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

The chr driver. when he wore any coverings
on his hands at all has always worn gloves.
He needed the Of his separate fingers in hand
ling the rrins but his modern successor. the grip
man or the motorman. 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 manipuiatcs, 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 motormen grip
men and drivers are made In many hun
drcd or more. different varieties. The materials
used in their manufacture are horsehidc. buck
skin sh"-pskin. cowhide, ca'skin. and rub
her the glove or tho mi,ten being made perhaps
entirely Of a single one Of these materials or OF
two in combinations and then many Of these gloves
or mittcns arc lined with some other material.
or they are. IL may I've, worn with some other kind
Of glove or mttcn.
liOrsChdt has in recent years come 10 he largely
used for Eripmcn's and motormcn's mi,tcns
There is made Of horschide for this use a leather
that is not only strong and has good wearing
qualities, but that Is al the same time soft and
with n woOcn lining and with what IL called
an extension Gun, also OF WOOL 10 be turned back
over the wrist Of the wcarcr The horsehidr
tanned for mttcns does not get hard nor does
II shrink, OF course, no man using leather gloves
or mttens OF any kind ever throws them aside
when they are wet 10 care for themselves; but
he uric them carefully, q Ca.ionaiy working
t.cm with sort Of massage, to keep them soft
and flexible.
The driver wearing gloves buys very prob-
ably, gloves OF buckskin, very stout and heavy;
and the old driver is likely 10 buy them unlinrd
lie wears next his hands, with the unlincd buck
skin gloves over then n iieeccd-ined cotton glove
that is specially made for this use: IL keeps the
hand warm and keeps o the chin Of The leather;
in wet Or cold weather a hand that is dry, and
with which he can easily and conveniently get
at his watch. And II these, inner gloves gel wet.
can be easily Gnl readily dried separately from
the buckskin gloves, and so quickly made ready
to Wear again inside the buckskins
These gloves are worn pretty large so that they
will not cramp the freedom Of the wearcr's 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, small
gore Of softer leather Attached to the glove
9, one side OF his gore is strap with snap in
THIS snap and button being like those nowadays
used on kid gloves and in other uses With
NC snap unfastrncd the opening Of the glove
rs fastened that part Of the glove is drawn closer
around me wrist, keeping the glove on better
ana aiorIing better protection from the weather,
The old style without snaps. commonly. until
few years ago, worn everywhere by Ger drivers
were called frog mouths. Compa ratively few
F nouns yc & Sd1S by 9SE car dry
such as are fitted with snaps But frog mouths
are worn more or less In the county and still
10 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 riyeed on. II is a char
acterisiC Of the gloves Of all kinds such as worn
by cai drivers gripme1 and m9tormen that the
thumb Is OF the same piece the glove. II is not
sewed'in thumb They don't take any chances
OF the thumb tearing out