Footwear Fashions and Foot Health
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By I’liylli* McLarney —
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The atyla picture In ehoee Is bright us cun be. Warm weather sparkle
shows up In the Illustrated open sling puinp of yellow suede kid. with
dark leather sole for contrast, comfort and vitality.
Shoes are showing lots of luclngs, silvers of straps to nil In the shell
of the shoe, bold cut-outs, inesh-llke
detulls Pumps appear In Inspired
versions, with toplines scalloped
looped. Jagged or scooped for extra
profile Interest. There ure lots of
Ituts, soft toes, trick openings at the
back, und slltn. square tupered toes
The square toe Is particularly Im
portant In the new shoes with ex
tended soles of naturul leather Ho
Is the curved built-up heel, some
of which will be In shades contrast
Ing to nr complementing the upper
i
If anybody cares what's doing In
Paris — the one lu Prance, not
Texas — three trends are worth
noting- the weight of walking shoes
has been cut lu half by one leading
kolliar, wedge heels are tabu; and
open toes are seen on the snappiest
and snobbiest style-setters on the
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Chumps Elysees Most A m e ric a n
femmes will applaud all three
trends. Our own shoes, using tho
supple strength of- leather soles as
their foundation, are setting new
records In summer lightness Opes
shoes are still going strong. And on a long shopping trip In ballet
the wedge shoe Is strictly an off slippers.
Think of your feet and the cars
tbe-Avenue style anyway.
you owe them, and you may b« like
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the poet Tennyson's dream girl
Shakespeare was no podiatrist,
"Hteps with a tender foot, light
but he knew the connection be
as on air
tween foot health and beauty. In
The lovely, lordly creature float­
Romeo and Juliet he described the
ed on."
young heroine
"Ho light a foot
W ill ne'er wear out the
everlasting flint ”
School surveys show that most
foot troubles begin In childhood,
through Ignorance of the rules of
foot hygiene and shoe fitting
Beauty Is Impossible without a
When baby begins to walk, he
graceful walk. Did you know that
needs shoes to help him keep his
men unconsciously Judge a wom­
balance, give him the utmost pro­
en* age by the way she walks?
tection. und yet not crowd his toes
And the average male will tell you
or cramp foot muscles.
aothlng makes a woman more unat­
At this stage give the m ild shoes
tractive than an uncomfortable
high enough for ankle support. The
looking gait, "over dressed" feet or
counter should be flexible, but snug
ihoes that looked as If they were
enough to hold the heel In shape
Intended for two other people!
The uppers should be of the softest
Have a podiatrist or competent leather, giving the toes plenty of
»hoe fitter help you select the rljpit room to spread and wiggle. The
last Next buy shoes with an eye to soles must be of leather thick
St. materials and purpose. Keep enough for adequate protection, but
rour vanity In check and get shoes extremely flexible to Insure free
iong and wide enough to keep from movement. Good baby shoes have
pinching Insist n the best mate­ roughened surfaces on the leather
rials — leather riles underfoot, to sole as an anti slip precaution
live your step .1 Arm but flexible
Don't lot the young hopeful wear
foundation and the benefits of shoes after his toe has grown to
leather's ability to "br Mhe
Re­ the end of the shoe. Chances ire
member what you'll use the shoes your baby was born with perfect
for. and you wcu’t end up doing feet. Hlmple precautions will help
housework on stilt heels, or going to keen them that wav.
Tourist Travel
Shows Increase
In
'on
The increase during the month
of June, which usually sees the
first appreciable volume of tour­
ist travel due to the close of
schools, is good evidence that the
tourist volume for the 1949 sea
son will be substantially above
that of the past year, the Ass'n
Automobile t mrist travel 1 n pointed out
O r e g o n a n d the northwest
is showing substantial increases
EXAMINER COMING
o v e r that of the comparable
A drivers license examiner will
period last year the Oregon State be on duty In Ashland Monday,
Motor Association said today.
July 25. at the city hall between
The increases amount to ap­ the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.rn. ac­
proximately 20 percent for the cording to an announcement re­
month of June, the association ceived from the Secretary of
reported The club pointed out. state.
however, that tourist travel at Persons wishing licenses or per­
this time last year was under mits to drive are asked to get in
the adverse influence of the' I touch with the examiner well a-
Columbia River flood
head of the scheduled closing
The association reported these hour in order to assure comple­
figures as Indicative of the up­ tion of their applications with a
ward trend in automobile tourist minimum of delay.
travel this year:
Mr. Roy Snider, Santa Rosa,
1: An increase of 28 per cent
In the number of automobiles Calif., arrived by plane Saturday
going through Canadian customs to spend the weekend with his
into Victoria during the month family who are vacationing here.
of June.
2: An increase in reservations I
made by the AAA office for re­
creational travellers.
3; An increase of 15 per cent
in the number of cars crossing
the Oregon border into California,
as reported by the state border
r quarantine stations.
There were 16,887 automobiles
cleared through Canadian cus­
toms at Victoria in June this
year, compared to 12,137 in June,
1948, the Association reported.
California led all states in the
number of cars going to Victoria
in June with 1,342, while Wash
FIRE IS CLOSER to do-
ington was second with 859 and
Oregon was third with 556.
•troylng your homo than
The Association said that a
large part of the increase in re­
you thinkl A faulty elec­
servations could be attributed to
trical fixture . . . a care­
a heavier proportion of members
utilizing the club’s reservation
lessly stored inflammable
service this year, though part of
could start him hot-foot­
the increase is due to increased
travel.
ing through your homo on
While travel into California
through Oregon showed a 15 per
a wild race of destruction.
cent increase this June, travel
from Arizona into California
Check the fire hazards
dropped off .8 percent and travel
from Nevada showed a 3.8 per
in your home and insure
cent decrease, as registered at the
border quarantine stations, the
adequately today--through
motor club said.
“Automobile travel, nationally,
Js climbing well ahead of last
year ” according to the Associat­
ion s manager, Ray Conway, who
... BILLINGS AGENCY
said information from AAA clubs
(Since July 1883)
throughout the country indicated
the volume of travel by private
DEPENDABLE
car this year “is exceeding every- J INSURANCE COUNSELORS
body's expectations.
Routings
Corner Main and Oak
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handled by AAA clubs are from
Ashland Hotel Building
10 to 20 per cent above last
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year and there is evidence that
travellers are taking longer trips.”
(n Hot Pursuit. . .
S.C-Jones & Sons
Major League
Tryout Slated
For Dallas
D allas,
O regon,
expenses refunded
Carl Hub­
bell, director of the farm system
lor the Giants, considers Oregon
a rich field for developement of
ball players, Shader declares
(S pecial)
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Montana Folks
Will Picnic At
Grants Pass
Mickey Shader, western scout
for the New York Giants Nat­
ional league baseball club, ha.
i ■ ned a call tor diamond taletn
to report to a tryout camp in
T h e Northern-California-Sou-
this little Willamette Valley city
on August li and 7.
m Oregon Montana Society
With Hughie Day, a n o t h e r nirk r U1 ** hdd in the c i^
’ G™.nt» Pa««, next SundaJ
Giant Scout. Shader will look J
over prospects for the Giants as •» one-thirty. Before that the
he conducts the camp “in major
league style.”
This will be one of three such
sessions to br? held by the Giants
in the Northwest this year, the
other two to be at locations in
Oregon and Washington to be
selected.
All players eligible to sign pro­
fessional contracts may attend
without charge, although e a c h
must pay his own expenses and
bring his own uniform. Games
will be played both Saturday and
Sunday, and all players will be
allowed to participate.
In Dallas, camp will be held
on the high school field with
sessions beginning at 10 a. in
Day, a Dallas resident, is now
accepting applications from those
who wish to partlpicate, but ad
vanee registration is not new s
, sary.
• Shader points out that t h e
camp will be strictly a hunt for
talent and i s n o t a baseball
school, although much instruct­
ion will be given. Sessions will
be held rain or shine, and on the
concluding day, pick of the pros­
pects will meet a top semi-pro
outfit of this area in a nine-inn­
ing game.
Shader, in his 38th year in
baseball, states that anyone sign­
ed to the Giants or any of the
19 farm clubs will have full
families will eat their lunch and
visit with their former Montana
neighbors. Ice cream and soda
pop will be furnished by the
Society.
I*he first Montana picnic was
held in Lithia Park. Ashland, in
1929.
At that time approxi­
mately fifty people were in
attendance Last year the Society
met again at Lithia Park with
two hundred in a t t e n d a n c e .
Officers elected at that time
were William Wolverton, Grants
Pass, President; Mrs, Lillian
Nelson, secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs Chloris Axtell, publicity
chairman.
California cities represented
last year included Los Angeles.
Weed, Yreka, Dunsmuir, Eureka
and Crescent City. Oregon cities
represented were Ashland, Med­
ford, Grants Pass. Central Point.
Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Roseburg
Klamath Falls and Portland
Forty-four of the fif^y-slx Mon
tana counties were registered.
Mrs. Duke Makos of 1011 Iowa
St. will leave tonight with her
mother, Mrs. Steve Cerny, for a
visit with her parents and friends
in Chicago. Mrs Cerny has bee
visiting with her daughters, Mrs
Makos and Mrs. Phillip Dod '
ridge, of Forest Street, for t'i
past month.
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