The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
CAR DRTTErs, GLOrES.
And tho Various Gloves and Mittens Worn
ny Motormen and Gripmen.

The chr driver. when he wore any coverings
on his hands at all, has always worn gloves.
He needed IN" Use ot his separate fingers in hand
ling the rrns; but his modern successor. the grip
man or the mo,orman. while wearing gloves in
summer, in winter wears mittens; he does not
need the Use Of his fingers separately in handling
the mechanical appliances he manipulates, and
mit,cns are the warmer and more comfortable.
In summer all wear gloves. Aside from their
greater convenience, they are at that season
cooler Gloves and mittcns for motormcn. grip
men and drivers are made In many, n hun
drcd or more. different varieties. The materials
used in their manufacture are horsehidc. buck.
skin, shcrpskin cowhide, calfskin. and rub.
bcr the glove or tho mtien being made perhaps
entirely 81 n single one of these materials OF of
twoi combination: and then many Of these gloves
or mittcns arc lined with some other material
or they arc. it may I've. worn with some other kind
Of glove or mitcn.
lOrsChid, has in recent years come TO he largely
used for gripmcns and mo,ormcn's mi,tcna
There is made Of horschide for this use leather
that is not only strong and has good wearing
qualities. but that Is al The same time soft and
pirhlc one kind Of horschidc mittcns is made
with woOllcn lining, and with what IL called
AN extension cum also OF wool, 10 be turned back
tanned for mlttcns does not get hard, nor does
II shrink. OF course no man using leather gloves
or mitsns Of any kind ever throws them aside
when they IRE wet, 10 care for themselves but
he uTc them carefully, q Ca.ionahy Murnirr
ten win sort Of massage, To keep them soft
The driver wearing gloves buys very prob
ably, gloves OF buckskin very stout and heavy;
and the old driver is likely 10 buy them unlincd
lie wears next hts hands, with the unlincd buck
skin gloves over them, ileeccdlined cotton glove
that is specially made for this use: 1t keeps The
hand warm and keeps o the chin Of Tho leather:
drawing oil the buckskin glove, the driver has
in wet ~ cold weather. q hand that is, dry. and
with which he can easily and conveniently gct
a, his watch And il these inner gloves gel wet
can be easily ami readily dried SEPARATELY t qsS
the buckskin gloves and so quickly made ready
TO wear again inside the buckskins
These gloves are worn pretty large, so that they
VIII not crdmp the freedom of the wearcrs hand,
that they may be put on and taken o. readily
they are cut with wide and rOomy wrist part
set win ITS base at the edge Of the wrist, a small
gore Of softer leather. Attached TO tho glove
q one side OF This gore is strap with snap in
"" END III H. while al the other side is button;
THIS snap and button being like those nowadays
used on kid gloves, and in other uses With
NC snap unfastrncd tn, opening Of the glove
Is hand'wide; when the glove is on and the snap
Is fastened, that part Of The glove Is drawn closer
around me wrist, keeping the glove on better
ana ali9rding better protection from the weather.
lew years ago worn everywhere by Ger drivers,
were called frog mouths. Compa ratyely few
frog mouths are worn nowadays hy city car driy-
crs the gloves Of this kind worn here being mostly
such as are fitted with snaps, But frog mouths
are worn more or less in the county, and still
70 some extent here and every car driver knows
the frog mouth glove.
Many gloves are REINFORCED on the thumb,
on The side toward the palm Of the hand; whore
ness Of leather which is rivetcd on. II is char
acteris,iC Of the gloves Of all kinds such as worn
BY CA hFyers grinms1 M. and mSiormsn IhH lhc
a ewed'in thumb They don't take any chances
oil the thumb tearing out