The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30

Queen lowager Of Navarro was killed hy
q palr OF poisoned gloves sent % her by
Oatnarue de Medicis as a pledge of safe
conduct 10 Paris
Long ago there was q custom OF pre-
senting judges with gloves, which was
discontinued. however. owing t1 the eX-
treme 70 which Do was carried by some of
the litigants. u is related of Sir Thomas
Moore. that lady, a sutton in chancery,
whose case had been favOr1hly decided,
presented MN on the following New
ear IS day pair of gloves containing a
considerable sum of money.
HIS answer was: 81 accept the gloves (,
II would be against all good manners 10
refuse a lady's New Years gift, but the
lining YOU win please bestow elsewhere"
The story of the glove being used as
means OF giving bride is not 10 be com
pared with that told by AtheuHus of how
a noted gluttOn always used TO appear at
the banquet table wearing gloves that
ne might get ahead of his fellow diners
out, being able, with his hands thus pro
tected. TO handle the meats when hot and
10 hold more Of them
In all ages challenges have been con
Veyed by the glove, not merely by drop
ping or Shaping an adversary in the face
with II, but in numerous other ways.
AT one time the laws Of England per
mltted the appellants in any cause to de
mand trial by battle. In 1911 case arts
ing out of the ownership of some kentish
lands the parties concerned appeared IN
court, and one of them threw down his
glove, which the other Immediately took
up and carried away on the point of his
sword. A day was appointed for the
combat, but the queen herself lntertered,
and the difference was peaCeably ad-
justed.
The last time the wager of battle was
claimed was in 1878, in the case of Ash
ford VS.. Thornton. The defendant was
accused Of numbering the sister of the
plaintiff When asked by the court If he
was guilty or not he replied; Not
guilty, and l am ready to defend the same
by my body and thereupOn took of his
glove and threw it on the iioOrOf thecourt.
The combat was forbidden by the author
tiles, and the law allowing an appeal to
arms Immediately repealed.
How swearing by the glove could have
originated, is not quite clear, unless the
glove be here, as in other cases, an en-
blem of honor and probity.
Most every one remembers that very
pretty custom-especiauy agreeable to
the young men-which used TO be in
vogue. A youth seeing the new moon had
but to proclaim II to the first maiden he
met. kiss her and she would present him
pair of gloves. Gloves were also the
asleep and awaken her with a kiss.
1t is mittens and not gloves that played
a part in rural districts several years ago,
and gave rise to the phrase getting the
mitten.' If a young man going home
from singing school with the lady of his
choice was holding her mittened hand
and took the opportunity to urge his
suit if agreeable the band would remain
but if taken by surprise an effort to with
draw the hand suddenly would leave the
mitten. So the lover would get the
mitten."
Kid gloves are not all made of kid; in
fact. few of them are The cheap ones
are not kid and neither are the highest
priced ones. Ladies' gloves that cost
under 81 so or 81 per pair are all made of
lamb skin. 1t is very likely that gloves
costing more than this viii be of kid, but
the very best and most expensive of
kid gloves are made of the skins of young
colts.
Limerick was once celebrated for
very beautiful glove made from the skin
Of very young calves, lambs or kids, and
so fine that a pair might easily be in
closed in walnut shell They had the
further merit of rendering the wearer's
hand smooth and delicate.