Show SHOE BUSINESS IS LOOKING UP OP Fall Trade Opens Slowly but Promises to Be Brisk Later S NEW STYLES SHIES IN IN MARKET M R ET WOM ARE WEARING HEAVIER t j SOLES S The fall faU trade In footwear is opening up slowly owing to the prolongation of summer weather The Indications ac according according according cording to prominent local tradesmen are for an active business season and stocks are filled in antici anticipation anticipation pation of the demand The pulse cf ct the market Is good and the sales of or the better stocks are ahead of those for the corresponding period one year ago There are a number of changes in fashions in both mens and footwear for the season In mens shows chrome salt a chemically pre prepared prepared prepared pared leather which contains no oil and an is soft sort and durable Is coming to the fore for French tanned calf calt an American product by the way and not an Im Imported Imported imported ported article as many suppose is re le taming its popularity to a a marked de degree degree degree gree Patents always popular are running well w to the front in the de do demand d domand mand and are pressing the chrome and French tanned for first place In weights this fall faU a medium upper with a heavy sole is the popular thing The sole Is winning a high place In the esteem of men who desire a durable shoe but who are not anxIous ious l for the tho more elaborate and ornate finish anish The dress shoe shoes for tor men this fall are are IIi iri l xi the pique toe with mat kid tops bleached calf lining and custom finish For heavy heary knockabout wear the Cor Cordova Cordova Cordova dova Is 18 gaining in demand This his leath leather i ier er e r Is Imported d from Germany There Thee are a re only two shoes of ot this leather to every very e horse hide The leather is found round on o n the rump of or the hide and on each side ide s there Is just enough for tor one shoe The leather is tanned and finished in Germany by a trade secret process and Is Imported into America ready to tobe tobe tobe be shaped leather Is gaining ground steadily and is displacing to a certain extent the imported finished leathers l Horse hide Is being used to a S greater extent e ent than ever before in the manufacture of ot shoes and thousands of hides are imported from the South American pampas for tor the American trade The United States exports no hides but a 0 large trade in finished leathers is 18 I carried on with many coun countries countries countries tries Heels Are Lower In shoes buttons are corning coming back into favor French heels are de demanded demanded demanded more frequently and the heels are even eyen Frenchier and higher than last year These Th e are for dress dres use is to reduce the height heigh of heels beels of or walking shoes for women They are getting closer to nature Patent leathers are popular for al all purposes purposes and the new gun gu metal o or r dull dun finished velour calf an oil finish sofe and durable is a new product that tha thais thatIs is winning favor For evening slippers colors in both cloth and leather tops are the thing this season The color of the slipper top matches or harmonizes with th the color of ot the goods in the gown In the walking shoes welted soles ar are demanded largely because of the in increased increased Increased creased area of or paving In the city These shoes are more impervious to 10 heat and cold and the hard without resiliency do not affect the feet teet of ot the wearer as they would be if the thin turned shoes were worn Women Women Wo Women men are accustoming themselves to the heavier soles readily and are more comfortable when walking in the paved districts as a consequence This style of shoe for walking purposes Is rapidly displacing the turned sole |