Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-09-08
Gloves.

manufacture to each invited guest; and
woe betide the unlucky bride who neg
lects single one, for his or her revenge
would follow the young wife throughout
her whole life, however distant her home
might be. To provide, therefore, for the
utmost emergency, girl begins early in
life to lay by dozens and dozens of gloves
of her own knitting ready for the eventful
dav. In most countries 1t is still custom.
arv to give white gloves TO menisls on a
wedding day, but these need not be
worked, stitched, or knitted by the brides
own fair fingers. 1t is also usual to give
gloves at a christening; and abroad, es-
pecially in Switzerland, it is the god
mother who presents them, rather revers-
ing the laws of gallantry. The custom of
giving gloves at funerals is also very old,
though now it is generally restricted to
the mourners. Thus, in almost every age
and country, the glove has been linked
with love, marriage, birth and death. 1t
has also formed the theme of many ro.
nance and poem, and it has more than
once proved a powerful instrument of re-
venge in the hands of jealousy and hatred;
poisoned gloves being at one time but too
frequently used as the means whereby to
dispose of hated rival. The Medici
knew the fatal secret, alas too well, and
sions.
Cosmetic gloves, with thick lining of
paste whereby to soften and whiten the
hands, were also much favored at one time,
and, believe, may still be had in these
days, and are eagerly bought by some
ladies, who regularly wear them at night,
though where they are to be procured
cannot tell.
But let us return to everyday life and
to gloves, as we find them. White kid
gloves should be especially reserved for
occasions of the greatest ceremony: on all
other occasions they are out of place,
common and vulgar and white gloves must
never be of any material but kid. Next
to white kid gloves, straw-colored are the
most dressy, for they look almost white
by night, and may be worn when white
may not for fetes, small evening parties,
etc. Straw. colored gloves have often
played considerable parts in fashionable
novels, just as gauntlets did in old
romances, and since Pelham headed the
list, every novelist for a long period
thought himself compelled to glove his
heroes and heroines in straw colored kids.
But lavender has now usurped the place
of straw, especially with gentlemen, who
even have occasionally the bad taste to
dance in them. l say bad taste, beCause
every custom must be in bad taste, how
ever fashionable it may be, if it be pro-
ductive of damage or injury to others, and
though gentlemen may not generally
know it, lavender kid gloves often spoil
their partners dresses; who frequently
cannot wear second time dress body
after it has been held by hands encased in
lavender.
Black gloves should only be worn in
mourning, and never at any other time,
under any pretext whatever. Ladies who
are forced TO study economy may select
useful dark shades for. gloves, but never
black, black gloves being exclusively re-
served for mourning. 1t was Count dor
say, think, who used to say that the sight
of black gloves made him shudder. AprO-
pos of Count d'Orsay, it is also said that
he used to regularly wear four pairs of
new gloves day, of different quality and
color, according to different times and
places Indeed, it is popular <oelief on
the Continent, that every gentleman wears
at least three pairs of new gloves day. 1
must here confess my ignorance on this
| point, therefore can neither affirm nor deny
! it; should it be correct, however, should
say that II must make a tolerably unplea-
SAINT inroad into many restricted income.
AS a rule, gloves should always be a
shade lighter than the dress with which
they are worn, never darker; dark gloves
with light dresses are most offensive 10 the
I eye.
To return to black gloves for a moment,
| I must here remark that abroad, where
rules respecting mourning are much more
strict than in England, black kid gloves
are not allowed during the first stage of
mourning. Black kid is shining, and
deepmourning should avoid all that SHINES
thus black woollen gloves are alone allow
ed under these circumstances. AT the Bur
gundian Court gloves were not allowed at
all during mourning 1t would appear by
that that gloves were considered entirely
as objects of vanity, like powder and
rouge, which likewise were prohibited
during mourning.
For general wear, neutral tints are the
best for gloves, and above all, the Swedish
kid glove in its natural tan-color. There
is no glove like it for usefulness, elegance
aud economy. They may be worn at al
hours, and with all dresses, excepting
evening dress.
In the event of embroidered gloves ol
mittens returning into fashion, IL will be
as well TO remark here that embroidery
should always correspond with the natura
shape of the hand-loweTs and symbols
such as two hands united, should bt
, scrupulously avoided. Lines and arabesquei
are the most appropriate patterns iol
glove embroidery, tend to make thu
hands look narrow, and therefore are pre-
ferred TO any other style OF working.
The first requisit for glove is that
should fit we'll, therefore it ought to b
cut according TO the hand in fact, tn
hands should be measured for gloves a
> the feet are for boots, In France it ha
> long been customary to easure for gloves
and thre are not a few establishments II
London which adopt similar fashion.
The art of cutting out glove is on
especially excelled in by the French, an
Q is most difficult in execution. Indeed
Y there is an old proverb which says that
takes three kingdoms to make one glove
. Spain TO provide the kid, France to cut
: out, and England to sew it, The FTenc
: have particular art in economical GU
J. ting, and can cut three pairs of gloves ou
!. of the same quantity of kid that an EN-
r lishman can scarcely cut two. Consequen
s ly French gloves ought to be cheaper tina
y English, but they are not. The German
9 though their kind is rapidly rivaling Spar
5 ish kid, and though they sew as well {
d the English, are quite ignorant of the al
4 of cutting, c)nsequently they are as y,
e unable 10 make good gloves.
J. If glove is not TO distiguTe a hand,
v should be made of the softest and moi
elastic kid, that wi lend itself to ever
natural movement of the hand and III
o best color, as already stated, is the nsturs
a light tan color of the kid itself In fol
!. mer romantic days, young ladies wol
4 gloves the color they wished their hand
y to be, and tried to initiate the rose fngere
n goddess by wearing rose colored glove
But we are more matter of fact in theS
y days, and, think, more natural. Core
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