The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
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TEARS AND PLEAD1NGs AVAIL
/ I NOT AT THE SHOP. sEa.,sa. =
Fashion DEGREES Elbow Sleeves and
Only Long Gloves Gan Be Worn, Yet
Not a Pair Is on Hand and Factories
Are swaanped With Orders-No Re-
lief in Sight. - : ~ ays

There is waiting list Of more than
and lists almostias long have been mada
by the glove clerks in the department.
stores. "a woman, whose name, isssnsa
one Of these lists, may hopesto> put the
finishing touch to her spring suit ami
don pair Of long silk gloves before tie
summer is over. AS for. the woman
whose name is not on the list, ! it is
dollars to doughnuts that she will go
gloveless. LIZ LIZ ss,x x+ ats:s& X n & III.
glove market Fl 0'c Nobody is siong ''sand
any merchant would give tcrate3 of
Strawberries If he could discover .
hidden supply somewhere. The. fem
mime cry Of "Gloves!' Long silk
gloves!5 rings in, his ears from
morning to night until from night to
morning he must dream that she has
been able to. supply all Minneapolis
with the desired hand covering, and
that the grateful women have erected
a; statue to him In Loring park. r.. =,
She Wants Them Now.
Every woman in e2sUnited States
wants a. pair of long gloves and she
wants them now. But for once fem
mime wishes, even American feminine
wishes, must 90 ungratifed, for the
factories cannot begin to supply the de-
mand even if they work night and day.
There are only two large factories Of
silk gloves In the United States, and
they have 3,400 customers. If the
manufacturers, were able. to- send, ten
dozen, Swhich@is very infant Of an
order, to each store represented on their
thousands of gloves had been made and
yet no impression would be felt ON the
demand.
The manufacturers are showing no
Partially and they distribute their
gloves. a dozen here and dozen there,
while buyers from every. city in the
United States, with certified checks in
their pockets, lie In wait like hungry
tigers with plump child in the Jungle,
dozens of gloves. No new orders are
being accepted, and the manufacturers
would be satisfied if they could fill
those that we're sent in months ago.
Already all the gloves they can make
from now until October have been sold.
The earthquake in San Francisco made
other articles of apparel more neoes-
sary there than long gloves, and it is
expected that those destined for
" F'risco' will be distributed in other
places. One store in Minneapolis,
Francisco, expects to. reap a glove
harvest.
. Dye Works Well. -. 49,"
Every device has been. tried to
crafty this feminine fancy and the
dainty. pink, blue, and green gloves,
for which there is no demand, have
been given a, sable hath from which
they emerged as black. as crows. En-
vious women who were unable to get
/ them declared they would rather go
gloveless than have dyed gloves: ?" Bet
ter crooked hands than no 5g1oves,'7
valiantly replied the s,wearers WHO had
been clever enough TO- think that all
black gloves. were once white. 80 - =
Three or four years ago it was fore
told that long gloves: would be the
fashion and the, merchants bought
dozens and DOZENS. There: was no de-
mand for them and the foolish mer-
chant gave away. what he, could not
sell. Today the wise merchant, who
made neat little packets of his IN
. sold gloves. and, packed them in his
/ storeroom, is ;reaping. the reward of
his. foresight: and is selling those four:
year::old gloves as fast, asa clerk Gan
do them up. -, ,.. :. A'% H. 80 "l.FS
Even Kids Are Scarce.Hs,s,4a 4
The long kid gloves are almost . as
scarce as the silk. ~, =. - "a +,.s4,sl
:, There seems to be absolutely nothing
possess her soul with patience OF buy
a pair Of mitts. The stores. still have
plenty Of mitts, both black and white,
but they will not have them long. for
the mitt story promises to be a1repeti-
ton Of the glove tale. ~. :. .
"Fudge,' mutters the scornful man,
but 1t is not fudge at all and if fashion
eut off his coat sleeves and only per,
elbow he would have TO- decide whether
he" would walk the streets: with I'M:
covered arms or sulk at home and be.
rate the manufacturers for not antici:
pating the extraordinary demand fo1
long gloves. :, -. r@...