Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1928, Page 52

12 Requirements for Those Who Would Put Best Foot Forward ' FLESH.COLORED STOCKIN MARY MARSHALL. MOST any salesman can select hoes that fit the feet—provid= ing he has a fairly wide line of shoes in stock and your feet are not actually abnormal But it takes a really clever shoe sales- man to select shoes that make vour feet look their best. that enhance their charms and minimize their defects— and even after he has sclected such shoes for you he may not be able to persuade you to buy them o w For there are women with very lean legs who have the “foolish notion™ that can wear sport stockings with up- nd-down stripes, and women with piano legs who blunder into thinking that nothing quite so we!l becomes them &s <tockings of a pinky flesh tone. With the lengithening of skirts this sea;on—which has. as a matter of fact, ot progressed as far as many of us sup- posed it would—the general impression was that the problem of disguising the lines of less attractive legs and ankles ‘would be somewhat simplified. But asa matter of fact, the extremely short skirt usually produces a better effect than the skirt that extends some inches be- low the knee. Legs that look too heav: when the skirt extends to the thickest part of the calf Jook fairly graceful and almost slender when the skirt permits the entire curve from ankles to knees %o _show. I recall that we were all amazed when the very short skirts came in & few years ago to see that they frequently became some of our stout friends better than the slightly longer ones had done. Their legs didn't look so fat after all! Speaking from the point of view of fashion, the only possible shoe for eve- ning and more elaborate afternoon wear is the shoe with a fairly high heel. If your feet are plump. your ankles slender, with generously curved calves above them. then the high straight or Cuban heel is the best choice, because the straight “heel does mot emphasize the curves and does not accentuate the sienderness of the ankles. On the other WITH CLOCKS AND SHOR PED SLIPPERS LIKE THESE ARE UNBE “T. BUT LOOK_AT THE OPPOSIT STRAP- ING TO PLUMP LEGS CUT! tallic finish. which are almost as favor- I able to large feet as black. or you may solect satin slippers to go with your gown, matching either the material or the trimming. ~ A very smart evening | ensembie consists of a frock of light | beige or parchment or ivory tone with | satin slippers to match and stockings | ¢ an almost imperceptibly darker tone. | u are fairly well proportioned. this | s a choice that you may safely make. | Certain principles of color and design that were found to apply successfully | to battleships, arsenal roofs and tanks | during the war have since that time been found to apply just as well to a | woman's shoes and stockings. The fact | is that if it had not been for the war shoemakers and stocking makers would never have thought of these principles of camouflage at all. With footgear and hosiery we do not need to carry the | principle so far. | There was an advantag> in making a | battleship appear at a distance to be! just a part of the general seascape—sky | and sea and long skyline—and of mak- ing the roof of an arsenal look like a plowed field or the top of a forest. | There would be no advantage in blot- | ting our feet and ankles entirely out of the picture so that at a distance we might seem to be floating along with no pedal appendages at all, nor of mak- ing them look like horses’ hoofs or bits | of shrubbery or something of that sort. But to make feet look shorter or slim- mer and to make fat legs look slim and | thin ones look more shapely, is often | highly desirable, and this the art of | camouflage has taught the shoemakers |and stocking designers to do. | ! Not long ago some one hit upon the idea of making stockings shaded in such 2 way as to give a slender appearance to stout ankles and legs. Apparently there has been no great demand for these stockings—perhaps because on close inspection the ruse was 100 ob- vious. The vogue for tapering heel de- | signs that work wonders in slenderizing the ankles has. however, gone merrily ' on—because the heel designs themselves are considered attractive and do not strike the observer as being present as a trick of camouflage at all. Square-topped heels have the effect of heighteniug the back of the fool and ved | making the front of the foot appear mand for rather low-heeled shoes. even for evening wear. But let me tell you, before you gasp with astonishment, that my informer added, “But the demand 1s for the most part from the Americans, who now constitute a large part of the population all the year round.” This fondness of American women for low-heeled shoes are usually taller than French women, 2nd many tali women imagine that by wearing low ,heels they will appear petite. Then. 100, the average Ameri- can foot is usually more slightly built I Prench foot, and therefore to bear the additional weight and arch of the foot caused e extremely high heel French correspondence also in- forms me that opera pumps—that is, Ppumps without straps of any sort—are still much favored. while narrow single ps are also favored. The oxford type of shoe is still in the picture for sireet wear. Though the fancy sort of footwear is in as much demand as ever, the best dressed women seem to favor shoes that carry their ornamentation without ostentation. Cheap imitations of fancy leathers are decidedly outre, and the finer shoes are frequently trim- med with merely a narrow piping or of the lizard or reptile skin, woman Wwith fat insteps and ith feet inclined to swell inly take advantage of the of the opera pump. No ump feet should ever wear strapped pumps. much less pumps with two or three streps. And where there is zn inclination 1 swelling, the vampe should be low o as 1 prevent the bulging effect thet sometimcs ap- pears where @ long vamp presses #gainst the iuswep. While one supposed authority on the subjert of soekings will tell you that Garker suckings—gun metals, laupes #nd the so-called dust shades—are com- jonable prominence &nd the lighter nd that lighter with the " stockings the conwours of y #nd ankles—in deciding thi 1 suockl it end o e of on 3: gond or beige g L33t i voman who oo inclined v plumpne 10 you want b Giminih the apparen bige of tAh feel wng ankles snd leg vhet wear Kid or euede shoes i tiach With ¢ P s of gun metal or taiipe For evening wear you have a wide chule YUu sy sl biack saul or el shoes WiLD Thineswne ornaments it your feet wre But iy Skin Young emove 6l blemishes and diswolore- by regilaaly using pure merco- liwd wax, Gel wni ounce and use 6 Airected Fine, almost nvisible particies of sged ckin peel off, untl 15, such as pumples, Dy frecklee pnd large por Ausmppesred. Skl 16 besutl- clesr. woft and velvely, and fack louks years younger. Mercolized Wax brings o0 the bidden beauty To quickly temove wiinkles und other uge lines, use (iils fuce otion 1 Ousie powGesed ek rie and | bt pint witehhior) ‘o | is in & measure | Cue to the fact that American women | smaller. They aparently lift the bac of the foot from the ground—in the | !same way that high heels do. But the heel decorations that extend upward to a point are much more effective in making the ankles appear actually slen- ! der. Sometimes there are two of these 1long pointed devices—one at either side | of the seam. iConyright. 1928.) Made Over In Style. | JALMOST every woman has a Il'o-i plece dress of silk crepe some- | where on a hanger in a closet. It/ | probably has a plaited skirt and a {blouse which opens down the front Of course, part of this dress can be used. for plaited skirts are recognizcd 25 fashionable this year. Th2 blouse will requirc some changes. however It it 15 possible o close the front cf | the blouse by a seam. do so. for the | open blouse 15 not stylish. The seam | can be disguised by means of a color- {ful piping of by a braid banding which merely simulates an opening without the opening actually existing It is advisable to make a new blouse for a dress of this kind. Do not try o match the material of the skiri. since the old material will show up in an unattractive contrast. Rather select a striped material, which 15 so fashionabie this year, and match one | of the colors 1o the color of the skirt A Roman striped silk is very altraciive for the blouse. especially if the skirt is navy blue or k Perhaps you have one of those plain ece dresses which were s popu- ar. It can be brought up date by discarding the silk tie sash and giving it a bright touch by the addition of a leather belt. 1f you care to keep this type of dress strictly tal- lored, remove all superfluous adorn- ment snd use a linen collar and cuif st in & bright color o match the bel | Kidney Bean Loaf. | Chop three cupfuls of cooked kidney beans very fine and combine thor- oughly with one cupful of grated cheese and half a cupful of fine bread crumbs. Mince one medium szed onion and saute it In one tablespoon- ful of fat, which may be butter, vege- table fat or bacon fat, as preferred Combine the onion with one-half n tea- spoonful of salt and a Jittle pepper, then add the beans, cheese and crumb mizture and form into a roll, dusting the remainder of the crumbs over th- surface of the loaf Pour® Bpanish sauce around the loaf and brovn in # moderate oven, basting occasionally with the sauce THE SUNDAY Way to Clean Your Old Furs You can readily clean your furs and miuke them look flufly and new without difficulty and without injuring them in the least. This is the way to go about it. Get some coarse bran and heat it in the oven in a casserole. Be careful not w burn it, but get it really hot When the bran is hot rub it into the fur thoroughly. The point isn't to get the bran next the skin of the fur, but to rub it through all the hairs, Let it stay In the fur for 20 minutes and then brush and shake it out. Use a clean, soft brush, as a stff brush, though removing the bran, might break the hairs. A lot of the bran may be removed by shaking. When it is all out hang the furs on a line outdoors for an hour or so FINAL STAR, WASHINGTON, POINTED HEELS IN BLAC AT TOP. THEY ARE CHOSE VER BROCADE SLIPPER WI THE ANKLE. TIONS OF EMBROIDEREL OF SLENDERIZING EFFECT. SATIN SLIPPER, A THEN FORD OF BLACK SATIN, A BULCKLE. A SLIPPER OF BI NER A KNITTED WOOL SO | PERFECT HOUSEWI FOR RNEES THAT ARE TOO THIN OR ( D LA EVE EMBROIDERY ON SPORTS STOCKIN D. C. JANUARY 22, SHADOW EFFECT AND CONTRASTING . EFFECT. FOR THEIR S H SILVER KID NDERIZING El 'RAP AT THE LY 'E_ON SHEER AT OUBLE. SATIN SANDALS. WHITE SATIN SLIPPER WITH A 'K SATIN AND SUEDE, AND AT K AND SKIING SHOE. TOCKI WITH D BLACK FE DOESN'T EXIST. AT LHE 1928— PART 3. COLOR ARE SHOW \ FT A SIL “RE DEFINES E ARE KNEE DECORA- NGS — ALSO OF COLORED A BLACK SATIN SLIPPER S BELOW THAT. 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The woman who |18 excessively methodical may lack ar- tstic talents needed to make her house | homelike and attractive and the woman |who Is a paragon of thrift may lack the requisite imagination to prepare and plan appetizing meals. | | Yet the housewifely job requires a | | degree of all these virtues, orderliness, | method, thrift, tact, artistic percepuon | and imagination. | | And so. as usually happens, the | woman who really approaches nearest to perfection as a housewife is an all- round sort of person who is not ex- cessively anything 8he 1s fairly neat and clean--but not “pizen clean™ She has a certain amount of method but 1217 Conn. 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