The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

y A1NI4 han0Wear is the very eS-
sence OF coquetry, and this sea-
son il bids fair 10 be the very
acme of extravaganza. Even
the woman Of moderate income who
possesses a practical head is likely to
be tempted TO reckless extravaganza il
the matter Of gloves, gauntlets and
wristlets. and for the few TO whom ex-
pense is not a vital issue there are
visions and possibilities OF bills calcu-
lated 70 freeze the blood of the frugal
and thrifty.
Every once in a while fashion furry
sweeps by and leaves trail of dueerly
colored gloves in its wake, but never
before has the coloring and handling Of
materials so nearly approached the pro-
portions of an art, and never before, in
this country at least, has the glove
maker widened his province until he
calls the earth his legitimate territory.
There is scarcely a woman who isn't
bored 10 death occasionally over the
'everydayness" of things, but if she
has some one thing which interests her
above all others she viii soon find
every spare moment naturally devoted
to il. Certainly, the woman who cul-
tivated the hobby of nObby. gloves is
more than busy, for before she realizes
Il she had developed an interest in
tones, colors and styles that she
wouldn't have believed possible.
Fads and hobbies differ, inasn1uch as
a fad is something transient, while a
hobby is more lasting. Who, for in
stance, would call the wearing Of
gloves a-tsd. There isn't any fad about
il, as every one knows full we'll; but
even a common. ordinary necessity
may be turned into hobby ana ridden
for all il is worth
YG, why not? The stamp of a lady
is 10 be seen in the small items of her
wearing apparel-in her boots and
gloves. for instance. Look at q we'll
dressed woman, be she rich or poor.
and you can. tell her birth and breeding
by the way she covers her hands and
feet. Take a hundred women, put
them back Of curtain, with only the
hands and feet showing, and you can
pick out the lady every time. The
smooth, well-ftting shoe and the clean,
well-itting kid glove are hers, and hers
alone.
Not any silk gloves for her. No.
thank you. She really cannot afford
them, for they not only make her hands
larger, but she considers them the most
extravagant of all wear and the most
Untidy TO the eye. She would every
whit as soon slip her feet into carpet
slippers or the old-fashioned crocheted
slippers. because the result could not
possibly be any worse. Just as surely
as the felt comfort produces a broad,
fat foot and a large, spreading ankle
does the fabric glove get in its deadly,
unsightly work.
II you don't believe me, Mrs. Doubt
ing Thomas. rise up and tell me
where the world-famed. patrician
American hand has vanished to? Can
you find any traces of il anywhere?
Gone. il is. like the roses of last
summer, and directly traceable to
the wearing Of silk and fabric gloves.
Are you doubling STILL Mrs. Skepti-
cal? Well. listen then. Not so very
long ago the European manufacturer
was obliged TO make a specially small
glove for TO other purpose in the
wide world than TO suit the American
hand. but now il has been statistically
proven that the hands OF the Ameri-
can women nave SIONn III al dfndZ-
ing fashion until her European sister
can give her cards and spades and
then win out in the bargain.
So be Il known 10 uninitiated that
fabric gloves have proven the most
disastrous fashion for the beauty of
the hands that her Majesty Queen
Fashion has seen for many blue
moon
And not only that, miladi. Do
vour hands chap and roughen, to
saw nothing Of getting red and re-
oufre q barrel Of ointment, more or
less2 Silk gloves. And how about
s-our nails9 Are they pink and
smooth-with a fine polish-and,
hove all. clean? Tell me If you can
how they can remain so with every
particle of dust and dirt penetrating
through the ~orous material and
lodging in the nail. If you'll take
The trouble TO notice you'll find the
na5f itself becomes brittle and easily
broken. SO that il will annoy you by
catching in the loosely woven threads
The French women have clung to
hid through thick and thin, and for
the hest possibIe reason in the world.
rThev nossessed the secret and fully
appiied the magic that made the
hands OF the famous beauties Of the
French court so renowned for their
yvE1iteness and eoftness- Watch the
xav little Parisienne fashion plate and
see how fenaciously she clings to her
kids at night as well as in the day
time. And the whyfore is just this
the soft inside finish Of a skin glove
is the best whitewash for the hand,