The herald., 1896-02-12

| still its staple industry. Much discussion
has been had over the derivation of the
| word glove. In ancient Saxon it was glofe,
Swedish glof, Danish klaffaw, to divide.
Chaucer says in Troilus and Cresside.
"Hire glove he toke, of which he was full
And finally when it was woxen eve.
And al wos wei, he rose and toke his leve.''
Shakespeare, in Henry ", says:
"Weakened with grief, being now enraged
Are thrice themselves; hence therefore thou
nice crutch;
A scaly gauntlet now. with joints of steel,
Must glove this hand"
And again n reference to the glovers' tool,
"Does he not wear great round beard like q
gloyers pairing knife"
Drayton says:
"Jhey flew about like cham o. the wind
For haste some LETT their masks behind;
Some couldn't stay tn -ir gloves 10 find"
The gallant old Cleaveland says:
1.-The next he prays on is her palm,
That aim ner OF trans piring balm;
So soft, It's air but once removed;
Tender as 'twere a jelly gloved."
Sour Dean Swift, sneerng at the sex,
says:
"Thev called for tea and chocolate
And fell into their usual chat,
Discoursing with important face
On ribbons fans, and gloves and lace"
The great antiquity of the tegumenta
manuum is beyond dispute, their use
probably originated in the necessity of
protecting the hands against the inclem-
ency of the weather. Pliny the younger
in the account of his uncle's visit to Vesu-
vus, mentions that the amanuensis ac-
companying him wore gloves upon his
hands in winter lest the severity of the
cold should prevent him making use of his
writing implements. But the chief gloves
after all among the ancients seem TO have
of fb<, at
toned in the Iliad, when great Tydides
Warmed with the hopes OF conquest for his
friend.
ohicious with the cincture grds him round.
And on his wrists the gloves OF death are
bound.
They are frequently referred to in the
Eneid. No athlete ventures to
Round his hands the gauntlets tie,
As a sign that he will enter the lists with
Dares the Trojan, and when Entellus at
last comes forward ii is said:
Then on the ground. in open view,
Two gloves of giant weight he threw.
Queen Elizabeth was fond of perfumed
gloves and to remove them frequently to
exhibit her beautiful hands. Shakespeare
says: "Gloves as sweet as damask roses,"
and in Much Ado About Nothing, Hero says
to Beatrice: "These gloves the count sent
me. they are an excellent perfume. To
bite the glove was a sure prelude to quar-
the Last Minstrel:
Stern Rutherford right little said.
But bit his glove and shook his head.
Saint Anne is the glovers' patron saint
in France, there being an ancient tradition
that she used to knit them. The Perth
glovers had ST. Bartholomew for patron,
mention of which think you will find in
Scott's Fair Maid of Perth. Mr.. Hudson
added that when he was in America in
1874 it was quite an exceptional thing to
see man wearing gloves unless on Sum
day or on some special occasion, unless,
indeed, car drivers and railroad men,
Nowadays everyone wears them. lie said
that in few years America would manu-
facture al the gloves she needed. and
spoke of the great factory at Gloversville,
n. Y, and others in New York and Phila-
dell)hia. He thought it might be very
protitabl industry in Los Angeles, from
the fact that she is in the center of a belt
where skins suitable for gloves are
abundant, and added that if he decided to
settle here he would try what could be
done in this direction by opening a small
factory.
James w. Bates of Montr cal, Canada
speaking of the worlds fair to be held in
his city, said All Canada, and Montreal in
particular. is busy arranging for the great
show. 1t will be opened on the queens
birthday, May 25th. and be kept open
till October 10Th This is our first VEN
ture into the business of international ex-
hibitions, and we are therefore trying to
leave nothing undone to make it sue
cess. The grounds cover about sixty
acres, are very attractive, and are situated
at the base of Mount Royal. 1t is one of
the mos. beautiful parks on the continent,
abounding in charming natural scenery.
The buildings will be illustrative of the
various forms of architecture, and
will include some devoted to manu-
factures, the liberal arts, hor-
ticullural and agricultural industries,
the fine arts, with houses for other depart
ments, besides a palace of all nations.
Replies received from all countries indi-
cate that ex ensive exhibits will be sent by
all of them. The originator of the exposi-
ton is j. H. Stiles, who was the British
representative at the California midwinter
fair. A fine display is expected from
Southern California. Mr.. Bates is in at
tendance upon his wife. who is very sick,
but has much improved since her arrival
i'll Los Angeles few days ago.