The Washington times., 1922-07-23

barefooted. In the time OF Rich
ard I, the Oriental influence was
felt, and low. heelless shoes were
elaborately embroidered. But when
skirts are long. as during the pc
RODS up to the time of Elizabeth,
shoes have no incentive to be
fancy.
Between the early periods AMI
that Of the Virgin Queen came the
eccentric fashion of the Fifteenth
Century. named "Poulaines." The
long-pointed shoe. which, on ac.
count of it's extreme length was
fastened with a chain around the
knee, was finally forbidden by
legislation. The extreme of this
fashion was seen in the days Of
Henry VIII. when shoes eight
inches in width were worn.
DESPITE the fact that Eliza.
bethan days were a departure
from an age that is quaint, rich
and fairly simple, to come to an
age Of padded hips and farthin.
gales. monstrous ruffs and high
heels. 1t was also the age that
first saw woven silk hose. Up to
1860 the stockings had been tailor.
ed pieces Of fabric, so nothing but
soft kid shoes could be worn. With
the advent OF the stocking came
firm. tight-fittins leather shoes.
the forerunners OF the type of
shoe worn today.
"'r Elizabethan shoes were ugly
with their very high heels and ilI.
shapen round toes and high cork
soies. These so-called chopiaes
had pad soles from two to seven or
eight inches thick but were not so
foolish as they might appear, for
they protected the wearer from the
appalling filth Of the streets. The
shoes were made of leather and
velvet stitched with silk-embro,d.
cred with gold. or stamped with
patterns. slashed sometimes and
sometimes laced with colored silk
laces.
The high heels went with the
farthingales and enormous ruffs,
just as the shoe roses worn by the
ladies Of the time Of Charles
and early Cromwell days suited
the costumes Of that day. These
shoe roses were bunches of rib
bon. very artificially made up, and
cost as much as from three to
thirty pounds a pair. Some were
even ornamented with Jewels.
From these we derive the saying
Roses worth a family"
This style in shoes is fashion.
able again. having been popular
some eight or ten years ago.
Rosettes on slippers for evening
or wedding wear are often seen.
To Puritan days and to the pe.
riod of James 7 belong buckled
shoes, worn more by men than by
women. The fall season OF 1872,
smiles no more favorabiy on any
style than on the buckled slipper.
The debutante may think her slen.
der foot looks well In this very
new fashion. but the style is cen.
turtles old.
The introduction OF red.heeled
slippers is a copy of the style worn
in the days Of William and Mary
and also the time Of Queen Anne.
The shoes worn then were very
gay in their very high heels mad.
Of bright red and with a tongue
that stuck up well above the instep.
What gay gentlemen we are in
debted to for so pleasing a stylel
The women Of the Georges, our
own Revolutionary days, wore
hiS"-hVViVu puSNitu btipptTb ana
shorter skirts. This fair, painted,
powdered, patched. perfumed sex
were quite vain. A description of
that day reads:
an a bdndbor u contained
Painted la,cns and chequered shades.
Crepe that's vorn BY Iovelorn
mdids-
Wdtered tdbbies, JlotDsred breaches,
Strdtp buih hats and bonnets green,
Cdt0at. oduscs. tippets, ruJJs:
Fons aud hoods and feathersd
mutfs-
Stomdchers and Parts nets,
Edrrtnos, necklaces, dtorets,
Frinocs, blouses and r,iortorets:
Fine VermuIton for the cheek,
Velvet patches la orecqre;
Come. but don't forget the gloves,
Which, pith all the Smiling loves.
Venus caught youno Cupid picking
FROM the tender breasts Of chicken"
Shoes-sure that's the subject.
Emerson saws "Shoes- carnet IN.