Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1913 — BIZARRE STYLE OF FOOTWEAR [ARTICLE]

BIZARRE STYLE OF FOOTWEAR

Parisiennes Have Enthusiastically Adopted Style That Might Well Be Denominated Frivolous. -

All feminine Paris is enthusiastic at present over bizarre, eccentric Slippers that would not be worn in America off the stage. The fair Parisienne of the mpment starts on her daily promenade now ciad in a faultless tailored suit of worster or mohair, actfompanied by footwear of the most Yet somehow she manages to reqjain inexpressibly chic, although she is not so correctly dressed as the American woman, who adopts the smart tailored suit and buttoned boot.

One model which has been popular at the French races this autumn is made of white kid with trimmings of gun-metal gray suede, with the strips fastening over ,the instep with a cutsteel button. Flesh-colored silk stockings or stockings that match some dominant color no|e of the costume are worn Wh these strapped slippers. Other slippers of more conventional design are worn with restaurant or theater gowns having dark skirts. They are of suede or patent leather, and through the spaces between the buttoned straps gleam silk stockings cf flesh tint or gray, a particularly fashionable stocking color this season.