Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-15
u,d ana Ies1Her gloves.

,snce the countries of all other where
kid and leather gloves are manufactured
and worn. 1t is quite appropriate
therefore. that any warning in reference
TO their use should come from that same
quarter, lest it might be supposed were
the argument put forth elsewhere, Una,
II was "a weak device Of the enemy
II Is with some curiosity and interest,
then that the world of readers and
glove-wearers will read the comments
that certain Dr. Forth, of Paris, writ
ing to the Figaro, OF that city, makes on
the effects of tight gloves, although, such
Is the peculiar perversity of human ma
tnre that we doubt much whether the
slightest difference will result IN the
consumption Of the article, from all that
may be said about It.
In brief. the Doctor remarks that the
use Of gloves made from the skins of am
mails IS attended by notable dangers.
They were introduced, in their finer
qualities, into France by this Medicl fam
iiy. and since then the hands OF the
higher classes have lost much OF their
purity and beauty Of contour. 1t is not
difficult to comprehend that the eontin-
uous and violent compression OF the
hand must disturb its organism, and de-
ter;orate the exquisite delicacy OF its
sense of touch. But all the difficulty
does NOT cease at that point, by any
means. Anatomists can tell us that an
interchanse Of two kinds OF blood, the
venous and the arterial. takes place at
TIE ends Of the fingers, as well as else
where. and that anything which inter
rupts the process produces a reaction
toward the heart-the hollow muscle that
Is the projecting and prOpelling organ
Of circulation.
An Organic predispositiOn eo-operai-
ing with this disorder may develop GER
tain diseases of the heart, or aggrayate
those that previously existed. There
are also. certain nervous operations at
the extremities which communicate SEN
sations to the brain, and any obstacle
opposed to this action Of nature may
originate variety Of symptoms ranging
from mere weakness to a regular nervous
crisis.
Tight gloves Of kid or other skin, by
their adhesion to the surface, frequently
produce a sort Of abscess or ulcer, which
appears under the nails. In such cases,
puncturing the flesh, or even leaving il
to the process Of nature, will lead to the
loss OF the nails, which cannot, after
ward. be easily renewed. To young la
dies. such an accident is very trying.
But there is a precaution that may be
taken against this deformity. 1t con-
sis,s simply in scraping the nail with the
blade Of sharp knife rounded to the
end. The seraping must be done near
10 the seat of the abseess or inhamma-
ton. The pus once being removed, the
small orifce produced by this process
will soon disappear. without leaving any
trace. But on the general principle, IN
order TO reconcile those two sworn enc
mics health and fashion--all prolonged
pressure at the extremities must be
avoided, especially in case Of children
and of young girls who have not attained
their full growth and development.
II seems that in France, a prolonged
series Of experiments and Investigations
has been made, and that Dr. Forth
merely gives the result in what is not at
all, new theory, Out Chains 10 De uih-
tinct enunciation Of surgical truth; and
these views have attracted a correspond
ing degree Of attention. II seems un-
questionable that, where they are not de
formed by sordid toll, the hands Of those
who do not make continual use Of the
article in question are more shapely and
delicate in perceptive touch than those
Of persons who are descended from Q
race that have been able to use the kid
or other skin glove habitually. One is
often surprised TO see what beautiful
hands the children Of the poor classes
possess, Notwithstanding the laborioui
pursuits Of their parents, and rice rersa
The Girl of the Period an Old
Fashioned Girl.
In l647, the Simple Cobbler Of Aga
VAN wrote in Massachusetts as follows
Of the ladies dresses Of that period: 81
can make myself sick at the time viii
comparing the dazzling splendor where
with our gentlewOmen were embellishel
= in some former habits with the goose
down xxhqrevith fhe- are now eurcin