The San Francisco call., 1905-04-09

as every woman ought to know full
well. for surely al some time or other
you must have noticed how soft and
satiny the hands feel after drawing
of pair of snug, warm gloves.
Surely all this should be reason
enough for relegating the fabric glove
TO the darkest Granny in the closet, but
If II isn't, listen to this and be prop
erly convinced: The most potent fac
tor-style-the arbitrator of fashion
herself, has so willed it. The penalty
has been paid and for fear OF mon
strous red, chapped hands, her fiat
has gone forth. No more silk gloves
no more Isle gloves-no more cotton
gloves. It's pretty hard, l know, con-
sidering the comfort that has been de-
rived from their reign, but as long as
you might just about as well be dead
as out Of the fashion / don't see any
other way than tc have your weep and
blindly follow the leader.
In way It's shame, just as every
thing is elbow sleeves, because that is
the one beauty cf silk gIoves-at the
time Of purchase they are deeper than
the mousquetaires, though thea do not
wear as well nor look half the glove
-in the long run. Still for night or so
they are presentable, though, of course,
there is nothing like the soft delicious
ly clinging kid glove whose special
mission on earth seems TO be to show
of the beauties of a beautiful hand
and to moderate the defects of a poor
ly shaped one.
And there is one more reason,
though II is state secret and has
never before been given away Milford
OF creation hGd a peculiar aversion to
the loose, sloppy silk and never was
quite happy when it was an absolute
necessity for them to be in evidence
But he is quite ct peace with himself
and the world in general now, for once
again may Mr. Man stretch forth his
hand and hold the soft prettily- -gloved
hand In his without feeling that
creepy, E-iserable sensati ton that the
touch of silk produces on so many peo-
pie.
You needn't worry in the least about
this change in style and fear that you
Will be woefully behind the times. for
there are SO many fashions that You
cannot help, but be correct If you stick
closely 10 suede and glace. Some are
more elaborate than others, to be sure
but the plain mousquetaire, buttoned
in various lengths and wrinkIed above
The wrists are not always fetching.
but decidedly pretty and comforta bic. a.
we'll
The Empress Eugene is glove that
IS awfully smart and rather too high
IN price 10 become ordinary, for 1t is
embroidered in silk. silver and gold
bullion and looks as though it were
meant for royal occasions only Well.
perhaps il was-at any rate, you may
be pretty certain that they will never
be common and that every woman
who wears them must have pocket
book royal in depth TO match the
length of the glove.
The gloves that are the smartest are
made OF white pique kid, with black
suede cuffs, embroidered in white for
get-ne-nots in combination with
lovers knot-Paris point backs,
with black sewing. Swagger. Yes,
too much so for anything In fact,
they are the most fetching glove on
the market with but one exception,
and that is the white glove that boasts
an Alexandra cuff And this is moth
ing more or less than detachable cuff
made Of suede. with gold braid and
two large gold buttons by way, of or
nament- The glove itself is just an
ordinary one-clasp affair, but il pos
sesses two patent snappers on the top
of each glove and this is the way the
cuffs remain in place, and are changed
to match or contrast with any frock
But gloves of all sorts and descrip-