Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1913 — HAVE THE STOCKINGS PADDED [ARTICLE]

HAVE THE STOCKINGS PADDED

Latest Idea That Is Sent to Us From Paris Is Not Without Its Dieadvantages. 1 ;rPadded silk stockings arl a brand new idea from Paris. What with one and one-half yard skirts, and slashed skirt hems, the nether limbs are a good deal in qvidence these days, and the French woman with a tffick foot, a lumpy ankle and fiat calves, 1b doing her utmost to remedy these defects now by wearing trim-buttoned boots, which undoubtedly make the ankle neater and daintier, and bobts with long lines that give slenderness and aristocracy to the foot. Now padded stockings have been added to perfect the contour ‘ above the boottop. It is not likely that these padded silk hose will have any great vogue in America. Woe be to the woman who buys a pair to wear with he® bathing suit, for the padding, which so neatly g>unds out the limb at the calf, is not guaranteed against the effect of salt water, which will be more than likely to reduce the carefully placed padding to soggy lumps in the wrong places.