Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-10
GLOVES AND GLOVE FITTING.
Meaning of the Manufacturer. Prtv.A.
Marks-Good Glove Ffefs In nenn..A

GLOVES AND GLOVE FIT TING.
Meaning of the Manufacturer. Pr,v.Ae
Marks-Good Glove Ffters in Demand.
"Why are gloves stamped with vari-
Gus alphabetical letters" inquired a
gentleman the other day as he was be-
ing fitted to a pair of gloves. 81 OBJ
serve," he continued, that there ap-
pears to be no regular system in this
lettering. Sometimes I notice one let
ter; sometimes two or three on the in
side of gloves. 1t may be C, or A, or
NJ, or all three, or some other letter.
1t may appear on the thumb, the back
OF the glove, on the wrist, or up in the
fingers. What is the significance of
those cabalistic signs?"
"oh, l don't know" replied the in
telligent glove-itter.
Those letters" said q young lady.
one OF the few persons in America, out
SIDE OF the agents, who understands
the glove business when the question
was asked her, ARE either the manu-
facturer's private mark, which is put on
all his skins as DON as brought into
the factory, or one of the marks which
ne uses in his establishment to show
the grade of the different Qualities of
skin. Sometimes the buyer for some
n manufacturer secures an over-sup-
ply, OF skins. When they are delivered
at his factory they are all branded with
his private mark. But, as he can not
use all, part are disposed of to other
makers, who, in turn, put on them
their marks as we'll as those grading
the skin. Consequently a pair Of
gloves frequently have two or three
letters on.
"There is no branch of the drv-
goods business in which there is more,
L almost said as much, ignorance
among buyers and sales-people respect
ing their goods as in the glove trade"
b continued. Il learned all I know
OF the glove business right here in Chi.
cago j n a State street store, and am
now employed by an Eastern house at
a good salary. I hear considerable
talk about the 'under-paid shop-girl.'
That may all be very good, but III tell
you one little fact: A good g%love-ftter,
one who knows something Of her bust
ness, can always get a position, and
at least a fair, living salary. The
trouble is girls will not take the trouble
to learn the glove business. 1t is too
hard work-too much like a trade.
They think because they stand behind
the counter and put on such gloves as
a lady selects that they should receive
a I'M salary, whether they are able to
tell a kid from a lamb-skin or not.
And l tell you there are precious few
saleswomen behind the glove counters
who can tell whether a glove is a gen.
uine French kid skin or rot. Awoman
who is conversant with her trade, for
it is a trade, ought to be able to tell at
q glance the sine and style of glove a
hand requires. There is a continual
call for first eli: IS glove filters, and no
n to fill the demand. 1t requires
time and work to learn the trade YOU
see. Most girls want to get good pay
as soon as they begin to work, without
waiting to learn how to make their ser
vices valuable. l am told there are
many girls and women out of work,
waiting for and seeking positions.
Well, know that 1 have been trying my
best for the last three weeks to get a
first class glove filter, and have not
found one to answer"
sis it true that better gloves for less
money are to be found in the Canadian
market than here?"
II think not. I have bought gloves
in Montreal, for which 1 paid just as
high a price as I would for the same
grade here. About the same grade of
gloves are sold all over. There are
times when sales of lamb-skin gloves
are made here for fifty cents a pair.
But a good glove will command its
price. Five large importers in New
York supply the American trade. The
identical same glove is sold by every
first class dry goods house in America,
but usually each large establishment
puts on its private mark, gives the glove
some peculiar name, and brands It as
'our special Importation or .our OWE
special make when the very same
glove from the self-same factory, i'm
ported by the So anne jobber, is being sold
next door under a different guise.
There are no secrets about glove max
ing or the marks on gloves, any more
than there is in the manufacture of cot
ton cloths and the Autographed pic
lures which are pasted on them, but
there is a woeful degree of ignorance
in regard to the matter. Chicago
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