Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1915 — Best Footwear Styles for Out-of-Doors [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Best Footwear Styles for Out-of-Doors

No one can fail to be impressed with the trimness and neatness of the fall and winter styles in footwear. They are somewhat plainer than those of the past summer. Shoe men seem to have concentrated attention on novelty in the manner of cutting the new footwear and to consider perfection of finish the most important of items in its construction. Here are three of the all-leather styles that are presented for milady's consideration this fall. Her attention falls first upon the shoes in which she is to walk when out of doors. Any one of these styles is to be commended for the promenade. A graceful boot of kid .is shown in which the tip is narrowed and extended up the front to the top. This gives a long, shapely line calculated to make the foot look slender. Perfect machine stitching outlines all the edges of leather, and even in the stay at the back lines have been carefully considered. The heel is both sensible and graceful, and the buttons —with eyes—contribute to the fine finish of this model. A similar boot is shown which fastens with a front lace. This necessitates a little change in shaping th* 1

extension of the tip, and this model goes even farther than the buttoned boot in adding to the appearance of slenderness in the foot. The younger women are showing a preference for walking shoes that resemble the boots which men wore a generation or so ago. This resemblance doesn't go much farther than appearances as the shoes lace on the inside, the lacing being made as inconspicuous as possible. These pretty make-believe boots are worn in light tans, in tan and brown, in gray, and in black. A pair of them is glimpsed here. A real boot, called the Cossack boot, shows promise of developing into a fad with the vcunger women. It has a short leg, turning back at the top in a band, usually finished with a decorative pattern in cut-out work. It is a jaunty, saucy bit of footwear which looks well with the Russian styles in gowns or the snappy military modes that mingle their dashing style with others of the new season. JULIA BOTTOM LEY.