The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-03-12
HER CLOVES

nara 10 remember that one Is a per.
tect lady! There are occasions when
~ would be such a relief to be Just
ordinarily vulgar and able to say what
you think. Not that one ever gains
anything by expressing ones opinion
except relief to an overcharged soul
The last time my soul was over.
charged was when l bought these long
black kid gloves"
Ihey are mighty pretty gloves"
said the young man who was listening
reaching for one of them in an absent.
minded way.
NO black dressed kid glove is pref.
ty," returned the girl calmly, as she
skillfully removed the glove-with her
hand inside-from his grasp. Gloves
used to be merely one item In a girls
expense account, but nowadays YOU
buy your seasons supply Of gloves
and then If you have any money left
over you purchase dresses and hats
and inexpensive things like that. This
short-sleeved rage may be sending the
glove manufacturers wives to Europe
and buying diamonds for their daugh-
tiers, but it is tragedy to the rest Of
u.s."
i Ike you in short sleeves" said
the young man. Your arm"
1T isn't the sleeves I'm Directing
to-" the young woman interrupted.
TITS the gloves to meet the sleeves,
Il was In hurry when ordered
these" she continued, 80 / told the
clerk that my size was No. 81 and to
send them. When they came began
to have doubts. One hates to pay
$3.50 for gloves and not have them fit.
So carried them back and asked to
have them tried on. They proved alto
gether too small. The naughty person
waiting on me looked me over with
cold contempt at having exposed my
vanity in trying to wear gloves not big
enough for me. 1t made no difference
that had worn 6A gloves all my life.
for / could tell by her sniff that she
/ felt that she had unmasked me. She
| tried on a larger size and the top but
ton would not button.
4 shall have to give you your
money back, she said languidly. I
have nothing -ah-large enough for
you"
"Ridiculous!" cried the young man,
making another attempt to examine
the glove with the hand inside.
Eyes, wasn't it?" agreed the young
woman. 81 knew was not sylphlike,
but I had never before considered my
self as belonging to the Brobdingnagian
class. So went to another store.
asked for two sizes larger, and while
they were pretty loose l didn't mind
that for winter wear felt quite
soothed because this clerk fitted me
without acting in the least as though
she was performing any herculean
feat.
well, the first time wore my new
gloves the thumb seam pulled out in
spite Of their being very loose. Indig
nantly | marched back. was going
to spread the gloves out before the
man at the complaint desk, remark
that / had worn them just once and
then wait to see remorse and gull
overspread his face. When he hat
sufficiently groveled was going t.
permit him tremblingly to give me al
order for a new pair so as to save the
reputation of the store.
"There were a few bitches in m!
scheme. In the first place, the stag
settings were not right Instead o
a clear space and an attentive man
found a crowd of 20 or 80 womel
fighting to get at a grim-looking indi
yidual inclosed in little cage. The.
all clutched long gloves, mostly black
and they all talked at once. On a sor
of tidal wave / found myself swept u
to him. was gasping for breath ant
just waved the gloves feebly at him
, / forgot my speech, though ! did mul
muir something about new gloves.
at seemed to electrify him. He sho
a baleful glare at me and growled GU
in a sort of ascending roar: "NeN
gloves! Certainly not! Where woul
our profits be if l gave all these We
men new gloves? Certainly we don
guarantee bng gloves, madam. | kno'
we do guarantee short ones, but neve
the long ones. Sorry. Just your ba
luck to get pair that tore out, bu
, we'll mend EN-.
, "They mended them and they tor
worse and then they set in httl
niece and / waited two weeks &c
J them to do 1t and now they're JUS
matched gloves. And they skimp o
the kid so they won't go up over m
t arm right and it's just horrid anyhow
and | think somebody ought to d
something about it,"
81 will" said the young man promp
w. "Tll promise to buy you BRAN
new gloves whenever you want thel
II You'll only say you'll marry
e "Pooh!" said the girl, and she an
$ pled and turned pink, IF | couldn
5 manage a proposal all by itself wit
out mixing it up with stray chan'
/ like a glove story"
!. ut takes mighty intelligent perso
J. 10 know a chance when he sees It
s said the young man.
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