Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-07-07
SOME D0NT'S ABOUT GLOVES.
Woman's Carclessncss in This Mat
ter OF Dress DcpIorcd.

Woman's Carclessncss I'm This Mat
ter OF Dress DcpIorcd.
Most women do not realize the i'm
portance of gloves. An il-ftting or
inappropriate glove can mar the eff
feet of an entire costume. 1t is UNI
fortunate that there should be so
much carelessness in connection with
that article of dress which has hel
SO revered a place in romantic hi
tory. Gloves have been the symbol OF
power, the gage of defiance and the
token of love, and now they have
dwindled to a necessary adjunct of
dress which in the majority Of cases
is treated with the same consideration
as a poor relation-anything is goot
enough! But women'S carelessness of
detail in regard to hand covering is
noticed and commented upon to an
extent which, if the fair wearers only
realized it, would create a revolution
in glove wearing.
There are many "do nots' which
are applicable to glove wearing:
Do not buy cheap gloves. If your
income is limited you might better
don neatly mended, correctly cut,
good quality gloves than a new pair
of poor shape and quality.
DO not wear evening or dress gloves
except in the evening or on dressy
occasions. 1t seems TO have become
a custom to wear a fresh pair Of deli
cate gloves on some important occa-
sion. When they become slightly
soiled or have been cleaned they are
used for less important times, and a
thoroughly soiled glove appears to be
good enough to run out in or to wear
shopping" This is thoroughly bad
taste, if not bad form. For travelling,
walking and shopping wear "a medium
heavy glove matching the costume or
q stout English glove of some neutral
shade. This will prove more economi-
cal than always purchasing dress
gloves, which when once soiled are
hacked out SO quickly and look so
slovenly.
Do not try to make the hand look
small by wearing a tight glove. In
selecting a glove be sure the fingers
are long enough and that the bottom
or clasp fastens at the juncture of
wrist and hand, not on the palm. 1t
is best to purchase from different
dealers until gloves perfectly suiting
the hand of the wearer are discovered
and then give that dealer all your
trade. Promiscuous glove buying is
as bad as promiscuous shoe buying.
On the other hand, do not wear
gloves too large. The baggy backs,
wrinkled fingers and slouchy wrists
do not give hat refinement of appear
anaa which oil NUopnan aovaf
Do not wear a glove with a button
off or n rip in some seam thinking it
will not be noticed. Such a defect is
glaring to strangers and friends. Al
most any store will have any gloves
which have been bought from them
properly mended for "a trihing sum,
and the gloves look much better than
when mended at home.
DO not put a new glove on careless
ly. The first wearing molds the glove
to the hand and decides its future APP
pearance. BE careful to get the fin
gers straight. work them gently on,
little by little, each in turn. Then
put finger in the palm and, by
pressing outward, adjust the hand
part. The thumb follows, and when
the seam on the outside of the hand
is even and smooth the glove may be
buttoned or clasped.
Do not wear kid gloves without
sprinkling powder in them if your
hands are inclined to perspire.
Do not take II glove off carelessly if
you desire it to last well. In taking
gloves off turn the wrist over the fin
gers and draw until the fingers are
half uncovered, then the finger ends
may be loosened to the tips. This
makes 1T ar easy matter to readiust
the glove right side out. 1t is a good
plan to breathe in the glove after taxi
ing it off. IL preserves the ~softness of
The kid by quickly drying any slight
moisture.