Evening star., 1936-05-01
sketohed in a Washington Shop.

stubby, round toe has wonderful wear
ing qualities and every part of 1t is
made for the absolute comfort of q
tender little foot
Then came another winner for
Summer, the two-strap, cut-out SAN
dal in red leather with a two-ply
sole for extra protection, yet thin and
yielding. This is the favorite Sum-
mer play shoe and you may choose
your colors, too.
For the very small miss when she
is dressed up there is cunning little
fat ankle-strap shoe in red kid with
a very diminutive leather bow and
tiny round pearl buckle that she will
be very proud to display to all inter-
ested guests in the household.
For sister, a bit older, the ankle
strap Mary Jane in black patent leather
with silver buckle is the thing; or
maybe soft brown kid with gold
buckle would best solve the problem
of suitable color scheme. The little
schoolgirl who thinks that mother S
ghillies with lots of perforations and
fancy taSsels on the strings are pretty
fine looking may be surprised to find
that she can have a duplicate in a
child's last with low-flat heel in dark
calfskin.
FROM another shop, long estab-
lished as Washington institu-
ton for selling good shoes, we found
a splendid line of children's footwear
that may be purchased with entire
confidence as to their fit and durabil-
ity. This shop has one of those X-ray
shoe-fitting machines, through which
both the child and its mother may
peep and see just where the toes come
with relation to the end of the shoe
This is always great satisfaction to
the mother and fun for the child.
The shoe story at this shop starts
with the infants boot in soft elkskin
with the perfectly fiat sole. 1t is
created by a Massachusetts woman
who made a special study of the shoe
needs of infants and children. These
are priced from SITS up.
Then comes the brown elk oxford
the nature shape shoe with the wedge
heel-just little more raised than the
first perfectly f. sole. AS the child
grows the shoe heel takes on more
height, so that the next step is an OK
ford with a rubber lift-a wide, quite
fiat heeHonly "a of an inch high. A
sturdier type of shoe has q sharkskin
tip combined with brown elkskin, and
a sport shoe with crepe rubber sole
and spring heel is always a favorite
Buffalo leather makes a shoe with q
dull, pebbly surface that certainly can
take the hard knocks and wear in
definitely, if that is at all possible in
a child's shoe.
The matter of socks is a good one
to think about at this season. VIZ
found one shop that specializes in Q
very pleasing line of finely woven lislt
socks imported from Italy and ex.
elusive with this store. The majority
are pure white with turnover tops
showing dainty patterns. One is the
pelican in sort of cross-stitch pat
tern in blue and white, another the
cherry, and French knots adds another
motif. All are priced at so cents pair
Some dainty paStels have narrow
bands Of dots like Indian bead work.
Mesh socks all in q single paste
color are good. For dress there are
the plain silk socks in white and paste
colors in anklet and half-sock lengths
all similarly priced at so cents.
While on the subject of children.
accessories We also looked into the
matter of gloves. We found that the
fastidious young woman may follow
the fashion In colors by wearing little
kid pull-ons In red, yellow, blue OF
green. She will love these anG feel
very dressed up and quite q grown
lady.
The cotton glove is the best for real
Summertime. One shop showed us
such attractive ones in two-toned
chamois and white-cunning little
pull-ons either white with chamois
color on the inside, or the reverse.
They also showed q hand-stitched
cotton glove with bound edge at the
wrist in all-white or beige with brown
stitching.
For information concerning items
mentioned in this column call Ma.
tional 5000. Extension 500, between 10
and l2 an