The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-22
Eytrayagant Fads
In Summer Gloves

The newest offerings in gloves typi-
fly the unprecedented extravaganza in
dress accessories this season. Never
have manufacturers and importers so
taxed their ingenuity to meet the de-
mand of Madame La Mode, who has
decreed that from tip of the dainty
colored slipper or Oxford to the
crown of the flower-trimmed hat
every item of the fashionable woman's
costume must harmonic to a degree
of perfection never before known.
From Paris come exquisite color
ings in a summer kid as soft and pill
able as satin. For combination with
blue frocks, there are two striking
shades of kid. forget-me-not blue and
turquoise. Every imaginable shade
of violet or lavender is shown, various
tones of what is generally known as
the natural hue, shading from palest
champagne to almost golden brown, a
superb olive green, and a new ma
genta. When carried to silk or dress
goods counters, these gloves are
found to match perfectly the prevail
ing tones in both silk and wool
weaves.
The new glove shows a Tapped,
rather than a whipped, seam, with
elaborate stitching in self-tones or a
contrasting color, and two buttons
only these being very large and pearl
topped.
The short glove is generally sold
because the much trimmed and bout
FAINT sleeve falls over the wrist and
hides even the second clasp. On the
ofh
short sleeves there come gloves in eX-
travagant lengths that will lie in py-
thon folds to the shoulder.
AS an illustration of how the color
ed glove may sound a decided note in
the costume, note the makeup recent
ly seen at fashionable charity con-
cert in New York.
The dress and wrap were of black
messaline, deliberately trimmed with
motifs of black guipure lace. The col
Iarless blouse was faced black with a
stitched band of brilliant green broad
cloth, braided in black. A similar
band outlined the cuffs, turning back
to display undersleeves of white Irish
point. The hat was a picture creation
in black silk mousseline and lace,
trimmed with green and a black
plume, and the two clasp gloves
matched perfectly the green in the
braided bands and the plume.
With pongee in natural tone, EN-
broidered in pale blue, and made over
a drop skirt of pale blue silk, forget
met-not blue gloves may be worn,
though the more quiet taste turns to
the same tone as the ground of the
dress.
Silk or Isle gloves in natural tones
can hardly be told from the silk and
Isle stockings to be worn with shoes
OF the same tint. They are displayed
side by side and the coloring is ex-
actly alike. as well as the weave,
There is decided tendency toward
the open-mesh back in silk and Isle
gloves, but they make the hand look
larger than does a plain glove.
One of the striking novelties of the
season is the reversible cuff glove,
which is clearly an effort to introduce
trimming into the design of a glove.
1t is made something on the line of
the old-fashioned gauntlet glove, only
the kid is not stiffened, but left soft
and pliable as silk. On the inner side
OF the cuff close to its top, runs a bias
band of silk in a contrasting color,
which matches the contrasting tone in
the gown. For instance, with an all
white costume, with which is worn
4 girdle stock of cardinal velvet rib
bon, the glove would be white, and the
band in the lining of cardinal silk.
This cuff is rolled over to show the
band.
White gloves are banded in blue
brown, red. green and lavender, and
for $3.50 up, according to the quality
of the kid used. gloves will be banded
to order to match any frock KID
bands are sometimes used instead OF
silk. and are considered the ultra
smart thing.
A gauntlet glove for driving and au-
tomobiling will appeal to men as wen
as to women. A seam runs straight
from the tip of the thumb down the
hand to the wrist end of the gauntlet
flaring widely at this point to act as
a protector to the cuffs of the wearer
Modified and in lighter weight they
also come for the athletic woman.
Young girls who are affecting the
demure and old-fashioned st~'es IN
thin summer gowns go in for the lace
mitt, but it must be exceedingly nne
and delicate to be attractive.
A pair recently shown at womans
exchange was clearly evolved from
family heirlooms. The mitt proper was
of duchesse point in an open pattern
The gauntlet or frill around The Wrist
looked for all the world like a net
handkerchief cut out in the center ana
fitted to the lower part of the mitt. SO
that it fell in four great points from
the wrist. The handkerchief erect
was % fine net edged with point lace
and would almost take the place OF the
popular undersleeve.
Girls who are not hard on their
gloves are embroidering monograms IN
small letters and self-tones on the
wrist of soft silk or suede gloves, ap-
ing. perhaps, the masculine fad iOf
monograms On every garment