Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-01-17
her CLOVES

Sometimes" said the pretty young
woman with a sigh, cit is dreadfully
lard to remember that one is per-
ect lady! There are occasions when
t would be such relief to be just
ordinarily vulgar and able to say what,
1ou think. Not that one ever gains
lnything by expressing ones opinion
except relief to an overcharged soul.
The last time my soul was over.
charged was when bought these long
black kid gloves"
'They are mighty pretty gloves"
,aid the young man who was listening,
'eaching for one of them in an absent
minded way.
"No black dressed kid glove is pref
.y," returned the girl calmly, as she
;killfully removed the glove-with her
land 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-
ters, but it is tragedy to the rest of
| u.s."
81 like you in short sleeves" said
The young man. "Your arm"
ut isn't the sleeves I'm objecting
to-" the young woman interrupted.
Its the gloves to meet the sleeves.
II was in hurry when l ordered
these" she continued, $50 l told the
clerk that my size was No. 6A and to!
send them. When they came 1 began
to have doubts. One hates to pay
$3.50 for gloves and not have them At.
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
"1 shall have to give you your
money back she said languidly. 7
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. Il knew l was not sylphlike.
but had never before considered my
self as belonging to the Brobdingnagian
class. So went to another store. I
asked for two sizes larger, and while
they were pretty loose 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 I wore my new
u gloves the thumb seam pulled out in
n spite of their being very loose. Indig-
nantly 1 marched back. l was going
to spread the gloves out before the
man at the complaint desk, remark
that l had worn them just once and
then wait to see remorse and guilt
overspread his face. When he had
sufficiently groveled l was going to
permit him tremblingly to give me an
order for a new pair so as to save the
reputation of the store.
There were few bitches in my
scheme. In the first place, the stage
settings were not right. Instead of
clear space and an attentive man I
found a crowd of 20 or 80 women
fighting to get at a grim-looking indi-
vidual inclosed in a little cage. They
all clutched long gloves, mostly black,
and they all talked at once. On sort
of tidal wave found myself swept up
to him. was gasping for breath and
just waved the gloves feebly at him
l forgot my speech, though l did MUIR
muir something about new gloves.
ut seemed to electrify him. He shot
a baleful glare at me and growled out
iii sort of ascending roar: New
gloves! Certainly not! Where would
our profits be if l gave all these wo-
men new gloves? Certainly we don't
guarantee long gloves, madam. know
we do guarantee short ones, but never
the long ones. Sorry. Just your bad
luck to get pair that tore out, but
We'll mend EN-
"They mended them and they tore
worse and then they set in a little
piece and l waited two weeks for
them to do it and now they're just
patched gloves. And they skimp on
the kid so they won't go up over my
arm right and it's just horrid anyhow,
and think somebody ought to do
something about it!
II will" said the young man prompt
ly. "I'll promise to buy you brand
new gloves whenever you want them