The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
Ar THE GLOVE COUNTER.
Women VINO Don't Knew How to ne Fitted
and Who Make Trouble.

The girl near the exchange deck care
fully folded a pair Of dogskin gloves.
4 sometimes think that all fortune
t.llers mus, have served an apprentice
ship a. glove saIeswomen before going
into the prophesying business" she said
1T il generally conceded that tho chief
stock in trade OF the professional seer 10 a
wide knowledge OF human nature and
surely there il no better school for gaining
that particular kind OF education than
the glove counter OF a large store. ] think
I could give up my job here now and 20
out and coin money by telling people what
I have found out about them. with their
hands for a text book. ] would not pro-
coed on the principles Of pelmi-try, either.
The hne~ Of the and mean nothing to ina.
| would Judge character solely by tie way
my patrons held their hands when having
their gloves fitted.
Now, look at that woman down az the
lower end Of the counter. She holds her
hand cut, palm upward. a. stif as a ram-
rod, aud no matter how much the clerk
nay turn and twist that unruly member
and caution it, owner TO loosen the tension
a bit, 1t Is bound to s%irsighten u into
Just that position.
I'm glad that woman Is not a customer
OF mine. I'd 10 sure tn have a scrap with
her before she got away. l always do
have trouble with those stun handed women.
They are very ard to s,it. Their wills
are as infexible a. their hands, and II !
ave trouble IN getting gloves 10 set well
they put all the blame on me, whereas
th.ir own stubbornsss lies at the root OF
tn. diffculty.
-In contrast to this type. " the limp.
handed woman. Honestly. We have some
customer whose hands flop round just
like Jelly Ash. They seem TO h. entirely
devoid ~ zone OF muscle and the palm
II thick and pear-shap ped and soft A. putty
IL gives me the horrors 10 touch that kind
Of hand. | never yet attended one Of those
inert creatures who did not wear a soiled
collar or neck ribbon and a frayed skirt
binding. II | had to chooss bet wsen the
strenuous-handed woman and the doushy
palm I'D take the former. every time.
Then there are the customers Of the
grab-all type. They plant their elbows
ON the counter and spread their fingers
out at the very widest angie, Naturally,
this digital performance Ii not conducive
to cas-. In fitting a new pair of gloves or
Ia neatnssr OF appearance once that feat
IL accomplished. Experience has taught
me To fight shy Of one OF these animated
glove stretchers as a n~eighbor. Their
bump OF acquisitiyeness Is abnormally
de vcloJrd and the people across tho hall
will IL. In luck II the broad fingered folks do
not borrow iha clothes on their backs,
There are other people who persist
in crooking their fingers into regular Crap
ping hooks while undergoing the fitting
operation. | have my suspicious about
them, too. They ar sure to have equally
crooked tempens and they take especial
delight in raising a row about meal time.
courr-. l serve hundreds Of patrons
who have reduced the fitting Of gloves
to a fine art. They submit TO my nanipula-
tions with the utmost gracc and put me
To no Inconvenience Tiley are the kind
of people | like To tie to. Nature has made
them a gift Of glove-counter etiquette
along with sincerity and thoughtfulness
and other admirable qualities. and | don't
mind selling gloves 10 them day In and
day out. What Is born in the bone will
out la the fingers and II there Is any
place on earth whore kinks in character
are bound TO come to the surface IL " over
the glove counter.