The Portland daily press., 1896-07-11

IMAM IL Is lnSU6du Oh DolH2 cub TO mako
it appear long and slender. We gave you
longer fingers and cut the scam running
round the base Of the glove down con-
siderably. This drew the palm down so
that the first button fastens we'll down
on your wrist instead Of up on the hand.
That makes your hand look longer.
Then we ran the stitching ON the back
well down on the wrist. That also
makes the hand look longer. That stitch
ing is trif1e too broad for hand
shaped as yours Is, anyhow. A woman
with short. broad hands, or even with
long broad hands, never should wear
gloves with broad stitching on the back.
for it makes the hand look almost twice
as broad. She should have her gloves
made with fingers just rs long as she
possibly can wear them, and they should
ut we'll between her fingers. Then, if
she has three rows of very narrow stitch
ing running well down on her wrist, the
thumb seam running down on her wrist
also, and the glove buttoning around the
wrist, without her trying to make it
meet over the base of the hand, she will
be grati1ied by seeing her hand look real
" quite long, slender and shapely.
II have in mind customer of ours
living up in Fifth avenue. She wouldn't
be induced to wear o glove that isn't
made to order and in that she is wise,
for 1t pays every woman to have her
gloves made to order In the long run,
and costs very little more. But such a
shape as she insists on having those
gloves cut! Her hand is quite pudgy to
begin with, and she hns the finger Of the
gloves cut SO short in the palm that she
always has to wear a solitaire. Narrow
stitching? guess not I've never known
her to wear anything but the broadcast OF
the broad, and her handslooks deformed
I'm ashamed to have her tell who her
glove maker is, and have done every
thing to get her to wear gloves that fit.
even going SO far as to give her pair
for Christmas present that did fit her,
hoping to convert her. but she brought
them here and had them altered.
''All athletic sports make the hands
grow, and women who indulge in them
can expect nothing else, but they can
console them selves with the knowl edge
| that the broad, muscular hand is the use
full hand, is the hand that denotes abili-
| ty to do things. II a woman rides a
wheel several hours every day or plays
basket ball, tennis, or golf, or rows
boat or handles whip, she must not
hope to change the shape of her hand by
wearing gloves that are improperly cut
and fitted, but she can change totally
the appearance of its shape by doing So
She should wear the longest, narrowest
glove that she possibly can. For my part
I'm glad to see women's hands growing.
1t proves that they are developing phys
ically, and physical development, as O
rule, means mental growth. The tiny
little hands of ten years ago were worry
pretty to look at, and very nice to pet
and hold, but there WAS nothing in them
to interest a person who really enjoys
studying hands. They always did strike
| me as being purely ornamental, and 1
enjoy my business SO much more since
the athletic craze came, tor now l amuse
myself while work by reading the char
acter development of my customers in the
steadily increasing size Of their hands,"
81 don't care how much you study MY
hands," answered the customer with
| contented laugh, "as long as you make
them look as pretty as they do in these
gloves. There is only one thing. II
notice that the seams show white where
you've altered them. Shall put some
ink on them"
Ink P' he repeated in astonishment
Truly the ways of women are past find
ing out. The idea Of putting ink on AN
elegant pair of black glaoe bike gloves
III fix that in minute before you take
them off with some of this French dres-
sing, which is made tor the purpose. 1t
is made Of lamp black and glycerine,
and I'll rub it not only over the seams
that show little white, but over the
whols glove. See, the white has disap-
psarcd, and the gloves look much better.
Every woman who wears black glace
gloves should have bottle of this
among her toilet accessories, or if she
wears kid boots for it is equally neces-
sary and beneficial to kid boots. 1t
ma kes glove last three times as long
to have little Of this dressing rubbed
into it well with the fingers occasionally,
and especially if the gloves get hardened |
with perspiration. It should be applied
to boots with piece of old kid, and care
should be taken to rub it in very thor
oughly, olse it will catch and hold the
dust. NO, if were you wouldn't wor-
ry about my hands growing larger for
you may be SIRE that what is true in
your Case applies TO women generally,
and athletics is largely responsible for
it,"
og 1 was really worried" answered the
plump matron, as she got up to go,
'but since have learned that all the
other women are in the same boat I
don't mind.''
Women In Clubs.