Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13

The fashion in shoes has been nm
usually important for three Years hut
this month 1t has taken on renewed
vigor. Women and manufacturers
are vitality concerned with what TO
wear, and how high or low If
should be.
me recent shipment OF sbarl,s
SKINS TO this country TO SUNNY ,ba
uer1cIency In leather is interesting
me manufacturers say that the az
rect or shoes made out Of the mar.
ea'ers that threatened and frightened
u' vi me New Jersey coast last sum
mer VIII be good and that women u,ill
not complain that leather is no
longer to be easily had because tba1,
VIII be satisfied with the new tbinrs
'ioth is also being substituted
canvas is readily used with hit ~
Ieather in the way of strapping as
sop TO an old tradition that sboae
must he of certain hides. Brocade
s,Ih' tussar, cotton are all called 70
me colors TO serve the country in
time or need Leather shoes are
nlouhtihs IN prize. naturally, and vet
there Is no disposition on the mart Of
kind of shoes at a low prIce Az
labor is too high for any material re-
duction 10 be possible. The difficulty
is to get worker and leather. and dire
prophecies are made concerning both
II the war continues well into the flu
ture
The French heightened their skirts
Tor spring and summer to meet the
ullilculty Of procuring high boots
they said and. therefore. the Ameri-
can woman is considering well the
questions which are put before her
by the shoemakers and the dress
makers
The Shoe and the Skirt.
There is no separating the two
Issues. il would seem. for a woman
who has been used TO wearing the
very short skirt will certainly be
hampered If she can no longer find
the shoes to meet the situation. II
the substitution of other materials
than leather does not meet with her
approval, and she thinks the new
kind are ugly. then she will lengthen
her frocks and be in the first fashion
As so many questions were asked con-
corning the situation, and as II was
evident that Paris was the source of
both fashions. that is the heightened
gown and the new types of shoes. I
sent there for the best information to
be gotten, so that women who read
could make up their minds as to their
own course thru expert knowledge
No matter how good our work
manship in shoes in II is country. we
may have to go to France for ideas,
Just as in other days France came to
us for the short vamp. the Cuban
heel the reliable sole. the lacing in
front. And today France and the
United States are working together to
meet the situation created by the de-
ficiency OF shoe materials, and
French skill has created some eX
cellent results.
Our long medieval vamp, with its
consequent lengthening of the foot
and the curious pinchinC effect at the
toes, is roundly rejected by Paris for
the sensible reason that her women
are walking now. as they have no car
riage or automobiles.
France claims that the pinched
vamp is not for the pedestrian and
she gave up the style that she in
dulged in for so long and at which
Americans laughed: now our Ameri-
can women are the only ones on the
civilized parts OF the planet who in
dulge in the medieval toe balanced on
an exaggerated French heel
What Paris is doing today and how
she has met the difficulties presented
Is clearly and Interestingly told IN the
story which follows:
The last installment of American
shoes for spring arrived during the
winter. and the French article cut
after the latest throb of the American
market is now being placed in the
windows here.
1t is faithful in all main points to
It's model, but the long vamp so loved
In France up to a dozen years ago
has disappeared probably forever
for French women, always wide
awake to anything that heightens or
detracts from their good points, have
learned that the long vamp not only
adds inches to the foot, but is uncom-
Portable unless the shoe be two sizes
too large.
Every American model that came
to Paris a year ago showed the eX-
tremely long. narrow shoe, but Paris
bootmakers shortened the vamp when
copying il for their trade. The shoe
that Is a Ia mode today and will be
for spring and summer is the half
short vamp with arch under the foot,
and the Cuban heel; II a boot, then II
will be the black with colored top
bordered in the patent leather around
the lacngs at the top and the seam
at the back will be covered. The top