Show Sno Use Boys Sno Use Higher Skirt Line S Means Higher Shoes Therefore No No Saving I rtE soste 54 I Mist 4 p. p I I II I Ii i I S The FJ W fr oJ A M Rl CJ 5 S 'S I ft E IN S 'S ThE nie Q OF OF 1 W WEAR R TO 70 GO VP I t VIA rAe 5 a 5 c I aIS aI'S The ke F z 5 1 I I ES' ES I 11 UT I ANI S lEA ce r I i I All AH That Is Saved aved in Wool Goes Out in Leather LeatherS S These Days By Prova Logan The Swedish government is letting Itself in for ever so much mc e trouble trouble trouble trou trou- I ble than was caused by the suggestions passed along to I Germany The height of women's in Sweden has just been limited by government decree to eighteen centimeters centi centi- meters meters about about seven inches Is there any such conservation conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- against the peace of Americans Ameri Amen cans cans ot of Utah women Utah women To save shoe- shoe leather must we go practically Dare Dar foot with foot with winter coming on too From wearing shoes eight eight and anda a half halt nine even oven fourteen inches high are we to be brought down to a mere seven inches Dear ladies have no bootless anxiety on this point Yes I know that for this pun I should be compelled to put peas In my shoes shoes ones I Ico I co consulted yesterday the gentlemen who sell you your our footwear and they were all agreed that no government decree will deduct one cubit from the stature of the American womans woman's boots this I I coming season I So Sf 59 long as there is a high water line lineon I on skirts there will be a high rater ater I line on shoes Which suggests a ver very pretty little problem in conservation for Mr Hoover or some other specialist to solve By fly keeping the skirts short we weare weare weare are saving the wool But nut so long longas as we save the tho wool we cannot possibly possibly pos pos- sibly save saYe the leather What's the answer I movement Is Is there any general among to lower the height of women's shoes I asked the manI manager manager man man- I ager agel of a smart shop the window of ot J I which was filled with rank upon rank of tall tail boots I j The shoes are Just a trible shorter i I this year he admitted Last year ear I sold many pairs fourteen In inches inches' In tn I height but hut this season shoes of this style are perhaps three-quarters three of an inch shorter That's something but it Isn't much So long as skirts te re short shoes will be the reverse They are simply following the upward trend of the dress A gap of several inches between between be be- tween the top of the shoe and I he-I the bottom of the dress is ugly Many women wore high shoes all summer because pumps or oxfords did not ot go gowell gowell well with the abbreviated skirts I There is no point about high shoes by the wa way which should recommend them to the militant moralist if not to the economist The They make f i the con conservation conservation con con- of ot ankles and the consequent I elimination of or the strange thoughts ankles are supposed to arouse arouse I myself myself myself my my- self do not know why an ankle clad cladin in leather is purer than one clad In silk But so it is I am afraid that Sweden n vice crusaders were napping when that decree for seven-Inch seven shoes was passed Of Ot course concluded the manager who had pointed out that ankles are not worn any more even in August the Increased number of high shoes and their Increased heh height ht means an Increase In the cost of leather and therefore of all aU footwear What is the use of our making shoes seven inches or even ven eight inches in height when Yo women umen urn en simply will pass up by purchase shoes elsewhere that are at least eight and anda a half or nine inches hl high h the manager of another establishment which women's shoes all over the city told me Women themselves themselves themselves them them- selves say what the they will wear I dont don't believe those in Sweden will wilI put on seven-inch seven shoes unless they want I to do so Just the other day we had hadan hadan hadan an order for a pair pall of shoes from a woman wl o is living Il in Sweden I Seven Inches wa waa s standard height for a high shoe hoe until the lecent re recent le- le 1 cent craze for seven league boots I learned In a n. third shop But nut we could not sell seH a shoe today less than I eight Inches high Or course the cost goes up with the height The very verv best and finest leather must be used for the tops I and the they cannot be patched Where perhaps four pairs of ot boots could coull be I cut from n It single skin rive nive years ago aco I t M Q IS The I C. C coN t 1 w s' s WOOt I i I I nit T LINE 3 WHEt AND JAP D AS To 1 1 the Inches added to the tops now cut down to three the of pairs to be obtained from the same skin In other words over each three pairs of the high boots must be distributed the cost of one pair pall of the sort women used to wear The manager of another shop said that he would be glad tl to tt see a movement movement move moye- ment for the conservation of leather such as the Swedish government Is fostering But the dressmaker rules the shoemaker shoemaker shoe shoe- maker he assured me with a smile In rn our shops shop eight ht inches is the standard height for women's shoes Five years ago the standard was six sixto sixto sixto to six and a half haIr Inches That extra two inches on the tops means an ex extra extra extra ex- ex tra cost of 1 or ol a pair pall at who whole whOle- e- e sale I have read that some American shoe dealers are trying to Induce women women women wo wo- wo- wo men to wear shoes with cloth tops and thus effect a saving in leather I remarked Would you wear cloth topped shoes if a salesman asked you to do so he be asked I r l wouldn't I replied promptly I I I I Chief Ben Benefit fit Is Conservation Conserva i i 1 I I tion of Ankles s From I I i Too Prying Eyes I I I I I Th They y are awkward looking things But nut neither would I wear Knee I haven't the patience to lace them S up I If It there were more women who II would woul l buy Oxfords he declared conditions in the shoe trade would I be greatly improved Of course at I this time of year there is a certain climatic cli climatic climatic cli- cli matic justification for putting on high I I boots Yet I personally consider that low shoes are much healthier the year around Women most of them do ao not care for shoes with cloth tops and cannot be induced to wear them Just now women want boots much higher than Ulan those generally worn a few years ears ago I dont don't see sef what we are going to do I about do it do you he ended cally I I do not Maybe the Swedish 1 government government gov gov- I does but I advise It to provide provide pro pro- I vide a supply of spats for making its peace neace I j |