Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-07


heel. round toe and broad rihhon bow
at the instep has for "A year been the
first choice of fashion IN France. in
connection with street costumery. And
to meet the situation, France mado
her skirts longer.
The scarcity of leather Is pinchlne
the shoe industry on every side in
America. Shoes have advanced from
So a rair TO Sl4. and even higher
prices will be asked this spring. Eight
dollars; is asked for an ordinary pair
of laced street shoes at unfashionah BILE
places. where the amount OF leather
used is negligible and the amount OF
cloth substituted conspicuous
If women can continue to pay the
eXorbitant prices asked for high shoes
they may be able 10 continue to wear
short skirts. hut II France insists
upon longer skirts and the boot
makers insist upon frightful prices. IL
is a safe guess that the low shoe and
the longer skirt will be inaugurated
in the springtlme.
II is not easy to say whether the
oxford tie which has ruled IN Paris
country. for we have. unfortunately,
gone quite mad over the subject Of
ugly shoes, and. altho we owe the
inSriration for them to eccentric so.
cial circles in Paris. We have done
things SO much worse than France
could dream OF doing that 1t IL Cnly
fair to say that there is no allegiance
between the two. We have not only
twisted tho shape Of the foot into a
serious bit OF hidcousness. as the
Chinese do. by eXaggerating the
length OF the vamp and running 1t
out into point like the one piece
shoe worn by the men In the four
teenth century, but we have added to
the medieval vamD the tottering
spindle heel OF the Seventeenth Cen-
tury In France. The two in combina-
ton make an ugliness that no one
thot possible in this day when people
really struggle for beauty Of line.
Thruout all this madness in Amer
lea, France has been steadily wearing
what Is known as the sculptural shoe;
that is. the rounded toe. the broad
vamp and the side pieces that cling
to the instep and hold It up. Size has
insisted upon straight Spanish heels
for her walking shoes and In every
way made herself comfortable. and
she has brought her foot, which has
never been notable for beauty, into
wei! rounded part of her silhouette.
The leather men tell us that even
II we wear low shoes, the prices VIII
not be reduced, ana tnlS lS Delig Sdlu
to us in so many ways about every
commodity OF life that we have be-
gun to cease thinking about unmeas-
ured prosperity and have turned to
face the possibility OF the hardships
OF living that existed during the civil
war in this country.
The shoe people tell us that one
factory alone has refused an order OF
$1,000. 600 worth OF shoes TO fo to
Rus sia, because Of the difficulty In
getting leather: and yet they have no
excuse for the fact that cloth spats
have gone up to s. and Sc from 81
and SO. 1t behooves every woman
To- take excessive care OF her foot
gear at the present hour Trees.
polishing and careful usage will save
money and annoyance for months TO
come.
The Pinaforc sailor.
Tho world has blossomed out In
spring hats this month. at the first
approach of winter There is moth
ing startlingly novel about the new
shapes. except the pinaforc sailor that
Reboux insists upon. This H. made
In straw ana faced with bright
tolor. but even this shape has been