The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1896-10-17
THE LOVE OF GLOVES.
INTERESTING FACTS FROM HISTORY
CONCERNING THEM.

OOsSSesb~aSS stu@Nts
Early Manufacturing Embellishments.
Rats. Dogs and Cats Furnish Materials
For Observation-Disclosures OF Different
Times In Which Gloves Figured.
Gloves ure now worn indiscriminately
by rich and poor and have no special
significance excepting as a completing
article of the toilet. much attention be-
ing given to their fit in case the wearcr
is q woman. Strangely enough, that
which is regarded as a particularly nice
effect in the fit Ct q wo1nan's glove be-
comes a positive blemish when worn by
a man, if indeed a man could be found
who would wear a glove that was fitted
to his hand without q wrinkle.
The antiquity of gloves reaches into
remote ages. AS early as in the reign of
Robert III glove manufacturers were in
lcorporated by charter in Perth, a guild
being then established that still exists
in name, although the town is not de-
VIVA " " tAO u1uCcuIt VI RXOVcS
as q leading article of commerce.
A glovers' company was established
in London in 1464, but was not char
tered until 1858. In 1861 q
for the manufacture and sale Of gloves
was Incorporated in Worcester, Eng
land, where the trade flourishes at the
present time, the famous English "dog-
skim. made really from Cape sheepskin,
and Of a warm tan color, being unap-
preached in excellence by any other
makers.
Paris is a glove market for the whole
world In the Swiss mountains kids are
raised especially for this industry and
great pains are taken to have the ami
mails killed while the skin is fine and
soft Tanneries at MILAN. Annonay.
Paris and Grenoble prepare them for the
stitchers. But there are net enough kids
raised in France to supply the great de-
mand for gloves, and the gamins of
Paris find steady and profitable employ
ment catching rats at the mouths of the
great drains of the city to exc out the
trade. Dogs and even cats contribute
also. though supplying an inferior ar
ticle of kid.
In ancient days a glove represented a
contract OF pledge, a substitute for the
hand, being cast down by one contract.
ing party to be taken up by the other.
1t also represented q challenge, to throw
down the glove often being an invita-
ton to mortal combat. At the same |
time to give an enemy a glove in q pa
cifc manner was a pledge of faith, to
break which was regarded as a crime.
The bor6erers of Scotland were SO par
ticular about this use of the glove that !
when one Of their knights broke faith
with his glove keeper they proclaimed
his perfdy by riding to appointment
holding aloft a spear, from the point of
which the dishonored glove dangled.
And il the knight was slain by his own
clan it was conceded to be a righteous
punishment.
A fur lined glove worn by Henry vi
is preserved in an old mansion that gave
him shelter after the battle of Hexham,
1854. 1t is of tan leather lined with
deerskin with the hair on and turned
over to form a cuff.
1t is recorded of unfortunate Anne
that she possessed many pairs of
gloves and would always
them to hide certain blemishes On
her nails which offended the eve of
The king. Her royal predecessor used to
delight in making her play cards with
out them. as it was sure to result in her
Queen Elizabeth took much pride in
her gloves, and made an entry in her
book Of expenses of lone payr of gloves
with gold," which she sent
IS a gift to her sister Mary. She also
recorded the fact Of receiving "ten payr
II Spanyshe gloves from a duches in
It has been customary for gentlemen
% remove the right hand glove when
making hands with a lady. This Gus
ON descended from an ancient one
which forbade any one to enter the pres
noe Of royalty in gloves, because visit
|rs were to stand unarmed, with the
helmet of the head, the gauntlets off the
lands, to show that there were no hos
lie intentions.
Biting the glove is looked upon with
6favoc q m unpleasant habit But it
nd once . deeper meaning pledgel
I deadly vengeance.
etsza Rutherford but uttls hid,
Bat ~ ~ g3ove md ahook h4s heoA