The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-06-11
HOW GLOVES ARE MADE.
Tho Manlpulations Before the Kid Skin Is
ReahY for tho Hnnh.

In very early days it was custom,
when buying land, for the purchaser to
take possession by throwing down his
| glove on the land, in the presence of
witnesses This is spoken OF in the
book of Ruth, the word shoe being
| there used. Authorities say that
'shoe" means "glove The German
language has no equivalent for the
word glove and the Teuton calls the
article n "hand shoe" Gloves are de-
fined as covering for the hands, hav-
ing sheath for each finger" II is
| quite probable that the ancient gloves
were entirely unlike the articles now
| in use
Most fine gloves are imported, 0s per
cent. of ladies' gloves coming over the
ocean The greatest factory in the
world is the Trefousse, just out of Paris,
where $3.50 worlSmen and women are
employed. The establishment every
year dresses 1,OOO,0 900 kid skins and cuts
out 1,75O,000 pairs of gloves and uses
| 1,250,000 yolks of eggs in dressing and
| dyeing.
A skin to be dressed requires to be
manipulated 1873 times, and 219 manipu-
lators are required on the skin from the
first state with hair on to produce
finished glove. The process of prepar-
ing the skins is called tawing and is
similar to tan ning the difference being
| that in tawing the utmost cleanliness is
preserved in every department of the
work. The process begins with the
scraping and drying of the skins. Next
they are soaked in lime and constantly
turned, the n rinsed and the hair scraped
Off. They are rinsed again and soaked.
| Then they go through an artificial fer
mentation with bran, which absorbs
all the fatty particles and makes them
supple They are taken out every day
and beaten with sticks. Afterward
they are put in a revolving machine
with q mixture of water, flour, yollls of
eggs, alum and salt. The machine is
set in motion and the paste penetrates
every pore of the skins. This treatment
makes them soft and supple and is
| called ''nourishing." When taken out
the skins are slowed in cellars and left
for day. Then they are rinsed again
and put in Il pressing machine with
strong force and all the moisture
is pressed out. After being thoroughly
|
| der paddles, which beat them and
make them soft They are rubbed over
a blunt blade, and then over hot blade
to stretch them, then packed away to
season and from there are chosen for
dyeing.
Preparing the dyes requires several
processes. The skins before being dyed
are trodden under foot for several hours
in cold w ater. Another rinsing occurs
and then they are thrown in a mixture
of water and yoll1s of eggs for day.
The skins are hen spread out and the
workman takes brush dipped in am
monia and spreads it over the skin. Sew
eral coats of dye are administered and
lastly q test to fix the color. They are
then dried in hot air. The final process
is to place the skin on a machine, and it
is separated into two layers, making
them thin and doubling the production.
The skins next go to the cutters. Gloves
cut by hand are ''bench-cut' gloves,
and are most desirable.
Gloves were made of deer skins in
New England more than fifty years ago.
They are made in this country now at
| Gloversville, n. Y, which was named
from the industry; at Johnstown, N. Y.
at Jersey Heights, n. j.; at Littleton,
n. H.; at Napa, Cal, and various other
places in the United States. A great
quantity of pure spring water is neces-
sary Caribou, calf, dog, horse, cat and
moose skins are used. Rat skins, which
some people have thought to be utilized,
are entirely too thin and papery. Most
of the lamb and kid leather is imported.
One reason why there are so few glove
factories is because from 500, 900 to
5000, 900 worth of raw material has to
be salted down at one time. The first
glove factory in this country was
started by man in New York state,
who brought over thirty-five French
man to make gloves. That was before
the contract labor law was in existence.
In foreign countries whole families
work in glove factories and no other
trade occupies them from generation to
! generation. Even the wives of the
wealthy proprietors make the last in
spection of gloves before they are sent
out. The styles of gloves are as change
able as that of any other article manu-
factured People of youthful genera
|
which were then worn. A gentleman
of this city, who was somewhat of Il
fop, had very ugly wrists, and he sent
to Paris and had gloves made with long
wrists. Since that time gloves have
come in all lengths, from one to thirty
buttons.
Gloves are used for all occasions,
from hard manual labor to the finest
full dress function. A combination of
heavy leather fur and wool materials
meets the wants of men in several lines
of severe work. Driving gloves come
next in quality. Then common gloves,
and finally those made of imported kid.
OF the latter there are two kinds, the
glace or smooth kid, and the Suede,
which are of kid made up wrong side out,
The latter are softer and fit the hand
much better, but become soiled much
sooner than the glace. Some people
cannot wear gloves usually sold on ac.
count of some popularity in the size or
formation of the hand, wrist, or arm,
and they are obliged to have their
gloves made to order.-Boston Herald.
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Identification at Banks
Every man who does much travelling
knows how difficult it often is to secure
the necessary identification for drawing
money and cashing drafts. The plan
of mailing with the notification of a
| draft a nhOtOpranh Of the man IN whom