Evening star., 1928-01-22
By MARY MARSHALL.


4 of shoes in stock and your feet
are not actually abnormal.
But it takes really clever shoe sales
man to select shoes that make your
feet look their best. that enhance their
charms and minimize their defects and
even after he has selected such shoes
for YOU he may not be able 10 persuade
you TO buy them.
Oh wad some power the ciftie gte us
To see orr legs Others see them
wa1 trae monte a blunuer Tree US.
And foolish notion,
For there are women with very lean
legs who have the foolish notion that
they can wear sport stockings with up
snd-dovn stripes. and women with
piano legs who blunder into thinking
that nothing quite so we'll becomes them
rs stockings Of a pinky flesh tone.
With the lengthenlng of skirts this
searon-which has, as matter of fact
not progressed as far as many of us sup
posed it would-the general impression
vas that the problem OF disgusting the
lines OF less attractive legs and ankles
would be somewhat simplifed But as a
matter of fact. the extremely short skirt
usually produces a better effect than
the skirt that extends some inches be-
low the knee. Legs that look too heavy
when the skirt extends to the thickest
part of the calf look fairly graceful and
almost slender when the skirt permits
the entire curve from ankles TO knees
to show
recall that we we're all amazed
when the very short skirts came in a
few years ago to see that they frequently
became some of our stout friends better
than the slightly longer ones had done.
Their legs didn't look so fat after all!
Speaking from the point OF view OF
fashion. the only possible shoe for eve
ming and more elaborate afternoon wear
Is the shoe with a fairly high heel. II
your feet are plump. your ankles slender,
with generously curved calves above
them. then the high straight or Cuban
heel is the best choice. because the
straight heel does not emphasize the
curves and does not accentuate the
s,enderness OF the ankles. On the other
hand j. your ankles are rather thick in
proportion TO the rest, then the curved
French type Of heel is usually better.
I have recently received word from
Paris that there is an increasing de-
f1and for rather low-heeled shoes. even
for evening wear. But let me tell you,
before you gasp with astoniShment. that
ynv inforrner added. But the demand
is for the most part from the Americans.
who now constitute large part OF the
population all the year round"
This tondness Of American women
for iow-heeIed shoes Is in a measure
Que TO the fact that American women
are usually taller than French women,
and many tall women imagine that by
wearing low heels they viii appear
petite Then, too. the average Ameri-
ran foot is usually more slightly built
than the French foot. and therefore
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or the ball and arch Of the foot caused
b. the extremely high heel
My French correspondence also In
forms me that opera pumps-that Is.
pumps without straps Of any sort--are
still much favored while narrow single
straps are also favored. The oxford
type Of shoe is still In the picture for
street wear Though the fancy sort Of
footwear Is in as much demand as ever
the best dressed women seem 70 favor
shoes that carry their ornamentatiOn
without ostentation. Cheap limitations
Of fancy feathers are decidedly outre.
and the finer shoes are frequently trim
med with merely a narrow piping or
strapping ri the lizard OF reptile skin.
The woman with fat iTlsteps and
ankles or with feet inclined 10 swell
should certainly take advantage OF the
continued vogue Of the opera pump. No
woman with plump feet should ever
wear strapped pumps, much less pumps
with two or three straps. And where
there Is an inclination 10 swelling. the
sanape should be low 80 as " prevent
the buiging effect that sometimes APP
pears where long varnp presses
against the inSEp.
While one supposed authority on tn
subject 0f stockings VIII tell you that
A.. A.tG
ard the so-calie5 dust sbAdes-are com
ing into fashionable prominence and
viii " grGat extent eclipse the lighter
shades. theFe are others whose word IL
JUS as authoritative xil0 assure you
that the fad for darker stockings ig AL
!e2cy on the wane and that With the
approach of Spring lighter stockings
viii be worn.
81 apparently. you MAY suit yourself
or rather. the ccnto4Fs III your own
!eet anc ankles Sin deciding this iinpOr
tart question VI stocking cO!ors RE-
nlef1iyer always tt4al stockings lighter
than the shoes tend 10 make the feet
appear smaller. !! you have generously
propDrtloDec feet and slim legs and
snEleE. you should cling " the fashion
Of Agtt stockInps a. bong ss the FASH
jon IL gDDc Bat pinky shades ~ fiesh
cf beige an. hing That suggests bare
E>iu ~SEspJlc got De chosen by tht
woman VINO . inclined " piumpness
n yO1 want ~ 6imlnlsn tne apparent
tyr of bcih feet and anklek ana legs
sees, wear ouI kio or suede eiiofs lf
blacH with sheer sDocklngs ot gun meta
Or Iaupe.
For evening wear you have n ~id'
G10lce you may select black satin III
selYet shoes Win Ftl.nfsLpie ornaments
- very EoCd cilDice II your feet ars