Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-06-20
WHAT GLOVES ARE MADE or.
How the World is Ransacked for Suitable
Material.

MANY Of the gloves that are sold in
this country under the comprehensive
iitle of kid" said glove manufact-
urcr ''are really made of goatskin.
There is hardly 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 gloves.
Mems gloves, therefore, are frequently
made Of fine lambskin, which is better
than the second-rate kid. The gem
uiue. fine kidskins are mainly of French
origin. 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 20 unite in exactly the
degree required to secure perfection
in this district. Nowhere else are
the conditions equally favorable, al
though kidskius of great excellence
are produced throughout the mount
ain ranges Of southern Europe. Thair
production is the principal industry
among the mountaiueers.
Great pains must be taken to
secure the softness and delicacy of
texture and freedom from blemish
which form the value of the kidskius.
The diet is the most important factor.
| aud mothers milk is required to keep
| the kid in perfect condition. If the
animal is allowed tO eat grass. its
| value declines as the skin Immediate
| ~ begins TO grow harder and coarser
in texture. To keep the skin in per-
feet condition the young Kid is KEEP,
| closely peuned and carefully guarded
against injury from scratches. bruises
! and so on. As soon as the kids have
reached the age ut which their skin:
are in the best condition for the
! glover. they are killed and their skins
are sold TO travelling peddIers, WHO
| bear them 10 the great centers of the
tanning industry ut Grenoble, An.
nonay, Miihau, ane Paris.
Pine lambskins are raised in great
| quantities in southern Europe and
throughout Hungary, Servia. Bulgaria.
and Roumania. The American glove
makers buy moss of their lambskins al
/ Vienna and Muhiburg.
London is the chief market of al
the miscellaneous skins. Here may bC
fouud the Cape sheepskins, tough and
durable. from the Cape OF Good Hope
colt and caIfskins from Buenos Ayret
aud other cities of South America
hogskins from Mexico and Brazil
antelope from Iudia, Brazil. Colorado
and Africa. OF late years many o
these skins have been brought directly
TO New York. and American buyers n,
longer find it necessary to 20 to Lon
don. While iiue lambskius are th,
staple in mems gloves, coltskins ar,
rapidly coming into favor aud fin
calfskins are extensively used. Fac
has grain peculiar TO itself. which
while not visible to the ordinary buyer
can be instantly perceived by the eX
pert.
'Calfskins are good looking soft
aud piiable. but are apt 10 crack. Thi
fault is not found in coltskins, whic
are durable aud handsome. and il
many respects make model gloves
The wrinkles are Objectionable. bu
these disappear when the glove is o
the hand. Inc jacks or FeneZueI
contribute the majority of dccrskins a
present. The castor comes from tn
antelopes of The West. Heavy leatue
gloves are obtained from elks. Hog
skins arc used to a moderate extent
Patnas or Calcutta OK hides are alsC
used.
Every invoice of heavy skins con
tains more or less curiostes, aud tn,
kind of leather that will be evolved
from Il stray moose, muskox. llama o.
kangaroo skin depends upon the skins
that aes9pRaaSxs u: ppSasEssiesss sss~sEs. ~eEs sc
their use is very uncommon. Every
thing that goes by the name of dos
skin nowadays is likely to be Cap
sheep. Ratskiu gloves are about a
frequent as rat Sautes in Chimes
! faundries.