The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-17

you have them fitted in the store so as to
be sure that they are just the right size
and shape for your hand.
Fashions in gloves change from month
TO month and almost from week to week.
There are certain styles which may be
said to be always in fashion, because they
are so plain that there is nothing conspic-
uous about them and nothing that can get
out of style.
Among these always fashionables may
be mentioned the tan glove, without stitch
ing and with plain tops of four or five
button length, and also black suede gloves.
But neither of these styles is ever very
fashionable, and, indeed they should only
be worn by the woman who either does not
pretend to any style in dress, or by the one
who is SO limited in her dress allowance
that she cannot afford to purchase gloves
in the extreme of fashion.
But to slight ones gloves if one can pos
sibly help doing so is a mistake, for by
nothing as quickly as by gloves Is the style
of a woman judged.
Just now, if you were to walk along
Broadway of pleasant afternoon, you
would see women wearing suede gloves
TO match the trimmings on the gown and
with heavy stitching upon the back of
some contrasting color. The tops of the
gloves are perfectly plain and do not even
have the wrinkled effect of the mousque-
taires. They are only about four-button
length and are buttoned all the way to
the top. The buttons on these street
gloves are very large. even upon the finest
kid, and are of a color to match the stitch
ing upon the back.
Suede with deep, stiff cuffs like driving
gloves are also very fashionable and come
in every variety of color and hue. The
stiff tops are stitched along each edge with
silk of a color to match the stitching upon
the back. and the buttons match the cuffs
and the stitching. The most fashionable
shade in these gloves is very light fawn
color, almost the color of chamois. 1t
comes in very fine quality of kid and
fits the hand as neatly as does an evening
glove.
In evening gloves, one sees the long
wrinkled tops that were so fashionable
short time ago. The popular length is the
twelve-button glove. There are but three
buttons at the wrist and the remainder of
the length is pulled and wrinkled up over
the sleeve of the dress nearly to the elbow.
These gloves may or may not be stitched
upon the back, according as one wishes.
The prettier mode is the unsttched
The most fashionable color in the even
ing suede gloves is pale blue The selec-
ton of the color is no doubt due to the fad
which is just now raging for blue in mil
linery. 1t is very much the proper caper
TO have the gloves match the trimmings
upon the hats, and with the gloves and
the hat trimmings there also goes very
large bow of brocaded ribbon of the same
hue which is TO be pinned upon the bodice
near the shoulder The fan is also tied
with a ribbon of this color. And thus,
with very little effort, a charming effect of
harmony is produced throughout the cos
tune.
Delicate shades of pink, old rose, violet,
lavender, green and pearl are also seen in
these long evening gloves. Many of these
shades are quite perishable, but in every
town there is at least one cleaning estab-
lishment which will renovate these gloves
for the tritiing expense of Is cents pair,
making them appear just as good as new.
For street gloves there are the heavy
kid gloves with Persian lamb tops.
These tops may be very long, in order
TO meet the fur capes at the elbow, or
the tops may be simply of gauntlet
length and designed more for show than
for warmth. A very heavy stitching upon
the back, done in chenille, is usually seen
upon the gloves with fur tops.
novelty in winter driving gloves are
the Persian lamb gloves which are taking
the place of the sealskin gloves which have
long been worn as the best winter driving
gloves obtainable. These Persian lamb
gloves can be made TO ut more snugly than
sealskin gloves, and can be lifted in more