The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-25
WHAT GLOVES ARE MADE or.
How the World 10 lansscked For Suitable
Material.

How the World is Ians.cked For Suitable
Material.
"Many of the gloves that are sold in
this country under the comprehensive
title Of Kid" said a glove manufact-
urer, "are really made Of goatskin.
There is hardly a country in the world
that does not supply some sort Of ma
terials which are made up into gloves,
and many of which pass for kid in the
retail stores. The supply Of kidskins
of the finest quality is naturally limit
ed. The greater part is absorbed In
the manufacture of women's glovea
Mems gloves, therefore, are frequently
made of fine lambskin, which is better
than the second-rate kid The genuine
fine kidskins are mainly of French Or
igin. and those obtained from mountain
slopes of southern France are world
famed for their excellence. All the
best conditions of climate, air and diet
appear to unite in exactly the degree
required to secure perfection in this dis
trict Nowhere else are the conditions
equally favorable, although kidskins of
great excellence are produced through
out the mountain ranges of southern
Europe. Their production is the princi-
pal industry among the mountaineers.
"Great pains must be taken to secure
the softness and delicacy of texture
and freedom from blemish which form
the value of the kid-skins- The diet is
the most important factor, and mothers
milk is required TO keep the kid in per-
feet condition. II the animal is al.
lowed to eat grass. its value declines,
as the skin Immediately begins to grow
harder and coarser in texture To keep
the skin in perfect condition the young
kid is kept closely penned and carefully
guarded against injury from scratches,
bruises and so on. As soon as the kids
have reached the age at which their
skins are in the best condition for the
glover, they are killed and the skins
are sold to travelling peddlers, who
bear them to the great centers OF the
tanning industry at Grenoble. Annonay,
Milhau and Paris.
Slime ambskins are raised in great
quantities in southern Europe and
throughout Hungary. Servia, Bulgaria
and Roumania The American glove
makers buy most of their lambskins at
Vienna or Muhlburg.
London is the chief market of all the
miscellaneous skins Here may be
found the Cape sheepskins, tough and
durable, from the Cape of Good Hope;
colt and calfskins from Eucnos'
Ayres and other cities of South
America: hogskins from Mexico and
Brazil; antelope from India, Bra
zil, Colorado and Africa. OF late
years many Of these skins have been
brought directly to New York, and
American buyers no longer find it neces-
sary to GO to London. While fine lamb
skins are the staple in mems gloves,
coltskins are rapidly coming into favor,
and fine calfskins are also extensively
used Each has grain peculiar to it.
self, which, while not visible to the Or
binary buyer, can be instantly perceived
by the expert
'-Calfskins are good looking, soft and
pliable, but are apt to crack. This
fault is not found in coltskins, which
are durable and handsome. and in many
respects make model gloves The wrin-
kles are Objectionable, but these disap-
pear when the glove is on the hand
The Jacks of Venezuela contribute the
majority of dcerskins at present. The
castor comes from the antelopes Of the
west Heavy leather gloves are OBJ
tanned from elks. Hogsxins are used to
Q moderate extent Patna or Calcutta
OK hides are also used.
Every invoice Of heavy skins con-
tains more or less curiosities. and the
kind of leather that will be evolved
from a stray moose. muskox, llama or
kangaroo skin depends upon the skins
that accompany it Dogskins are occa-
sionally made up into gloves, but their
use Is very uncommon. Everything
that goes by the name of dogskin now
adays is likely to be Cape sheep. Rat
skin gloves are about as frequent as rat
sautes in Chinese laundries IN Y. Sun.