Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-03-30
NO. 76.
Miseellaneous.
The Literature Of Gloves.
DAINTY EMeLEMs OF CIVILIZATION IN
PROSE AND VERSE.
"single. ss stray glove mmu. Il. mate

"Single, n stray glove minus Its mate
The glove is an emblem of civilization
and refinement. and of etfeminacy rs we'll
since il restricts the power of the hand,
the most important member of the human
body. "PuSs in gloves catches no mice"
is indicative OF this fact. The hand that
grasps the lever of the world must be
ungloved; the, hand of the artist, the me-
chanic. the gold-disger, the engineer will
not permit even the gessamer texture of
Kid to become between It's grasp. and its
duty to the world of fashion. where the
glove belongs. mere badge of etiquette.
The rules which govern the use OF gloves
are arbitrary. A clergyman is expected
10 wear them on his rounds of duty, but
he may not expound the word Of God in
them. 4 gentleman may not offer q
gloved hand To n lady on the promenade,
but he insults her it. in the dance. he offer
his hand with the glove oil. A lady bien
gdntec, bieH chauSee c'est bien ha6illee.
1t has always been desideratum with
ladies 10 have a tight-ftting glove, but
the new and most fashionable gloves, the
Mosquetsire and Sarah Bernhardt. are
worn wrinkled like an old stocking. They
reach to the elbow, and are either totally
devoid of buttons or have them ut the
wrist. II gives employment to the pretty
hand. to be always pulling these gloves
up like a stocking down mt the heel, and
il gives the requisite look of emaciation to
the fair arm which is typical of the great
actress: but after all there is q certain
slovenly look about them which will soon
regulate them to the limbo of unfashiona-
BILE things. There is not so much to ad-
mire in glove; il is the shape Of the
graceful filling that warns the heart.
"a glove but lately doaed. for look
II keeps the happy shape IL took,
Warm from her touch; what gave the glow
And where's the mold that shaped 1t ,o2"
"Your fingers from your little thumb.
Were but YOU In days 10 come,
I'D clasp and Kiss and keep her; 20
And tell her that told you So"
A great many pairs of gloves changed
hands upon the last election--Grant
gloves. Hancock gloves. Garfield gloves.
Many ladies paid their bets In gloves that
were neither thin nor long wristed. but
some were allowed TO "hedge."
"The pair of gloves won
My darling pays In kisses
Long may the sweet debt run
The pair Of gloves won"
What old-fashioned things the one-but-
ton gloves were compared to those that
lneaHueT up the plue-Neiheu arm, sinklnK
into the dimples and clasping lovingly the
graceful contour, ns II clings to the swell
ing elbow. The clerk who sells gloves.
also fits them on; he places a square OF
black or purple quilted velvet on the
counter, and taking the bcnded arm places
the elbow on the cushion; then he turns
some perfumed powder into the glove and
gently works the fingers IN, one by one;
then the pretty PINK palm Is absorbed.
and next the long wrist is drawn on, and
each button firmly. but gently fastened.
The almond shaped finger nails are dis
tincfiy outlined II 1t Is INT. The arm
tapers and tapers plump and round. but
never fat: there is no unseemly gushing
OF too solid hesh at any point; no squeez.
ing. leaving recollectiens of condensed
numbers.
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