Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-19
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About Gloves.

About Gloves.
81 want to lay in supply OF gloves.
Let me see everything that IL stylish"
said young woman in fashonaois
glove store. 1.-THE latest thing In an
evening glove from Paris Is 2o-putton
suede. That Is the longest made this
season. and even II woman wears
gown with no sleeves in 1t, she does not
wear longer glove, but leaves the. nesny
part of her arm exposed. This glove has
two bands OF jewelled trimming, ono u,
the top. A drawing-string Is run IN at
the top. which keeps tina glove from sup
ping down." 49,.
"Thats great" said the customer. Tor
that does away with a very disagreeabie
feature OF these gloves. I'll take a pair
OF pale-blue ones to match paie-piue
satin gown"
.sThey only come in whites, blacks. and
soft tones OF pearl tan and mode TINS
season." said the clerk. Any other coiors
are very bad form. Take this delicate
shade of tan. The price Is only s.. and II
you prefer them without the trimming,
they will cost you only $3.50. Then, here
IS a glove much used In Paris IN the
evening by those who are forced 10 wear
long sleeves. 1t Is an tbutton SUEDE,
without any opening, and is finished at
the top with beaded trimming. Still en-
other style for evening wear. and one
very becoming to plump. white arms. rs
finished at the top with q plated frill OF
fine lace set on with pearl trimming. Tney
are much used by chronic opera-goers'
Suede is the thing for evening wear
though a few economically disposed wo-
men buy glace. This is an English fash
ion. 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 well-oresseu
French woman would ever be caught
anywhere In glace kids They always
wear suede on all occasions. AT pressht
there is a great demand for giace groves
in America, but the various shades OF red
that have been so stylish for two years
past are quite out Of date. Soft neutral
tones are used for the street They go
with everything, but don't show soil. ana
are easily cleansed. The street gloves
have two buttons. with clamp instead OF
buttoning, Just as the fastenings on men
gloves do. They hold very securely, never
come off and rarely ever get out OF
order"
"T1l let you fit me with two or ,hree
pairs Of the glace kid for street wear,
and / want the broad stitching on 'ne
back" answered the customer
'"The broad stitching Is not so styiisn
as IL once was" replied the clerk III
makes any hand look broad and short
and takes away from the grace 'that the
narrow stitching gives. The welt-DacK
makes the hand look well. 1t Is SIM
plv a tiny piece OF the Kid taken up
with two rows of stitching around IL.
DO YOU make many OF your gloves!
asked the inquisitive customer, While the
fitting was going on.
yves: We make a great many that we
carry I'm stock, besides the special orders;
the rest are imported from France. The
skins principally used in making gloves
are kid. sheep, and a new skin, which
was discovered six or seven years ago,
called mocho. This is the hide or an
animal bred in Arabia. for its skin alone.
II is used principally for walk
ing-gloves, and Is very durable. There
are no glove-factories In this country
where fine skins can be treated; but In
France they come 10 the factory In tho
| hair They are Immediately put In watts
/ of lime until the hair is taken Off
| Glaze is the hair-side OF the skin, and
suede IS the under, or flesh-sIde. After
the hair is removed an expert goes
| through the skins, separating those
which shall be made up into glace-gloves
| from those TO be used In suede. TX
there Is the slightest abraslon-for ex-
ample. II a Kid has torn itself on a
| barbed-wire fence-the skin cannot be
| used for glace. But generally the abra-
| sion has not penetrated to the flesh
side, and the hide is used for suede
gloves.
"Glace skins are dyed for light colors
by Immersion They are put into a tub
of coloring matter and man tramps
up and down on them with his bare
feet until the color Is set The surface
| OF the skins IS often so hard that they
won't take dye at all, and hence your
whitc-glace gloves. After the skins are
dyed they are put on a curved table COW
cred with zinc, and the water Is press
ed out with piece OF marc
rubber Next they are hung up fl
q hot room. with the temperature at 10
degrees, and when they come from
there they are as stiff and hard as wood
Then they are put In damp sawdust
where they are left until the moiStur
nenetrates them thoroughly; and thei
comes the process of kneeing. Each ski
Is rubbed over a circular piece OF irol
the shape OF mans knee until 1t be
comes soft; frequently they are so har
that the workman rubs them up an
down over this iron with his knee. an
the operation takes Its name from that
. |
r 1.-THE skins are now ready for IN
, cutters who roll them up In damp cloth
: lust as washerwomen do fine linens Dc
, fore ironing them. AS soon as they All
g sorb the moisture sufficiently, the skin
$ are put on a marble slab. and shave
with a knfe-blade about inches wild
e and in length, and as sharp as razol
Q This gives the skin elasticity, and 1t
= impossibls to cut II without frst dom
d this. The measurements are next takei
n and the skins planked-that is, cur Int
/, pleces the proper length and width.
e "There are only three or four firms
this city that make gloves ia orde- ~
they get The skins after they have
Though the process OF kneeing and 81
ready to be planked. AL gloves cut 4
stock, such as these street-gloves that l.
a fitting on you, are cut on calibre. We CT
D. six pairs at once. and send them 70 u
le sewers in packages OF a dozen pairs.
'e used TO be the fashion to make GLOW
a by hand. but now they are sewed alt
t. eether on the machine. and are mu'
ST more satisfactory and durable than han
10 sewed gioves."
what about bicycle-gloves?" asked Z
customer as she gave an admiring CLAN
m at her latest selection.
ne "a great many of my customers RI
+ wheels: but they use their old, soil
or gloves for the purpose, and they a
I'd W, althy. fashionable women, too. III o
20 does buy q new pair TO go with her
cvcle-suit. however, she usually selects
n, pair OF extra-heavy glaee walkin