
All these models are made to order
also with tops To- match costumes. ana
. the probabilities al" that the top boot
Will have more than the usual vogue tor
dress wear. thanks to It's now frivoli'r.
nut the mode j. likely 10 Ice sadly
. abused, as was that Of the light toy
low shoe during tho<summer and II
there were any point in warning wumo.
against fashion folly ii might be well -
note that these light topped and rather
spectacular boots have possibilities Of
shahhiness unknown to- the less prcter-
tous black boot
" Conspicuous street boots are ALWAYS
In questionable taste. but unless ahsp-
lutely spick and span and shapely and
. associated with a toilet a. chic ana
immaculate as themselves they are
quite impossible So these new boots
are for the exceptional wearer and
already one sees lamentahe evidence
that they are not being reserved for
such Wearers.
Luckily, even among the very prar-
tical boots, there are uuvciiieS to
temper the conservatism Namps Of
patent leather or gun metal calf with
black kid or cloth are shown in eXtraor-
dinarily good looking designs. The gun
metal calf boots with dark gray cotn
tops that will not show soil or wear
easily is made up with some of the
chic trimming details already mentioned
In connection with the light top boots
and is an excellent compromise.
Namps Of Russian calf are combined
with calf trimmed tops of light cloth
In practical but modish looking walking
boots. and the low heeed, sturdy Eng
lish walking boot which is always
favored for certain purposes by the best
dressed women il, with certain mod!fi-
cations, on the lists 60 all the best firms.
Bronze leather "nnth,r its revived
pOpulerty, and with cloth cops to- match
bronze leather NampS are used for ton
boots as we'll as for low shoes aud
slippers
when one comes Ia the province of
low shoes and slippers description halts
for here one finds Justification for fam
tasy altogether out of place In street
footwear, The low shoes Intended for
street use follow Ia a large extent the
combinations and trimming ideas in
dicated in the top boots; buj, Of course
far more variety is possible
Many women, unwilling t. wear high
boots indoors and equally unwilling Ia
change every time they enter the house
-ejtct even the most fascinating OF
street boots in favor Of low shoes which
rhey wear all winter, with or without
spats Tho possibility of dancing at any
time or place makes women follow the
same course. For them there are spais
almost as varied as the shoes and
r boots.
one can buy them In all the chamnie
rIscult tan ana gray shades and with
any kind Of leather trimming. ON,
line, offered In all of these modish color.
ings and IN white. has the narrowes,
possible edging Of black patent leather
ana little buttons matching tho spat
hui trimmed in black patent leather.
The ordinary pump Is less popular