The Jersey City news., 1892-03-14
GLOVES AND UMBRELLAS
Important Factors in the
Perfect Make Up of
a Woman'S Toilet.
BUT MANY SEEM TO NEGLECT THEM
How to Select and Keep Them
Fashions for
Spring.

In recent article on gloves, appeared
the following discouraging 6 remark:-"No
lady ever wears shabby or torn gloves"
| Furt her on it hints that to have button
off is also at the risk of not being a lady
any more; only d woman. Well, II this
article be criterion, l suppose many a
one has oftimes had the felicity or hard
ship of being only a woman. Who has
not recollectio MS of hasty dressing, when
snap goes a button, or rip brings dis
may. Too late; 1t cannot be mended
now aud one paws forfeit of not being a
lady until the dreadful evil issatoned for
remember an amusing incident which
occurred at friends house one evening
last fall. A party of young people had
assembled there on their wav to a con-
cert, and exclamations of why doesn't
she hurryp' and "She Is never readyH'
made my hostess who was dressing, very
nervous. Finally she began drawing on
he: gloves hastily. The left one went on
easily, but the right rebelled. and burst.
Much vexed she Joined the Others and
held her hand up with "ThereP' which
meant volumes, An ingenious youth inn
mediately asked for paint box, aud to
the amusement of all present. hastily
mixed the paints to the shade of the
gloves. light tan, and then began to paint
the plump white hand where the
provoking burst exposed it. Confident
tally, the painting really took longer
than mending the glove would have
done. but he enjoyed it and who could
blame him? Besides he did it very neatly
and no one not in the secret could have
suspected it.
Now while this ingenious plan might
work in extreme cases Ike the one
quoted, l would not honestly recommend
its general use. l have recollections of
the trouble my friend experienced in re-
moving the ''tan," for which no, noted
complexion specialist has. to my knowl-
edge, offered cure If applied over
night.
The old rule of an ounce of prevention
is worth pound of cure fits In very
nicely here. A really good kid glove
bought from reliable house seldom
bursts. And despite the temptation to
buy gloves marked down, would not ad
wise buying them recklessly. There is
generally some weak spot in them which
spoils them entirely.
BEFORE USING.
Many of the leading houses have all
widths and sizes, and try the gloves on
first. When you have succeeded in OBJ
tanning perfect fit, the saleswoman will
tell you exactly what number 1t is, and
you can always feel safe in ordering it;
and for the short span OF life allowed y
glove you will be glad you paid little
more. The thinner flexible Kid Is recon-
mended, and few directions as to first
putting them on may be of use:-
Powder the glove very slightly, and
then the glove slips on without sticking.
First work the fingers entirely on from
the outside, never betweeD-as the forks
of the glove are joined at the base of the
A., fc ctr on
back and inside of hand Now work on
the thumb, at the same time keeping the
wrist of the glove turned back over the
hand. This prevents straining at the
centre of the palm, where the little piece
of kid is stitched underneath. Then
work the glove on with the whole hand,
never pulling where the seams nre sewed,
as the stitches being sharp. cut like
knife. Finish by buttnning the second
button first, the first last, as this lessons
the strain across the fleshy part of the
hand. Use buttonhook-dngers strain
out the buttonholes.
AFTER USING.
When the gloves are taken off carefully
they should be pulled into shape, and il
the hands are inclined to moisture. they
should be blown full of air and hung up
to dry for q few minutes. then should be
put in a box. Evening gloves should be
put in tissue paper. suit gloves to be only
worn with the clothes they match. The
white chamois gloves, (Which are not
chamois at all, but a prepared KIDD which
were fashionable last year, are to be worn
more than ever. with white corduroy
suits for the street. All gloves are to be
lightly embroidered. mostly in black.
The heavy black is no longer good form.
WOMEN AND THEIR UMBRELLAS.
Do you know that men, most OF them
who dare to, say that women do not
know how to use mbrellas? And have
heard of many such who when they met
a woman and carried hers for her, either
boldly declared that it looked very un-
tidy and rolled it up, or they 'pressed the
button"-accidently of course-and had
to roll 1t again. 1t makes a man miser-
able to carry an untidy umbrella. A neat
one is Que Of the absolutely necessary AT
ticles of life to him. Now, women will
acknowledge that 1t is different with
them. They see that their purses, muffs
and card cases are neat, but when it is
threatening to rain, most of them seize
the first umbrella that comes III their
way. and for that reason an otherwise
peifec toilet is often spoiled by y shabby
umbrella.
A few women, however, do carry un-
approachable umbrellas, but they are
generally those women who pay great
attention to the little details of their out
fit. The umbrella should always be silk.
as those of silk and wool are heavy aud
do not roll up nicely A scabbard Is II
great improvement, but few women use
It. 1t is said the putting on and taking
OFF cuts the folds of the silk. but silk um-
brellas are trail things; the purchase of
one is always u lottery, rs no one can be
sure OF the silk which is used iu their
manufacture. And now word of ad-
vice about the proper care to be bestowed
upon a silk umbrella. OF course, on
must never roll it up while wet, rs the
dampness rots the silk. 1t should be
placed open with the handle downward
TO drain. The reason why so many UNI
brellas wear out near the stick is because
they are left standing when wet and all
the water runs down and i held there by
the thick piece of cloth which Is put there
10 strengthen the silk. Whom buying an
uni ella it is well to have silk cord aud
tussel put on If there is not one already.
This will be found most useful to slip
over the wrist when the hands are other
wise needed Tor bundles, train, etc.
Fash IONS FANCIES.