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Show ! Should Mrs. Patrick Henry como back to earth Easter Sunday, alio would find many changes In tho wearing a)ipurcl, but ahould she' glanc down at the shoes she would feel pretty much at homes In spile of other changes In apparel. We have returned to tho Colonial times as far as our feet are concerned. con-cerned. Slnco that time men's stylos are irrevocably changed, but women wom-en can hurdle several .generations , with one leap -and laud smilingly. "Satin -allppcra with French brilliants bril-liants on the buckles and hcols will bo worn extensively. Sltppors with tho high Colonial tongue will also adorn tho feet. Gold and velvet brocado will bo Important in this coming assortment assort-ment of women's footwear. Tho pointed shoe, too, will be soon again. Cameos will smile sweetly or stare solemnly from under the edgo of the skirls of tho faahlonublo worn-on worn-on and the heels will twlnklo a3 tho lights shlno against the jewelry attached at-tached there. Athous Is also represented In the spring assortment. The Athenian women wcro known widely for tholr ' dancing. America Is now the dancing danc-ing center of the world. Experts say we do not dance well or wisely. They say wo do not dance gracefully. graceful-ly. Nevertheless wc dance. We dance madly and as we dance wo aro In danger of losing our dancing' slippers. slip-pers. To guard rfg.llnst such a possibility pos-sibility we have gone baclc to Athens Ath-ens and have put ribbons on our Flippers to hold them to our feet. Thc'-Athcnlan shoe will not bo worn on Raptor Sunday, but it alrondy is here and will be a prominent addition addi-tion to the wardrobe from this day forth. Tho danco craze has had Its effect ef-fect in the stockings, too. There aro women who wish to wear tho Athenian shoe but cannot because they must needs have a solemn appearing ap-pearing shoe for church services a and cannot afford both. On Sundays "" ' thej" wear these kinds of shoes wlth-jout wlth-jout any adornment. On week dayH I they adorn them with stockings of ' wondrous hues and tint. They '.also tie ribbons about their stock-. stock-. Ings so as to give the appoarnneo of the Athenian shoe. Those ribbons rib-bons appear to rUo from the shoe and end right below the knee in a Corinthian bow. If -wo can't be classic In our dancing, wo at least will be classic In our stockings. Those ribbons have an additional advantage. They look as though they aro holding the shoes on. "When ono dances these ribbons often peep under the hem of tho Hying sttlrt and those who happen to 'sec them believe be-lieve tho wearer has on Athenian slippers. Anklets of various designs nre worn on the ankles. Moro ornament orna-ment Is placed Just above the ankle. Glided sorpent and Jeweled bands are popular Just above the ankle. Women arc fond of wearing gaily colored and heautifully mado atock-Inga. atock-Inga. Men ued to spend much time choosing their stockings, too, but te th the passing of tho knee Snj breeches they paid little attention 23 tn them. Women llk to have beau- 21 tif ul garment oven when they do .J I not show. Men wear beautiful I things only when they arc to be J seen. Any old black sock Is good B enough for a man when he has to hide It with high shoes and long m trousers. In the summer when low B shoes are In style he comes out B again in many colored hoe mado of silk. S GAY STOCKINGS COMMON IN COLONIAL TIMES. B Women have not gone In for ex - Bf travagance in stockings for several H generations, until now. In Colonial H days gay hose wcrev tho common Be s SB .... ( PWOT06RAPH9 E 5 P EX 1 A LUV ' SCR.UGGS, VANDEt5.VQOT BARNEY 1 UlUllliMiMMB - : ' - fashion. In. fact, tho Colonials paid so much attention to .them that edicts were made acalpst them and colorH were prescribed . by law and by decrees of the church. John Eliot ordered green and blue cotton stockings stock-ings in 1631. In 16C7 a Hartford, Conn., man received" a pair of plnk-colorod plnk-colorod men's hose from England. For his wife ho received a pair of green hose. Lie also received ten pairs of silk hose. When the Governor Gov-ernor learned of the importation ho ordered that the hose should not bo worn. Jt was n great blow to tho Hartford man as the pink hose had cost ono pound sterling, the green ones bad coat thirteen shillings, and the silk ones had coat about the same amount. TImos' changed, '.however, and later yeljow hose were worn without difficulty. Just before, tho French and Indian War russet, and green wore the favorite colors and by tlm time Patrick Henry was able to afford af-ford expenslvo leg wear he bought silk hose both for hljiisclf and his wife Men dro? more elaborately elaborate-ly in those days than womon. Cloth atocklng.s also were worn In the colonics. The Irish stockings of cloth and- felting also were worn because they were considered much moro serviceable thun knit onus. There was considerable variety as to shape. John Uher wrote to England in 1675 Instructing tho manufacturers not to send any more fherrups and turn down stockings becaupe they were not salable In America. Another Indication of tho objection to peculiar stocking shapes fl seen In a letter written by Judge Sewall jn 1723. He demanded de-manded good knit worsted stockings stock-ings of the color he had Indicated. "Don't roll them and 1 don't want any picked snout," ho ordereJ. "I want round toe. Glv me two pairs, of good milled stockings of dark color and round toes Jtoll up stockings wcro worth ten shillings a. pair. In 161. The peo-)il peo-)il of that time did not worry about tho high cost ot living. When they could not pay the prlco domanded for stockings they wore leather and buckskin stockings. William Penn wore leather stockings. They would last much longer than the silken ones 'andwVjere much more. suitable for 'rontlerlifc Special cotton stockings were wornb'yiilm only on Stato occasions. Stirrup stockings .camo to the colonies shortly before the French and Indian War. They were described de-scribed in a. Boston newspaper of that period as being very large at the lop. .Later on In the description descrip-tion It says that they were two yards wldo and edged with points apd eyelet holes by which" they were made fast to the girdle or bag breeches. Sometimes they wero allowed to bag down over the garter. These stockings were not for ball room wear. They were used by men and women when they rodo horseback. Other names of hose on tho Boston Bos-ton market In 1750 were diced hose, masqueraded hose, silk clokod and chevore'd hose, fine four-thread StrawbrJdse knit hone, yarn hose, ribbed pointed chlvelled worsted hose, Jersey knit hose and Canadian hose. MODERN DAY SLIPPERS ORIGINATED IN INDIA. The modern day slippers wro flmt worn In India, whtre the costly carpotM were likely to be ruined by wearing outdoor shoes in the house. The Aral India slippers to reach tho colonies' came to Judge Snmucl Sewall's wife In 15S6. There Is still a letter In regard to these slippers among tho archives of Boston from Judge Scwall to thy donor of tho slipper?. The letter thanks EJward Hall for the slippers. Morocco slippers slip-pers too came to the Colonies. Slippers Slip-pers of many kinds were worn In Europe prior to tho Introduction of the India slipper. They wore not of as fine material as the India slipper, slip-per, however. In 17P5 Sally Mc-Kean Mc-Kean wrote to the sister of Dolly Madison of the customs of the day. She described some slippers she had as being- made of various colored kid and morocco. Small silver ITPPER center A paif of walking shoes, showing show-ing the rounded pointed toe. Upper left The serpentine ' "anklet. Upper right The resloredCofonial . slipper, with high torrgue, brilliants on the buckle and heel, also the rhineslone anklet. Low- s er left Another type of the present day Colonial slipper. Lower right A hand-carved hand-carved cameo slipper. Lower Low-er center The Athenian stocking. clasps wore sewed ou. She. said they were very handsome. The signers of the Declaration' of Independence wore tho same style of sllppor worn this spring by the women. The slippers of that tlmo -had higher hoel than the slipper worn today, in tho time of Columbus Colum-bus women wore shoes with hoc) !x Inchoa high. The heels have gradually dropped. In Revolutionary Revolution-ary times the heels - wotq. almost down to present height In America. In Franco I hey wero still abotit four inchcx high. The great trouble In making shoos today Is to find a perfect foot. In olden time shoos were mado for tho wwirer.. Only the very poor wor-hot wor-hot made on artificial feet. T6-day T6-day the vnt majority of shoes "aro mndo In the, factory long before the foot which Is to go In them 1 found. Shoe designers have hunted far and wlfo for perfect feet. Per-ftct Per-ftct foot among civilized people are raro. The South Sea Islanders Island-ers who run barefoot have more - - - 6. .SBB" v - r -, nearly perfect feet than we people peo-ple of civilized countries. Often barefoot pcoplcare' brought to Paris whoro they arc used qs ehoc models on which perfect shoes can be iittcd. All kinds of ranges aro made from the: perfect feet. ' Shoes grade aiVay from the perfect shoe to higher and lower lasts and sizes. Jacques IiTour. the beauty export, ex-port, declares- that the American foot Is more perfect than the French foot. He accounts for It by the fact that Americans do not compel their feet to go Into ahoea that do not fit. lo the extent thai French women do. Ho soya that Americans are ruining their feet by following fashions fash-ions too closely. "Get shoe that nt," declares the beauty expert. "Sometimes 1 llnd women with abnormally big feet. ' They bollcve that If they wear tight shov they will be ablcUo make their feet small. That Is the height of folly. Thero Is only one. wny to make the feet small by compression, and that Is the Chlneso way. They bind their fcot from Infancy. As a result tho feet are broken and ruined. You never saw Chinese women wom-en playing tennis. Why is that? It Is-bocitusc they cannot' should custom cus-tom permit them. Their feet are mined. "I like to see women with beautiful beauti-ful feet. By beautiful fpet I mean natural feet, because they nre the most beautiful. I love dainty feet, but bo careful In making your feet dainty. You can always wear tight llttlng-hoe. But don't wear them .o-tight they will hurt the feel. It docs no 'good and It ruins your gait. ' I have advised beautiful women with big feet to hTde them. They can do - po by' wearing long akfrLi-. They can also make thorn appo&r smaller by picking color. They should pick color that wJM blend well with their clothing. When white clothing is worn they ahould wwr white shoes. Whon black Is worn they should wear black shoes. Brown shoes go bct with brown sklrtr. 4 "When the feet are dainty, then it is proper to decorate them with all tho Jewelry one can find because ' - .- - f nothing Is more attractive than a beautiful foot.- It LsMiot neceisBary for-the woman with tho tiny "fool to hide It.- Hot' her show'ItT' Iet her ' woar any' color sho wishes." It U her right."1 - - ' - " r la Tour has ' no sy.nTatljy with women who mak'o tliolr' children weur shoes In summer'.' 1 ' ".Many women believe th'ftt, Iposo shoes' or bare feet will ',roault In big feet. There Is nothing to that. I have studied South &ea. IsUwidoM and have . found . their feet are rio bigger thun Eskimos. Tho Souh Son. .Islanders rnn" barefoot. They nivcr have broken arches. Unro feci wljl grow. So wll feet Incased J n shoes. Feet In loose shoes, will grow. So will feet In tight BhVeK.. "There la this dirrorjncc. A- foot In loose shoeji whon grQw'ng will develop Into u healthy, normal fooL A foot In tight shoes whon growing grow-ing will develop inlo a crlpplcjl fooL When a maiden roaches; the ng of IS she wants to look her best. Before Be-fore thai tlmo she should lt l!or (oel grow .in loose . shpei.. Wmjn she become IS. she can ;u;onr tight dhocs, provided' thoy aro not .too tight. Her shoes nhotlM. nt the foot, '. , Tho. Colonial women had many coUkb and shapes for their shoes. 2H wcro mad of dariinsk and cloth. Among tho old tlmo adVor-tjlaemcpls adVor-tjlaemcpls con be found Ilstod wom-oq's wom-oq's befit damask worsted thaba In Saxon blue, groen, pink uid white. In thoc.days they woro embroidered embroid-ered sho& Salln fhocj were common com-mon Just as thoy arc at the present pres-ent day. Thln.iols came into- towing with the Revolution. Paper ' .a!o wero adopted then for thr Ural tlmr and wero worn with gront suCcai. The first pointed hoo was. -worn In America In 1730. although it did not becomo-popular for-5ome time after that. Ten years Itor hoea for funerals wre "worn. These shos wero In black tc harmonize with other mourning '.wear of the tlm5. : Shoemaklng In America flrt b , gan In Connecticut. .The Virgin, lans first stepped , on American i nhores wearing boots. Tho New Knglanderu soon learned they could make their own shoes moro cheaply, cheap-ly, and never sent to Europo except ' f 6r) the new and' unusual kluda. Thfr first shoe swindle wad In 1617, when a man by tho name of Mclga waa charged with cheating in tho making of hla shoes by using Inferior In-ferior leather. The case was taken Into court, whero Meigs blamed J his workmen. ; The workmen brought witnesses ! to prove that Meigs had given an order "to (lap tho .shoos together" and that he used Inferior leather. ; Tho cnac went agxilnat Meigs and i the following statement was made by t;ho Judge: , - In a singles pair of allocs several sev-eral evils appear, such' as contempt of court, continued unrlghteounnosn rind other similar ovlls, and how ; many shoes he hud made and sold ml of such faulty materials and so fll loaded with ovlls the Court say they fil Tho. Colonials wore bucKlea on;' 111 (heir shoes, but the oarly Purlt'inS gl did not wear them. Instead thoy ftl used .string. Thene atrlnga wore of many colors and- although tho IB Purltant5. did not bejlbvo In gaudy JH ilreaa. their shoe strings wero gaudy II c-ribtigh. J! Tho ' numbering of shoos by size II whs' bagun tn the old shoe factories I W lb Corincc-Ueul. Thcfo numbers aro I IP tho same ns -tho numbers of lh? 1 present day. They were prlnl"il II plainly on the shoe to evcrvono 11 could- tell Just how big everybody J I plea's , foot wag. Today number II Cojinot be found on snoen. wnoe 1 f4lQsr'noh say they arc left off be- J (fHiyi many pcraono will ordt-r shoe ft Jjj top, amnll for thojn becnuce-thcy P 5 . know the number of the hoc thqy i g tt'i guying. ; iTjj |