Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1919 — LONGHI SKIRTS; FRENCH HEELS [ARTICLE]

LONGHI SKIRTS; FRENCH HEELS

WILL BE PREVAILING STYLES THIS YEAR, SAYS FRANK P. MEYER. ' v Longer and tighter skirts and high styles in America this coming spring, Frank P. Meyer? newly elected Secretary-treasurer of the National Shoe Retailers association, who returned to his home in 'Danville, m.» Thursday from St. Louis, where he attended the convention where shoe styles for the coming year are set. The Danville man, a former Rensselaer boy and son of Mrs. Mary Meyer, of this city, now a member of the shoe firm of Cavanaugh & Meyer, had the second highest honor in the gift of the national association conferred upon him, as he was elected to the second highest office. He was also chosen a director of the national association for three years. T. J. Geutling, of Philadelphia, was elected president. The convention was the greatest ever held by the national association. The delegates adopted a resolution expressing their confidence in President Woodrow Wilson, and their belief that, through him, the coming year will see the greatest business in the history of the country. Optimism, said Mr. Meyer, was the keynote of the convention. The 1920 convention will be held in Boston, Mass. The convention which came to a close at St. Louis Wednesday was attended by 1,900 retail dealers, representing the trade from every section of the United States, and 500 manufacturers. “America will not depend upon Paris for styles this year,” said Mr. Meyer. The latest reports from the style centers of the Frenchmetropolis are that shorter skirts will be worn, but in this country the skirts will be longer, but much tighter than now worn. This will call for high French heels, and for the early spring the popular foot year will be Oxford ties and pumps. The new styles are already in effect in St. Louis, where the national shoe convention was held. In speaking of the new styles, the national secretarytreasurer said: “The well-dressed woman, as seen in St. Louis, hopped along like a grasshopper. Her skirts are so long and tight that it is absolutely necessary for her to be well shod. “For the first time in the history of America,” said Mr. Meyer, “tins country will be independent of Paris in styles, so far as women’s footwear is concerned. Heretofore this country waited for Paris to set the styles, but this year the United States will be independent of Paris, and will adopt styles of our own. This is just one of the effects of the war.”