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Show ABTUTS Or THS LAST. Anyone can sew ornaments oa a slip per till it becomes a thing of striking effect, but only a shoemaker ran produce pro-duce those subtle lines of beauty aad of fitting quality which distinguish a shoe. Many Fifth avenue atyle never reach the Bowery. Mtill fewer of tneta get as far as the manufacturing cities. Models of altogether another origin take their place throughput much ot the length and breadth of the country atyle which conceal rather than ex hibit saoemakiag. But the taste for good dreaa is contagious and ia aver increasing. Among the more proaounced feature" of the "custom" work ia lateit vogue are drop toes, straight shank, effects, heela built up at the rear, long vamps, low heels oa many 'classes of shoes, high quarters with wave topi, ami other details, most all of a strictly conservative natare. The short vamp effect is not forsakea, but ia confined to the rlsae of work which it becomes. All kinds of textiles are ia favor for uppers, with satin and Komaine silk effects ia good standing. The vogue of plain b'ark M. hosiery tnd, rathet to atmplicity ia slippers. The costLiue i aeethetie rather than minu?e. line rather thaa detail. Shoe stetailer. , |