Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22
NEW THINGS IN DRESS.
roper styles i'm Gloves for the Com
ing Season.

Proper Styles i'm Gloves for the Com
ing Season.
The glove, true to tradition, is still a
bone of contention. In ancient times, thrown
upon the ground, it was a challenge to a
duel. Today the duel goes merrily on for
styles in gloves.
Scarcely any one distinctive style or shade
Is paramount, and opinions among thenbuyers
as to what will probably be worn are so
diverse as to be altogether mystifying. In
enc big shop evening gloves will be entirely
of Suede, while in another the glace is the
only thing shown.
"The worst of the situation is said a
prominent merchant to a Chicago Tribune
reporter, eve cannot even guess what sort
OF a fad women. will take. Styles in gloves
do not vary so much as in other things. A
change usually comes about once in. seven
years, but when the change comes it starts
like wildfre, and often we are not given
warning enough even to get rid of old
stock.
Where the change starts from we are
never able to tell. A woman comes in here
and asks for, say, an undressed kid, when
dressed kid Is really being worn. Then an
other comes, End another, and before we
know 1t we have a deluge. We resort to the
telegraph and cable to fill orders, and are
then sometimes short"
LONG BLACK GLACE FOR OPERA.
In the line Of evening gloves, while some
say suede and others say glace, they all
agree on one point-that is, the long black
glace will be a reigning fad for the coming
opera season. So much for that coy and
doubtful maiden, Miss Yvette Guiibert. The
women may have forgotten how she sang,
or did not sing. But they have not for
gotten how effective were those long,
slim arms In their black. sinuous gloves.
Women who would not dream of entertain
ing the little French comedlenne do not
hesitate to initiate her In so small a matter
as a pair of gloves.
For the rest, the light shades will all be
worn, a strong preference seemingly lean
ing toward what is known as the cham
payne tint. This is really a warm, amber
shade, which looks almost white in the
evening, but which. it is claimed, does not
soil as quickly as pure white.
In length the average glove reaches Just
above the elbow. as with the big pulled
sleeve the extreme lengths are unnecessary.
The best styles are cut eff and sewed on
about the wrist with a double stitching.
This gives a more shapely appearance about
the wrist, besides adding to the strength
of the glove.
a few exclusive designs are shown in en-
broidered tops. but the price OF these alone
would preclude them ever becoming pop
ular, as they sell for from s15 to $25 a pair.
Opera gloves in plain styles were never SO
cheap as at present. A frst-class grade
canes cheap as So.
-FOUR BUTTONS POPULAR.
For those who do not attend the opera in
evening dress four button gloves in all of the
light shades are In abundance. FOX gray
is one of the new shades likely to find favor,
as 1t harmon!zes with the light fur so popu-
lar this season, These gloves, however, I'M
like the long evening gloves, have heavy
stitching on the back either to harmonize or
In a contrasting color.
But, after all, the decision as to evening
gloves is easier made than for street wear.
Then ii Is the real taste of the individual is,
and ever must me, the deciding mark.
"A woman is known by her gloves is an
old saying often quoted. And observation
testifes TO the justice of the remark. Char
acter impresses itself on a well-worn glove
as deeply as II does in the lines of the hand.
zone OF our greatest trials" said a girl
who fits gloves in a big store In State street.
lis the woman who insists on being fitted In
a glove half a size too small"
Everywhere the same cry goes up. a par
ticular style OF glove always appears as q
second consideration. Any god glove In a
modest color looks well II properly lifted. is
the ultimatEm.
But when a woman insists on having a
glove with fingers reaching only a little be-
low the knuckle, the finest gave looks gro
tesque and the hand becomes a monstrUslty.
BELT AND GLOVES TO MATCH.
One of the cherished crazes of the present
moment is to have the street glove and TIE
belt exactly to III N. A far glove with
black stitching is worn With q tan leather
belt with trimmings OF patent leather. For
those who prefer striking styles. back
gloves with white s'ltchjlgs. or vice versa,
are worn with a belt &c correspond.
An effort is being made in some shops to
Introduce the extr aInely wide stitching On
the back of the gloves. BIT this is not con-
sldered good style by the conservative and
will have a tendency 20 drive stltGhings OF
any kind out Of favor. as one extreme usually
follows another.
Buttons will be used In The lighter weights
for street wear. But for the heavy gloves,
pique stitched, they are replaced by clasps.
These latter. however. are not likely TO