Show THE SUMMEU SHOES What to Choose and How to Take Caro of Them NEW YORK June 21If a woman is going to the mountains this summer and has plenty of money she will get in the way of additional footgear a pair of English Eng-lish calfskin walking shoes a pair of russet rus-set low quarter and cloth gaiters to go with them If she is going to the seashore instead she will want in this line a pair of sandshoes sand-shoes a pair of russet shoes and a pair of white canvas low quarters HOW TO SELECT WALKING SHOES In getting walking shoes for the mountains I moun-tains she wants them of English calf because be-cause they last and stand rough usage She wants them laced up becaupe the buttons wont always be coming off and they must have flat welt heels so that I her foot may spread its length comfortably comforta-bly on the ground The most necessary of all shoes to select 1 se-lect with care are those for walking Nothing rests the whole body and invigorates invig-orates the nerve force like easy footgear and these English shoes fill all the requirements for walking A little Neatfoots oil must be used on calfskin shoes occasionally for walking shoes to be thoroughly comfortable must have no stiffness SELECTING THE RUSSET WALKING SHOES In getting her low russet quarters a tvaman ought to know that nothing in footgear grows so easily out of shape and color as the common russet shoe Rus sian calf is used to make the best shoes and this is easily detected by its rich brown color and flexibility Cheap russets rus-sets never regain their color if they got wet and even under favorable circumstances circum-stances they quickly turn an ugly spotted spot-ted shade of brown So Russian calf ought to be the quality of soles quite thick and extending out around the Vamps to protect tho foot from dampness damp-ness and enabling the shoe to stretch To keep russets in good condition and the right color cuta lemon in half and rub the juice in with the fingers being careful to use a separate half on each shoe or one will be brighter than the other When the juice is dry brush the shoe stiffly with a whiskbroom SEASHORE RUSSETS The russet shoes for seashore should be quite high and laced and made of the best Russian calfskin with round toes and flat heels In allkinds of shoes for walking fiat heels and round or squre toes are necessary neces-sary When women staid in the house a good bit or drove when they went out in the air pointed toes and high heels were accepted But when women began to walk to know that spins of miles in the air gave them fresh skins and strong nerves they found their shoes not suitable suita-ble and the dealers had for sale presently a shoe called common sense WALKING SHOES FOR COUNTRY FIELDS For long walks in the country tho Eng lish calt shoes are too heavy In their place comes the lighter and yet serviceable service-able blucher The sides of the shoo lap over the long vamp and lace up and have also the strengthening band Patent leather vamps are sometimes made for these bluchers but it is well to understand that they are not wearable wear-able in the country In the first place it is hard to keep a vamp of this leather from cracking across the toes Every g iit woman has to contend with this while men rarely do The patent leather used to make a womans shoe is taken from the neck of the calf where the skin is thinnest while for a mans it is taken from the sides where it grows thickest Even for beautys sake a walking shoe should hold the foot firm but not press itl the prettiest feet are those that are eft to themselves The very prettiest feet I have ever seen were among a class of ignorant people on the western coast of Florida where the children rarely had on a shoe True their feet might have looked awkward in a shoe but bare they were shapely in outline no bruises to disfigure no ingrowing nails each toe distinct and just touching the next one and showing firmness and strength and alive live flexibility almost equaling that of the fingers CARE OF KID PATENT LEATHER If the bluchers are made of soft kid care will prevent their turning purple The least nit of vaseline rubbed on them will keep them from this toa great extent but when a speck of purple does show mix a little ink with cream and use that on the spot If the toe has a patent leather tip it cane > can-e kept bright or a whole shoe by rubbing rub-bing smoothly with the ball of the thumb that is the best oil for patent leather Once a week a little sweet oil may be rubbed in with a drv flannel clotb Outside the list of summer outing shoes are a host of others that women take everywhere with themwhether seashore or mountain The plain buttoned kid shoes and the black kid Oxford ties even if they are not pretty are reliable and a woman should buy shoes so that she can change them every time she comes in from a walk Nothing irritates the foot so much as to be held in one position HOUSE SHOES AND SLIPPERS The great make up of shoes a woman usually has includes many varieties of slippers Chief among them are those that come into wear when a woman is in her own room donning her negligee she easily makes haste to slip her feet into her mules or some other elastic heelless restproducing slipper Always remember whenever you have the chance to give your heel the gratification grati-fication of resting flat on the floor tis worth the trouble of changing if only for fifteen minutes Only two varieties of I of bedroom slippers are now much used ho mules which having no back band slip off too easily and tho pretty Japanese article which sells for fifty cents a pair and lasts until you are tired of the sight of them Among the best for fine house wear are the dressed kid Oxford ties in color to match the gown although white ones are more economical to try for they can be worn with any gown When ornamentation orna-mentation is needed silver or jeweled clams are used for the strings The Louis XIV slipper with high heels and threecornered tongue is a favorite house slipper The prettiest of these are made in patent leather suede tops and large jet buckles Toe slippers of satin are made for general gen-eral evening wear although I saw a superb pair of evening shoes last week made from a piece of the white brocade of the gown to be worn It was a highheeled buttoned boot with no trimmings except the small pearl buttons used in fastening it Many women now order shoes made of the cloth of any handsome gown These satin shoes are rather too expensive ex-pensive to be popular as thev can onlv be worn a few times without looking soiled And although turpentine is said to clean satin slippers the best thing to do with them when they are soiled isto throw them away for they are the children chil-dren of a day that is done HARRYDELE HALLMARK |