Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-04-08
THE ErIQuET OF THE GLOVE
Customs Vary in Different Countries
Belgiums King and the Prince Of
Wales

Wales
The etiQuet with regard to the wear.
/ ing of gloves varies with almost every
counuy-the general rule that holds
good in all, however, being that men
should never shake hands without bar
iug their right hand, says the Chicago
Times. TO omit doing so, especially
when greeting or bidding adieu to u
woman, IS just Us bad form as re
tanning ones cigar ON the occasion Ii
is somewhat hard Jpn men TO expect
them to throw away good cigar When
stopped end addressed on the street
CT in the park by ladies' with whom
they are acquainted and il is likewise
troublesome, especially on a warm day
to have to remove a tight fitting glove
from the right hand But these are
the penalties Of being popular with
women, and failure to conform TO these
bad breeding Gives should be worn
not so much as an article of conven-
tional dress as for the protection of the
hand, and il is amusing to see people
often taking far more care to preserve
their gloves at the expense of their
hands than their hands at the expense
Of the gloves,
In Belgium which may be regarded
as the country where the finest gloves
are made the king distinguishes him
self by never wearing gloves, not even
when in fll uniform during the coolest
weather Strict on the subject of ct
iquet he, however insists that his
gentlemen-m-waiting and his aids-dc
camp shall be irreproachably gloved,
The majority of the members Of the
Mobiles club and other similar mstiu-
tionS at Brussels follow the kings eX-
ample and 90 ngloved.
In England on The other hand, the
prince Of Wales is invariably gloved,
and extremely well gloyed at that
He wears gloves whenever he stirs out
Of the house and in the evenings at
the theater or ut private entertainment
his hands are always cnveloped in well
cut single button, pearl gray kids He
retains his give when shaking hands,
but the person whom he thus grects
is expected TO bare his hand before eX-
tending It, Thus at the lcvees held
by the prince on behalf of the queen
at st. James palace the ushers and
other functionarics of the lord chamber
lain's department who are on duty
ae CAREFUL see that each man before
entering the royal presence has his right
hand barred and left carefully gloved,
In the middle ages the oUquct with
regard to gloves was far more s,lin-
gent than it is ut present 70 instance
no one was permitted to eutr a church
wearing gloves. it being considered
out of place rs it would noWofdays be
remain in any sacred odidce with a
hat on. Nor were ;hp great officers
Of the royal and imperial courts per
mitted to wear gloves while fulfilling
their official duties It was forbidden
in France FOR the coachmen and groOms
to enter the royal stables without
gloves from their hands. CuriouSly
enough, gloves went out of fashion
almost entirely during the latter portion
the eighteenth century, and only re-
appeared after the great French re-
volution 100 years ago The first
gloves that were ever heard OF are
those mentioned in the histoy of the
Roman war against the Gauls. The
liter we are told, had their hands en-
veloped i'm coverings made Of skins OF
animals in order TO preserve them from
the cold.
One Of the peculiar features Of the
madness Of the Inflated ex-Empross
Charlotte of MeAico is that she requires
fresh pair Of pearl-gray two-button
kid gloves On rising every morning
Throughout the year If, by any mis-
hap, there is no fresh pair at hand,
and an attempt is made to furnish her
With gloves that are not entirely new,
her insanity assumes for the moment
violent form and continues until she
is appeased by a fresh pair