The herald., 1896-03-15
ABOUT GLOVES

81 want to lay in supply Of gloves.
Let me see everything that is stylish" !"
said young woman in fashionable
glove store. "The latest thing in an
evening glove from Paris is twenty
button suede. That is the longest
made this season, and even il woman
wears gown with no sleeves in it she
does not wear longer glove, but leaves
the fleshy part of her arm exposed.
This glove has two bands of jeweled
trimming, one at the top. A drawing
string is run in at the top, which keeps
the glove from slipping down."
THAT'S great" said the customer,
"for that does away with a very dis
agreeable feature of these gloves. I'll
take pair Of pale blue ones to match
pale blue satin own"
"They only come in whites, blacks
and soft tones of pearl, tan and mode
this season." said the clerk. Any other
colors are very bad form. Take this
delicate shade OF tan. The price is
only IS, and if you prefer them with
out the trimming they will cost you
only $3.50. Then here is glove much
used in Paris in the evening by those
who are forced to wear long sleeves. 1t
is an eight-button suede, without any
opening, and is finished at the top
with beaded trimming. Still another
style for evening wear, and one very
becoming to plump, white arms, is fin
ished at the top with plated frill of
fine lace set on with pearl trimming.
They are much used by chronic opera
goers. Suede ia the thing for evening
wear, though few economically dis
posed women buy glace. This is an
English fashion. Now, in France the
women wear gloves to cover their hands,
while in England and America they
usually wear them to shape the hand.
No we'll dressed French woman would
ever be caught anywhere in glace kids.
They always wear suede on all occa-
sions. At present there is great de-
mand for glace gloves in America, but
the various shades of red that have
been 80 stylish for two years past are
quite out of date. Soft neutral tones
are used for the street. They 60 with
everything, don't show soil and are
easily cleaned. The street gloves have
two buttons, with clamp instead of but
toning, Just as the fastenings on mems
gloves do. They hold very securely,
never come off, and rarely ever get out
of order"
"Tll let you fit me with two or three
pairs Of the glace kid for street wear.
and 1 want the broad stitching on the
back" answered the customer.
"The broad stitching is not so stylish
as it once was," replied the clerk. SIT
makes any hand look broad and short
, and takes away from the grace that the
narrow stitching gives. The welt back
makes the hand look we'll. 1t is sim
ply tiny piece Of the kid taken up
with two rows OF stitching around it. y
"Do you make many of your
gloves?" asked the inquisitive custo-
mer, while the fitting was going on.
"Yes, we make great many that we
carry in stock besides the spaclal or
ders; the rest are imported from
France. The skins principally used
in making gloves are kid, sheep and
new skin which WAS discovered six o.
seven years ago called mocho. This il
the hide of an animal bred in Arabii
for its skin alone. 1t is used princi
pally for walking gloves and is yer.
durable. There are no glove factories
in this country where fine skins can b'
treated, but in France they come tt
the factory in the hair. They are i'm
mediately put in vats of lime until th'
hair is taken off. Glace is the hal
side of the skin, and suede is the un
der or flesh side. After the hair is re
moved an expert goes through th
skins, separating tn SO which shall b.
made up into elace gloves from thos
to be used in the suede. If there i
the slightest abrasion-for example, i
kid has torn itself on bal bed wir
fence-the skin cannot be used TO
glace. But generally the abrasion ha
not penetrated to the flesh side ant
the hide is used for suede gloves.
"Glace skins are dyed for ligh
colors by immersion. They are pu
into tub of coloring matter and
man tramps up and down on ther
with his bare feet until the color i
set. The surface of the skins is ofte
SO hard that they won't take dye a
all, and hence your white glace glove!
After the skins are dyed they are pu
on curved table covered with zinc
and the water is pressed out with
piece of hard rubber. Next they ar
hung up in hot room, with the tenn
perature at 104 degrees, and when the
come from there they are as stiff ant
hard as wood. Then they are put il
damp sawdust, where they are left u1
til the moisture penetrates them thol
oughly, and then comes the process O
kneeing. Each skin is rubbed over
circular piece of iron the shape of
mans knee until it becomes soft; fr,
Gueutly they are SO hard that th
, workman rubs them up and down owe
| his iron with his knee, and the OF Q Il
, ton takes its name from that.
"The ekins are now ready for tt
J cutters. who roll them up in dam
cloths just as washerwomen do fir
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