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Show 8LIPPERS FOR THE EVENING. Decree Is That They Must Match Color of the Gown. With nil ovenlng gownB colored slippers slip-pers nnd stockings aro nn inherent part of tho costume and not oven a shado difference In color is permissible between tho silk or satin gown and tho sntln or kid sllppors. If tho gown is of a popular shndo of pink, blue, yellow or lavender, It is gonorally pos-Blblo pos-Blblo to procuro slippers of a corresponding corre-sponding color nmong tho Btock sizes, but if tho sllppors must bo made to order they will ndd quito a consider-nblo consider-nblo ltom to the cost of costumo, biit If tho color Is not ono that Is far out of tho ordlnnry It Is gonorally possible to glvo tho right shado to a satin slipper slip-per that Is perhaps Just off tho color. Pastel pencils or colored chalks will glvo a deepor color to any palq shado and can frequently bo mado to answor Instead of tho liquid dyo which Is not so easy a mattor to work with. For pink slippers that havo become gray to faded so as not to tone In woll with tho gown, ordlnnry rougo powder will do mucli to restore tho orlglnnl color. Unless ono Is especially successful In dyeing silks, it Is scarcely worth whllo to invest In a now pair of Blip-pors Blip-pors and attempt to dyo thorn to tho required color, but to restore tho color to old slippers or to glvo thorn a deepor deep-or color moro In keeping with tho shado of tho gown, rougo or a pastel pencil will almost always provo effective ef-fective Suedo pumps and sllppors nro decidedly popular Just now, but would bo moro popular If only they did not becomo brown in such a distressingly dis-tressingly short tlmo, nor la any kind of ahoo blacking especially effective Such has often boon resorted to In Bhoor desporntlon, but charcoal will bo found oxcollont for tho purpose, aB besides giving a good blnck color It will keep tho soft finish of tho leather in proper condition. In cleaning all kid and satin shoes and sllppors shoo trees should always be used. |