The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-11-18
NIGHT GLOVES REVIVED.
Modern Beauties said to Bc II cturniuu 10 FASH
lone OF the Inst Century.

Ions or the Inst Century.
| The remarkable discovery has recent
ly been made that "whito hands are
coming into fashion again." says London
| Queen. 1t would seem that hands have
| been growing less white than they used
to bc, and have suffered from too great
attachment i'll ladies to lawn tennis and
boating and other masculine accomplish
ments. Chapped and red hands arc
meyer pretty, and these, of course, inva-
rlably follow on outdoor exercises. The
evil is, happily, not beyond remedy, and
to offset this purpose "thc daughters of
fashion," as many of them will learn
with surprise, now have dishes Of hot
water shaped like flower leaf on their
toilet tables, i'll which they steep
Their hands for whilo before going to
bed, then anOint them with vascline and
put on gloves lined with q preparation of
cold cream. These gloves should be of
wash leather aid several sizes too large
for the hand.
Before the paragraph has gone its tardy
round III PRINT these night gloves will
surely DC made an instance of the amaz-
ing luxury OF our degenerate days, and
Polht, we may DC sure, very doleful
moral. In the absence Of any general
knowledge Oh this point, the ladies of
originated pcrniciOus practice, which,
together with the toilet masks of which
we recently heard SO much and saw so
little, might Indicate lamentable depree
OF refinement, such as we should
certainly be reminded has invariably
prcceded the decay OF empires
Ihe Ola receipt for perfuming gloves
runs Take amber grease dram, ciyet
the like quantity, orange flower butter a
quarter OF al ounce, and with these we'll
mixed and ordered daub them over gent
~ with fine cotton wool, and SO press
the perfume into them. Other devices
for making them "richly rcdolent"
point generally to the use of oil or fats
us being the best available and most
largely employed means to secure a
good and lasting perfume. AS for such
gloves being considered excellent for
night use we have the lines in Swift's
poem on "Ihc Lady's Dressing Room"
showing on the table:
hide,
BeIueath'd by Tripsey when she died,
Where lady's maid is reassurinp her
mistress III poem of 1890, rs to her own
superiority over rival, tho maid says:
know the arts she labors to dispuisc
| know whence all her boastcd pracoa
rise {:
Those charms which gained the creature
such rcnOwn,
Arc cullcd from every quarter of the
town;
She buys her beauties at price immense,
llcf oreatn from Warren and her teeth
Each night her face is wrappcd in o,roosv
hands, o 0'J
And Chinese gloves enfold her arms and
hands; ''-->'
If such madcup thing can rival thee,
Let park canals strive with the foomino
sea-
Let Oxford hacks with Pegasus comparo.
And broad st. Giles vie with PorfmESpS
square.
There would be some suspicion -of
chemical treatment about, snch t+InTsoe, soN
Although French philosopher soma
time ago asserted that QloYerE .of oil
artisans, were the most mild andEomiobla
owing to the soothing influence of Ieath-
er upon temperament, this discovery had
not been made when Chinese gloves
were III vogue, and more direct agencies
actlng upon the outer man or woman
were an that were sought after. "Med-
icatcd " gloves are used by D.. Johnson's
born beauty in tho 12Oth Rambler, tho
doctor probably not knowing much of
| toilet mysteries This yCang lady is
represented as always most carefully ten
dcd and put under rigid cosmetic disci-
pline at night, never perm tied to sleep
until thoroughly anointc4 with "beau
flower water and May dew" her hair
porfumcd and oiled, and the softness of
hor hands secured by mcdicated gloves.