Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1918 — SPORT TOGS PASSE [ARTICLE]

SPORT TOGS PASSE

Death KneH Sounded for a Onse Overindulged Fashion. Question of Proper Footwear Now Absorbing the Attention of Women Seeking Most Sensible Shoes. A curious phase of fashion during the second year of the war is the passing of sport clothes, observes a fashion writer. This 'does not mean that they weren’t worn in tiresome profusion at summer resorts. Wherever women gathered from East, West, North or South, they came with trunks of sleeveless jackets, colored sweater coats, separate skirts and the other paraphernalia that goes with the beach, the mountain and a motorcar. - But through all these costumes ran a thread of different dressing, which was quite noticeable to those who bad seen other summers at American resorts. Few of the women wore white linen 'skirts,' white shirtwaists or sweaters. Few wore fiat-heeled shoes. The majority of them made the mistake of wearing slefeveless jackets and separate skirts with pointed pumps and Louis XV heels. * That’s the kind of thing we do quite badly over here, and which is a departure from the good sense which characterized our sport clothes -ten years ago. in fact, the whole shoe situation in America is so extremely bad that one would like to write down rules and regulations about shoes and have them enforced by the government We used to pride ourselves on the best shoes in the world, worn in the most suitable manner and differing for each occasion. We laughed at the French for their eccentricities. Today, although we do not seem to realize it, the majority of-women in the world are looking askance at our feet. We demand absurd shoes, unless a uniform demands sensible ones. The whole condition is topsy-turvy. Women stand behind the counter in pumps that should be worn in a limousine at five o’clock in the afternoon; others walk dp Main street in shoes that should be used for a restaurant dinner at seven o’clock —and thus it goes through the string of hours. Rarely, except in the evening, is the average American woman properly shod. She has lost her head completely concern-* Ing her feet