Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-07
THE HISTORY OF GLOVES.
How They ncrnmo Articles OF Ralment
aud Played n Part In History.

Huh iluy"d n Fart In History.
One OF the earliest records OF the use Of
gloves IN England Is found In the tolgn Of
Ethelrod H.. to whom some German mer-
chants paid toll OF i've paira OF gloyea.
| 1t was not, however until the eleventh cou-
/ fury that they were generally worn by both
| seXeg A pair Of gloves Is said to DO at tho
{ bottom Of the quarrel hotwoun Queen Anne
and the Duchess " Marlborough which drove
| the queen TO throw herself 10 the arms OF
I the T0rloi, According 10 Abigail Hlll'a au-
| count, she was sent one day BY hcr mis-
/ refs TO get pals Of gloves. which had been
[ lslt on a table ~ an adjoining room abb
1 gall found mat the Duchess, who was read
] ing a letter at tho table, bad Inadvertently
put on the gloves instead Of her own on
being Informed Of Der mistake Gho flung
them on tho ground, excaming. "Eave ]
really worn anything which has touched the
odlous hand, Of that dsagraoablo wOuiang'
Unfortunately Tor her Grace. the door be-
tween the rooma had been left a!er, The
Queen heard all and never f0rgave IT,
Queen Aune'a were not tho only gloves
TO bnng about an Important political crisis.
The Huguonots firmly believed that the death
OF Jeanne d Albert was due to poison adj
mlulstered through a pair OF gloves. The
Queen OF Navarro hal come TO Paris 10 ar
tango tho marriage Of her sen fsfterward
Henri IV) with Marguerite Of Vaoa, daugh-
ter Of Henri IL. snd Catherine de Medicl.
Like many another lady she seized the OPP
portunity for doing a little shopping, and
her III fate led her 70 the Italian porfumor,
Maitfe Rene. from whom she bought pair
OF scented gloves Immediately afterward
uhe was struck down by q fatal Illness and
the Huguenots whispered that II was not tor
nothing that Maitre Reno's goods wero 10
highly esteemed by Queen Catherine, for
whom Queen Jsanne's death proved most
opportune.
Even before the days OF Malrc Rene
Paris gloves were celebrated. Margaret
Tudor Countess Of Richmond wrote 10
1895 10 the QueonA Chamberlain, lapsnting
that the French gloves that he had sent hor
were too much Tor her hand, and Hlyly
adding that the French ladies' must DO great
altogether, not only IN estates but In their
persons" Tow years later the Queen Of |
France was sending q ring and glove to tho |
King Of Scotland. not for the benefit Of hls /
wife. but 10 tempt him into quarreins with 4.
his brother-ln-law. Henr VlIi. Those fatal
tokenH lured James w 10 Floddon Field,
SIN .horo celebrated has been the glove
which, nfter ibis period. was fung into a
Hons don II that glove which Sire Do
Lorges tossed back Into hls lady's face can
not strictly be aaid 10 have played a part IN
history, lts legend has been familiar 70 IA
from childhood and has long been a feature
In every volume Of selections Intended. to
use an oid.isshoned phrase, FOR tho use
Of youag persons
King Francis and hts laughing court might
we'll have shudderCd could they have looked
forward for two centuries and a half, and
geen what gloves would be regarded 40 thu
height Of fashion IN 1894. No periumod and
ieweied tribes fringed with gold and om'
broldsred ~ silk, came from the tlnnoiJ
which a good patriot established A. Meudon.
.rhe gloves which no offered 10 hiB patrons
were made from human slauS~-tle aklns
Of Victims 10 Ia sainte Guillotne. Il would
haye boen well could old Simon Clover have
returned from tho grave 10 strike a good
SLOW 70 ayongg the hener o. bis craft. The
fset honour u craft, or beauty Of trade.
Il mi Ia wealth but IN moral worth. whereby
virtue eans renowne" could neYbr have
been blazoncd above the door o. the Aculoa
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