Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-08 | Page 43 | Going without Stockings This Spring

It's the Latest Fad in Paris, Where "Put on Your Shoes and Stockings" Has Been '0k Cut Simply to "Put on Your Shoes." &Kl?J Paris, February 24, IwMs, T TLTRAjfMART Paris, despite the cold, is going around In its o i Not only lts bare feet- 'but liberally its bare legs. IfflBbXMi1 Stockings havo been discarded entirely as yet, mainly Inside WLS'-. c,ie nouso" Nevertheless the few warm, Spring-like days SBkr, tliat "iN'e nave had sInce January have seen a few of the PwStes2i stockingless ladies on the boulevards. There 13 no doubt tnat w-hen warm weather comes the boulevards will see JraW many more. Jambes au naturel is the newest fad. Startling as the fact may seem, the transition toward PK4ot u- "as been gradual. The stockings of the last two WMWA years have been growing filmier and filmier, stead- lHl'ift Uy' w,th ln01'e of the contained than the con- iwPp h'Wm. tainer apparent Tho step to absolute nudity was a short one. It is true that some times fmm&MMm' tne shrtest steps carry one into the most OTiilislvwk enormous differences. At any rate, this WmlmMmMMM& step has been taken. Wmm0MmBi V That the shops have accepted the Pendant, -kk enough, while the toe is pointed toward the past, the heel clings stubornly to tho present. The highest of French stilts merges quite harmoniously with the bands and toe straps of the sandal. On the Wniest foot is a wealth of Space for extravagance. Precious Pre-cious metals, gems, miniatures, engraved jewels furbish them. And above the ankle is ample place for greater decoration. There aro as yet no bells on their toes, but of ringB for each dainty ped-digit ped-digit there are legion. No longer is there any shock of surprise when within her house the hostess trips to greet the guest with every toe betraying openly its welcome. It is certain that on the streets the surprise will soou-be dulled, too. Then it is possible that stockings will come-in again. And perhaps not. For the stockingless ones, as usual, justify themselves not only the highest aesthetic grounds, but upon grounds of hygiene and morality also. A jambo au naturel, they say, looks no more natural than one in flesh-tinted hose. Nor does it Impress its essential jambe-nesa so much upon the observer as it does in highly decorated, embellished em-bellished net work covering. Simplicity, they -i say. is at the base of all right morals. And what so simple as a bare leg. . Tho blue stockings, to uso a paradox where " no stockings exist, say that it is much more . healthful. No -matter how filmy the silk, each Mggj strand is still groat enough to accommodate . a whole metropolis of germs swept up from the streets. The skin has a natural resistant J&W.. power against germs. But this power is weakened by the' quantities which swarm ' upon the silken strand and beleaguer the un- jWwlMMt fortunate pore upon which they are concen- MMfMkM'i trated. Without, stockings there Is no oppor- $ffiWn tun Sty for this microbic massing nd the a at- rwPiH ural resistant force of tho skin has full play. J0MS Besides, it Is easier and less expensive to wSSk clean the skin than it iB to clean stockings. IBS While most of the pretty actresses are p&WUtKp Wu jambetlesrau-natarel the fashion is by no IflS&lSi 1H means confined to them. A smart, salon that ijlp$&r W doesn't reveal a dozen or more of the clan i 39 among the up-to-the-minute Parlslennes of 'de- 4 M gree and pedigree is rare indeed, & This fashion will produce an Improvement in feet il K and compel women to take care of them. Of course, M$ if you show your toes to everybody you must have JKi! nice ones, not horrid, twlated and deformed things. Evidently thoro are some pooplo who cannot adopt s&MW1 the new fashion, for their appearanco would provoke yfaS public disorder. JS&S With a perfect foot and ankle shod In a handsome, JBI gold sandal, the modern woman, the. fashion experts' v.fJSK say, will look like an ancient Greek goddess, Jr Delicato clippers in gold, silver, bronze or other $1v3mW tints -suited to the morning gown, or tea eown tx& . uMjsj&r worn with the hare feet. fU& Renjiuardt-.Displaying Another Phs&o'jtl jl the Barefoot Fad. IH