The Milwaukee Leader

SHOES for Every Hour

For the morning.—Alligator in a light russet brown is frequently chosen for the street suit or frock of navy blue, black, or tawny brown. Stockings should match the shoes as nearly as possible. The one-strap pump or oxford is the usual model for these alligator shoes and the heels may be of the medium Cuban sort or the high, spike heel that many well-dressed women select even for street wear.

For afternoon.—Strap pumps for afternoon are sometimes trimmed with beads that are simply arranged in a line along the upper edge of the shoe and along the edges of the straps. A shoe of this description in dull calf with a medium high Cuban heel may be worn with the black afternoon frock, of velvet or silk crepe. Flesh-colored stockings would be the usual selection with this shoe, though there are still a number of well-dressed women who prefer very sheer black stockings when frock and shoes are black. However, black stockings no matter how sheer with a black frock nowadays give the impression of mourning apparel.

Cherry red leather shoes are to be found in many of the smart shops and these are chosen to wear with the new red frocks of autumn.

For evening.—While the various reptile skins were first used only for street, sport or afternoon wear, this season there are evening shoes of a sort of iridescent snakeskin. If you do not want your whole slipper to be colored to match your frock you may follow the new fashion of having the heel only of the hue of your frock. Sometimes just a small part of the vamp of the shoe, together with the heel, is of the dress color while the rest of the shoe is of gold brocade. A brocade combining gold and the frock color is often chosen for evening. With slippers of this description there is often a dainty buckle of rhinestones or bands of rhinestone trimming on the straps.