Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1915 — Attractive Fashions in Footwear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Attractive Fashions in Footwear

Many women have looked askance at the very short skirts to which others have given a cordial welcome. Many women wear them, and some do not, but none has failed to notice the trim boots that have grown higher as skirts grew shorter. Little feet that peep In and out are a thing of the past, for little feet now are in full view at all angles and are required to be more than sightly. No feet are so well shod as those of Americans, and designers of shoes have met the demand for footwear that must bear the most critical scrutiny, with the trimmest and neatest of shoes. Many oddities in cut have beep introduced, many elaborations and decorations. Contrasting colors in leathers, and combinations of leather and cloth, have added variety to variety.

For evening wear satin pumps to match the gown, or high satin laced shoes, are worn. Gold or silver cloth pumps are also liked for evening wear, and look well with any color. For street wear high boots, either laced or buttoned, are to be had, showing combinations of cloth and leather, two colors In leather or in all gray or all tan kid. They are plain and give the foot a slender appearance. The all-black shoe Is worn with colored Bpats, and bronze shoes remain t" demand for wear with afternoon gowns and especially with the popular dark browns in satin and velvet. A laced street boot Is shown in the picture with patent leather vamp and gray leather top. It is an excellent example of a popular style. Machine stitching is a decorative feature in the latest footwear, and that in white on black leather is especially effective. Two rows of it appear on the model shown. They are in black on the gray leather. This boot is nine inches high, making the top nearly eleven inches from the ground. In the second picture there is reproduced a fancy boot in which black leather la narrow bands are

machine stitched to a tan or gray kid body. This is a novelty which has not met with as much approval as the contrast in color made by piping seams of light colored shoes with black, or those of black or dark leathers with, white Pumps made of black kid and patent leather, having seams piped with white, are among the most elegant of all footwear and are worn for afternoon and informal evening functions.