Fashions in Footgear.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 16, 15 April 1908, Page 65

Fashions in Footgear.

Since the far-off days when Sir John Suckling, in his “Ballade of a Bride,” sang of “her little feet, like mice beneath her petticoat,” many a poem and much prose has been devoted to “the foot beautiful”; but it is a moot question if quite so much regard has ever been paid to footgear as at the present moment, says the “Mail." For once, Lst it be honestly admitted forthwith wc have taken a leaf—-or rather a good many leaves—from the book of our Gallic and Vienese sisters; and whereas a dozen years ago it was a common thing to see the effect of nine out of ten beautiful gowns completely spoilt by the unsuitable “shoeing” of their wearers, to»y it is unheard of, and would excita marked comment. Truly, never has the art of St. Crispin been better expressed or more to the fore than now; and the latest designs and models from Paris and Vienna are characterised by a quiet elegance which tjf itself bears the hall-mark of a perfect 6»ete. For the nonce the newest shoes for evening wear must match the gown worn, and the gaudy gilded dancing-shoe has been relegated to Suburbia (price 4s. lid.), where doubtless it will be made much of in the near future. Au contra ire. silver shoes are still well worn —and, indeed, there is a good deal to be said' for them, especially when seen in conjunction with a gown of black panne cunningly adorned with a high draped belt or stoles of silver tissue, while a diamante ribbon of tissue to match is worn threaded through the hair.

Charming, too, are the new Cromwell shoes fashioned of white satin, with silver buckles, designed chiefly for the party wear of young girls not yet promoted to fully long 'frocks. Then the newest walking shoes are the quintessence of comfort and chic combined. The heels, not so low as to be dowdy, not high enough to be vulgar. While the glace kid expresses itself in the finest and most pliable make imaginable. And oh! the shoes for the “littlins,” as the quaint old-world term has it, and the babies! Indeed and in truth one would want the pen of a Sir John Suckling to do the merest justice tc them! Rutiled blue, and trimmed with satin,” wadded and scented, a fitting shrine for the little rose-leaf feet they are destined to caress. @ © © For Business Women. Both men and women appreciate courtesy, brevity, clarity, and honesty its (business affairs, but there are some things which are specially helpful fcr business women to note. The first thing to remember when talking to women ia that personality counts. A man notices a girl’s “get up” and all practical data concerning her business ability. A woman will rather consider an applicant’s coiffure, dress, voice, attitude and manners. And the girl who is going to be chosen for and keep any particular appointment is the one who does not try to appear what she is not, but brings with her all the common-sense possible. ® © © A Toilet Trick. Tricks of the toilet are tricks no longer. and the girl who finds some new way of being beautiful is glad enough to teli it to her friends. One young woman whose soft pompadour stands up without any artificial support says she does it by use of a large roll of tissue-paper of pompadour shape. This she places under the hair before it is quite dry after a shampoo, and keeps the paper in place until the hair is absolutely dry. After thus training her hair in the Way it should go, she says it nulds its puff splendidly. ;