Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1914 — SPRING SHOE STYLES READY [ARTICLE]

SPRING SHOE STYLES READY

Buttons and a Tendency to Low Heels Promise to Be the Features of Coming Season.

Long before a woman buys her fall shoes the makers have planned the styles for the following spring—so far in advance of fashion is the wholesale trade. Rumors are that nothing but button shoes will be worn next spring, that patent and kid leathers will be used mostly and that heels have a tendency to be very low. This does not mean that there will be a craze, for the. almost heellesq shoes of the summer just gone—far from it. The newest heel will be a low Louis instead of the Cuban we have known. For girls the little heel will be good always, and for outing wear, the heelless, rubber-Boled low shoe will be as popular next summer as it has been. Turned-sole shoes will be used extensively, and such tans as will be seen will be in dark shades —light tan only in outing styles. Moreover, for dress wear, makers predict a vogue of fancy shoes; that is, black or dark tan vamps, with colored suede tops, these to match the gown or suit, if preferred. Speaking of ryjjber-soled shoes, they were a boon in that they were soft and flexible, but they were heavy to the foot, and some say too heating for comfort f There is just out on the market, and will soon be purchasable in shoe stores, a new sole leather, tanned by a special process that makes it as flexible as rubber, yet light In weight For Women with sensitive feet this will be a runl boon. '

In the evening slippers, beyond the fact that black satin will be very popular and the colors will run to vivid tones, there will be little change. Vamps will be slightly longer and the general use of rich, metallic brocades on gowns will be extended to slippers as well.