The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-11

is worn out of season a dozen small
woes will affect the wearer to her con-
tinued discomfort. Chilled ankles and
cold feet mean a low tone to the whole
system. and a multiplicity of petticcats
will not remedy the evil. George Eliot
in her later years attributed her miser-
able health to the fact that when she
was a girl at school the stoves failed to
heat the large rooms properly and her
hands and feet were almost always cold.
The hot days are practically over now;
frost and general chilliness may ne
looked For aimost any day, and therefore
we come with our note of warning to
women old and yourg If you want to
keep your complexion good-or make it
better-if you wan to escape the physical
ills hat so often come with October days;
If you want to feel strong and bright
and comfortable and well, see to it that
your dainty silk stockings and bewitch-
ing ties are securely hidden out of sight
and your feet and ankles are clothed so
warmly that their due share of blood is
where 1t belongs. and not in some other
part of your body making mischief.
The antiquity of gloves reaches into re
mote ages. As early as In the reign of
Robert II. glove manufacturers were in
corporated by charter in Perth, a guild
being then established tina still exists in
name. although the town is not devoted
now TO the manufacture of gloves as a
leading article Of commerce. A glovers'
company was established IN London in
1464, but was not chartered until 1888. In
1861 a eompa for the manufacture and
sale Of gloves was Incorporated in Wor-
~cester. England, where the trade -four
ishes at the present time, the famous
English sdoeskin," made really from Cape
sh~eepskin. and of a warm tan color, be-
ing unapproached in excellence by any
other makers. Paris is a glove market
for the whole world.>In the Swiss noun
tains kids are raised especially for this
industry, and great pains are taken to
have the animals killed while the skin is
fine and soft. Tanneries at Miliau, An
nonay, Paris and Grenoble prepare them
for the stftchers. But there are not
enough kids raised In France to supply
the great demand for gloves. and the
gamins of Paris find steady and profitable
employment catching rats at the mouths
of the great drains of the city to exc
out the trade. Dogs. and even cats, con-
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article of kid"
In ancient days a glove represented a
contract or pledge, a substitute for the
hand, being cast down by one contract
dng party to be taken up by the other.
It also represented a challenge, to throw
down the glove often being an invitation
to mortal combat. At the same time, to
give an enemy a glove in a pacific man
ner was a pledge of faith, to break which
was regarded as a crime. The borders of
Scotland were so particular about the use
of the glove that when one of their
knights broke faith with his "gloyekeep-
err they proclaimed his perfidy by riding
TO appointment holding aloft a spear from
the point of which the dishonored glove
dangled. and if the knight was slain by
his own clan it was conceded to De a
righteous punishment.
A fur-ltned glove worn by Henry VI. is
preserved in an old mansion that gave
him shelter after the battle of Hexham.
l4sA 1t is of tan leather, lined with deer
skin with the hair on and turned over
to form a cuff. 1t is recorded of unfor-
tunate Anne Boleyn that she possessed
many pairs of e-xtravagan gloves and
would always wear them to hide certain
blemishes on her nails which offended
the eye of the King. Her royal predeces-
sor used to delight in making her play
cards without them, as 1t was sure to
result in her discontinue. Queen Eliza
beth took much pride in her gloves. and
made an entry In her book of expenses
of "One payr of gloves embrawret with
gold which she sent as a gift to her
sister Mary.
The earliest Jewels the pedigree of
which can be traced lie in the museum
of Boolak, in Egypt. They belonged to
Queen Ahahopep, a queen of the eigh-
teenth dynasty in Egypt, apparently
some time between 1903 and 1891 3. c.
There is, however, much dispute as to
the date of her reign. In 1858 her tomb
was opened by NJ. Mariette where it lay
In the valley of the Tomb of the Kings.
When her coffin was opened a remarka-
BILE collection of precious stones and
jewels was found within. The most
important of these was a diadem Of gold
and enamel set on the head of the queen.
This had an inscription in gold on a
ground of lapis lazuli, and a sphinx
couchant on each side. A small porce-
lain cylinder is with inter-
laced lotus flowers IN intaglio, and a gold
drop inlaid with turquoise in the shape
of a fig. To the centresof a gold chain
is fastened a scarabaeus of solid gold
inlaid with lapis lazuli, n a bracelet of
quite modern pattern is decorated with
figures in repousse, with a ground IN
laid with lapis lazuli. 1t is plain from
this account that lapis lazuli was the
most commonly used of the precious
stones. It is interesting to observe thai
1t is also mentioned In Job, one of the
| oldest books in the world. It is prob
able that the a~ncients did not understand
how to cut diamonds, owing to their
hardness.
Lace or black. or some other dark vel
vet ribbons of some description, are con-
sidered Indispensable additions to the
| class of dressy gowns now dictated by
fashion. The very newest ribbons lave
| edges of Jet or lace.
Black silk crepe-lisse ribbon is another
novel variety largely used to veil trim
mings Of a brilliant hue. There are like
wise expensive hand-painted and gauze
ribbons, with a fringe or lace edges. The
ribbon wsavers nave never turned out
such a variety as the present product of
their looms.
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