text:  But there is one curious circumstance connected with ladies' shoes which it appears our fair countrywomen are not competent judges of--at least we appeal to every man in England not beyond his grand climacteric and with two eyes in his head for the correctness of our views in what we are going to assert:--a lady's shoe worn with crossing sandals gently curving over the instep and round the ankle is immeasurably superior to the plain quaker-like old-maid affair worn with the old-fashioned tie or button