Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-15
FANTASTIC GLOVES.
Enormous Mother of-Pearl Buttons Are
Used on Modish Hand Coverings

Written for The Evening Star.
Perhaps it Is due to the distinctly femi-
nine superstition that new pair of gloves
worn ON Easter day will insure miladi S
happiness during the coming season, per-
haps it is merely her own fondness for a
Unlocking hand to match her Easter
hat but certain it is that that break of the
Lenten fast loses half its pleasure If she
fails to sport a brand new pair of kids when
churchward bent on the spring feast day.
And experimenting this pair, a box flied to
the brim with the latest hand-coverings
usually stands on her dressing table at
home.
There never was year when a correctly
gowned woman needed so many pairs of
gloves as she will during the warm months
of 1905. Dame Fashion has sent forth a
positive decree that gloves must match the
frock, and this Is as true of elbow and
shoulder kids as it is of ordinary walking
gloves. AS a consequence, Misunderstanding
gloves have given place to soft kids of
every imaginable shade with markings on
the back in self-toned silk or in the same
shade of leather applique with fine stitch
ing.
Buttons rather than clasps continue to be
the smart fastening and mother-of-pear
buttons the size of a 10-cent piece are popu-
lar the softer shades of kid. Buttons in
imitation of genuine pearls of medium size
are employed as fastenings on fancy and
more expensive gloves. Buttons covered
with kid to match the gloves are also
shown.
White Stitching on Back.
On the backs of white or black gloves
there Is a decided vogue for black or white
stitchings, and the glace kid has not fallen
off one whit in popularity. Black glace
gloves show three lines of white silk stitch
ing half an inch in width and lining of
white kid in the wrists. Long black kids.
so stunning for wear with short-sleeved
frocks, have three rows of white feather
stitching on the backs and not infrequently
a design embroidered in white silk between
elbow and wrist. Black suede gloves also
show white stitchings White glace kids
are embroidered with three rows OF black
stitching intercepted by tiny diamond
shaped figures. Long white kids are inset
with medallions of real lace, the kid being
cut out from underneath to show the pink
flesh of the arm. The costliness oe these
long white gloves can be greatly reduced
IL q woman will save the uppers when the
fingers wear out, and have her glove maker
fasten them to pair Of new hands plainly
or with embroidery or inserts OF lace.
Colored gloves are decorated in all sorts
of fantastic ways. One exclusive shop Is
showing gloves with wide scaI'ops around
the wrist, from under which extends an
other row of ScallopS In a contrasting shade
of leather. Wide silk stitchings in seaf-tone
on the backs are outlined with silk of the
same shade as the under-scallop OF kid.
Giace kids which reach half way to the ell
bow are lined TO the three-buton opening
with supple kid of some other delicate
color A pair of pink gloves has a tihing of
pale blue kid with pale blue stitchings on
the back. Baby-blue gloves are lined In
the same way with pale lavender kid. Many
of the fancy gloves have buttonholed Sits
in the lower part of the third and fourth
fingers to allow diamond or pearl ring set
tings to show when the glove is On the
hand.
For rough wear the gauntlet glove with
faring wrist will be the favori.a OF this
years athletic girl. Some of these have a
snap hook purse on the edge In which 10
keep small change Onion brown is at pres
ent their popular shade.