we» tin. VII Tassels and Bailout—Slipper Ornaments uti’WlIite Footwear 132. .l I is SIM" we,“ Sfifl in Favor-An Admirable the day is past when men alone outsider-ed footwear the most import- ant article of apparel. Man has never m‘skirts‘to cover up his feet—since the day sandals and tons were dis- carded for boots and bre’eches—snd he has felt the obligations of keeping the boots spic-and-span. ‘Womsn, if her boots were pretty'ones. could reveal them—if she wished. it they were not all that boots should benehs could hide them under her skirts; Now that she has no skirts—for‘sixylpflies from the ground up—ths question of footwear becomes paramount with her'ulso,and the bootmakers have seen to it that her foot-coverings are not only spic- aud-span. but dainty and charming as feminine heart could wish. MlLITARY BOOTS FOR MILITARY COSTUMES The sensation of the spring in foot- wear is the new military boot for wear with short, flare-skirted military tuil- learn and frocks. A natty regimental affair indeed is this spring boot, with trim, slender lines of toe and heel, a top of light colored cloth, rather high because the new skirt is so short. and with from fourteen to eighteen brass buttons with eagle or anchor and some with a swinging tassel to add to the martial effect. Some of these mili- tary boots are very fanciful; for in- stance a boot with vamp of dull blue morocco and top of buff cloth trimmed with braid and fastening straight down the outer side of the leg with eagle brass buttons in guitar effect. More censor-votive is another military boot which has a. brass-buttoned top of gray suede and toe, heel-faxing and strap trimming up the front of patent leather stitched in white, A dainty military boot of white duck with a piping of red soutache edging the button stay. and eighteen small brass buttons making a gay contrast along- side the red piping, For children, a fetching little military boot of patent with brass-buttoned red top cuffed at the top with the patent leather and sporting the military gold tassel. Following out the military note hos- iery manufacturers are making hose .with braided and button designs to simulate a boot top to be worn with black pumps. she Tim Curd: the'lislep Arch—Tile liiglit Footwear BUTTONED soors MOST cos- nscr WITH spams TAIL- LEURS These rather sensational millltary boots are of course only for the young or women who can successfully carry off ultra styles. The boot of accepted correctness for spring wear with street costumes of tailored style, is the beautifully shaped buttoned boot with long. tapering lines of aristocra- tic suggestion. a rather high curved heel, and a top of cloth in one of the fashionable neutral shades. The daint- est of these boots are in gaitor effect. a narrow, gracefully curved vamp of the patent or dull black leather used for the faxing running up above the heel and giving the. light cloth top, at a little distance. the effect of a gutter neatly strapped over the foot. Actual gaiters are also worn with patent leather pumps. but the strapped-on gaiter never has the exquisitely smooth fit over instep and ankle which makes the buttoned gsiter hoot so elegant. Laced' boots have been worn during the winter and will be worn some dur- ing the spring with tops of light clotlt in the goiter effect, but the laced shoe is an inconsistency which the well dressed woman has refused to accept as a novelty, and the boot that com- plies with the requirements of good form is of the buttoned type. BLACK AND WHITE FOOTWEAR A SPRING FAD White boots and pumps picked out with black trimmings are smarter this season than all-white footwear—unless the costume , is one that demands snowy whiteness throughout. En- chantineg pretty are some new pumps of white kid with fine lines of black outlining the cuer of the vamp, a col— lur around tho. top. and the narrow straps which cross a short, curved tongue. One button. in black jet. gold or colors. placed just. at the throat of a new pump strap gives utmost style to these little slipper-pumps and satis- fies the fad for buttons on footwear this season. Black pumps of dull kid, in similar style, have plpings of white kid and a white button. Pumps are only slightly removed from slippers in character now. Their lines are exceed— ingly dainty; they are cut low, like a slipper, with high. curved heel and it turned or very light welted sole,and the Colonial tongue. which has al- most disappeared. is as tiny as a slip- per tongue can be and show itself at .mr. new...” 9... row rswsfflw‘ ~4< all. Many of the smartest pumps show The woman who goes in for uthlvtit's or oven for being out-of—doors a good deal without actual hard exercise. is very particular about the kind of foot- the goiter suggestion in a collar (comp bination of patent. leather with white or colored kid, Particularly smart is it pump of patent leather with upper part of sandmolorod kid. designed for wear with lili‘ neutral silk stockings so fashionable- now. The sand-colored top of the pump and the natural tint _ — ‘ SP of shade lhitt, the line of dmnuruation is ulmost invisible at a little distance. of tho slot-king are so nearly a FOOTWEAR FOR THE SPORTS- " ‘ WOMAN wear that completes her smurf outing ioggt-ry. Much more comfortable than the old-ston rubber stilt-d shoo, with its perfectly flat sole, is the now out- ing shoe-“high or low as one prefers — RING ST YL EXHIBITION ~with it very flexible sole of leather and a low, broad heel which just lifts the heel above the toes and protects the arch of the instep from being fiat- lened~—a serious menace of the flat- noled tennis and yachting shoe of yore. One especially good yachting shoe has a. wedge-shaped heel inserted be- tween the heel of the buckskin shoe of leather and rubber. The shoe gives the effect. in its lines of being a regul- ation heelless outing shoe. but the in- serted heel offers all protection neces- sary to the arch of the foot. The now outing shoes are of white buckskin, sometimes with saddle-strap und trimmings of tan call with a deal of ornamental stitching. Many new mod- els show combinations of white buck- skin with Russian leather or patent for country wear is of white bnck‘with vunip and foxing of dull green suede. BUTTONED CLOTH TOPS FOR MASCULINE WEAR The cloth topped, buttoned boot is The Spring season finds us better prepared tha supply your Footwear at cordial invitation to visit Fair Prices. new Spring Shoes. n ever before to needs in Stylish, Comfortable, We extend a most us and look at the preferred with formalhftm‘noon cos< tumes by best dressed men. For busi- ness wear the favored boot is the but- toned or laced model of calf, some- times with colored cloth top. Unussail- ably correct, with evening dress, is the buttoned boot of putt-lit leather with well fitting top of line twilled black cloth . The famous latest models, the gaiter "boots, ma . Metal With colored tops, are very popular th1s season. SHOES FOR THE LADIES Mal Shoes are here in all the de in Patent and Gun QUEEN STREET, CHARLOTTETOWN MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHOES r feet room for growth. We have That gives thei _ . . . lete stock Wlth then needs 1n mind . selected a very comp and from the best makers in anada. ALLEY & CO., "'"FLFM MEN’S SHOES a The nicest dis- play you ever saw, I the leathersshown ,are Brown, Gun lMetal and Valour “‘D I, y J \ ia-l-Il ‘ Inn Calf-skin. Button and lace effects. Prices $5 and $6 i Wear a pair