MODERN DANCING
high boots of flexible leather reaching to the knee. But for the average woman the prettiest footwear is a pump with a moderate heel, fastened about the ankle with ribbons which cross the leg several times. This gives the impression of the Greek dancing-sandals, and also accentuates the slenderness of the ankles.
The hose should, of course, match the shoes, unless one wears stockings to match the gown and patent-leather dancing-slippers. In speaking of hose, it may not come amiss to say that the new styles of stockings, with elastic tops that hold them up snugly with the aid of only a round garter, are much better to dance in than the looser hose that require garters suspended from the corsets.
