New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
GLOTES. OLD And NEF.
From The queen.

From The queen.
Gloves were articles of Oriental dress for accord
ing to Ken phon they worn by Cyrus the
Persian and AthenBus speaks OF celebrated
gOurmsnd who came to banquet with glOyed
hands. that he might eat more rapidly than ms
fellow guests who bad TO wait TIL the viands were
cool.
In ancient times a glove was employed a token
OF pledge of faith in the making Of cOntractsa sort
of substitute for the hand itself-bcIng cast down
by one contracting party, 10 be taken as scaling
the agreement, by the other.
Before the union OF England and scotland. the
BoTderers having once pledged their talth to an
enemy regarded its violation as grave crime; and
when such breach Of honor occurred, the injured
person rode through the field at the next Border
meeting, holding mp glove on the p0lGt OF his
spear-as the pledge of iaith-and proclaimed the
perhdity of him who had broken IT, To wipe ont
such STAIN the criminal was often slain by has own
clan.
Apropos Of the glove employed the token of a
cha enee 10 fight there is story gwen in the life
of the Rev Bernard Gilpn clergyman IN the diocese
of Durham. who died 1888. Ii appears that
he observed a glove hanging high up IN
his church: and ascertalnlng from the sexton
that il was designed rs a challenge 10 anyone who
should dare to dispace it, he desired that official 10
do So " Not !, sir; dare do no sIch thing sand
the brave man. 1hereupOn the worthy paron
called for a long stan, and, taking 1t down himself
put II in his pocket. Ills sermon denounced the bar
barous PRACTICE exempllhed even IN that Sacre
place d" Behold. have taken IL down myself, said
he and producing il, he exhibited 10 10 the whole
congregation a spectacle of horror.
fassi z over all mention OF the gloves worn by
Ia
ping plates Of seel. viii name few OF those OF
when some note has been made III history.
a fGr-nned glove, wore by Henry l. II silll pre-
served ia the old mansion that gave him shelter af
ter the disastrous battle OF HeXham tliOil. Inc
son-In-law OF Tuns all, and esquire or his body"
Sir Ralph Pudsey kept him III concealtleni al BOZ
ton Hall Yorkshire: and there when he left his
faithful host he also lett a poO, spoon anu glove
The latter Is IF tanned leather, lined WIN marry
deer-skin turned over at the Wrist aS deep cuf.
The embroidered govesof CGur dc Lion lost him his
liberty time aud might have co nm his me
He was lying in conccalment III an enemy country
and MS page carried them very lndlscrcety IN MS
pocket, though perhaps for their better safety
when sent 10y his royal master TO OBTAIN lOod IN me
nrighhorhood of Vienna How il happened does not
appear; but they were seen. and recognized ~ be-
ing only suitable for q crowned ht al 10 possess
The same night the King was captured By the
Duke of Austria, and sold by hlm to the Emperor
Henry VI, for 10000 pounds OF silver.
Anne BOeyn seems 10 have been very particular
about her gloves, and It is recorded that her royal
predecessor uscd to delight in making her play
cards without them that some little blemsb in tho
shape OF one OF her uas might offend the eye Of the
King
in this article OF dress. 1t said that the latter
extravagant IN the extreme about them, and shat
marvellous pair was at one time presented to her
that inclOsod IN walnut shell She even re-
tained her gloves ShcG playing the virginia. One
paw of gloves embraWret with gold" is recorded
as having been sent to her sister Mary New
Years git before her accession, and ten payr of
Spauysbe gloves from duchcs in Spaync came TO
her year aiterward,' while at about that time
pair of swetc gloves" we're also presented 10 her
from Mrs. Wheller5.
The degradation If any exalted parsonage in the
middle ages was expressed by the deprivation II his
gJves--just AZ "A glove presented 10 him In the
ceremony of bestOwing on him Lands or honOrs.
A very remarkable pair Of state gloves woven in
silk with deep gauHtlctS, are still IN preservation
that formerly belonged to Louis Kill On tbs
backs the gold embroidered initials l. II. -"
with the central elevated cross surrounded by
wreath. The gaunlets are stif, and
spreading wide at the top TIE
nf,,sr uide They ara bondso,nelv epbroiderod all
ners Of the gloves at the wrist, and those of
the gauntletS, are decorated with rOsettes
The enormous quantity of sO-called Kid gloves is
greatly In excess of the amount of leather afforded
by the skins of all the young goats annually killed
10 SIMPLY the demand. There has long been qui
trade carried III Paris by the ganias in rat skins
who have much profitable sport IN catching them at
the mouths of the great drains OF the city. Our real
kid skins come from Switzerland and Tuscany, dis
patched from Leghorn.