The sun., 1908-12-27

aslEed for and cay, This style win cost yot
two or three dollars extra q dozen, the re
tailers begin 70 hedge and shake thetl
heads and finally they viii decide that
their customers win not be willing 10 pay
an extra quarter or half dollar pair, and
that il Ia too much Of q risk 70 Iey. In
stock Of anything but the palmer styles.
AThis is what happens to the designs
trimmed only little on the back. What
would happen II we sent out gloves en-
brodered on the CUTS and trimmed up
with handsome laces and fringes and
which would cost at Least twice as much
as plain gloyes7
HNo. the experiment has not been tried
We manufacturers are afraid to try 1t.
The head Of another French glove oon-
cern which has almost monopoly OF the
private order work Of this country "
also Of the opinion that New York women
are inclined to parBimony when buying
gloves, but he thinks there are fndica-
tions that gloves OF ornate design are on
over here. The factory OF this concern
is in the Auvergne mountains and every
thing sold over the counters in theNew
York store Is imported from France.
Designs long, short, middling, In hundreds
Of different shades, are included In the
stock. nevertheless the number OF private
orders received in any one week during
coming from all over the United States.
Not infrequently mail orders from
Texas. Mexico. California and Maine. en-
closing bit Of silk, satin or cloth a.
guide to color. can be matched from the
stock. 0ftener. however. they cant pe
filled from the stock for the reason that
the particular shade wanted may not be
included among gloves Of the. number
and length asEed for. Catawba, wis.
terra, taupe, certain pastel shades and
variations Of mauve perhaps can be had
| only by buying a. white skin to match the
sample. and this by the>way. 10 very
delicate and difficult process, for the aye
must be kept from pe%&sstErathns %str TN so.ts 70 .hs
care LIQUID dyes are brushed over the
surface, distributed 80 evenly that no
slightest streak will mar the uniformity
of tint.
This is one reason" said the manager,
why gloves made TO order cost from
forty 70 fifty per cent. more than gloves
bought from the stock. | do not consider
| the New York woman at all extravagant
in gloves, butlI have discovered that she
is exceedingly particular about fit and
color Generally speaking, IL is almost az
hard to sell five dollar pair OF gloves as
it is for fur dealer to sell ei 900 coat
or costumer to cell $500 gown. In
London. Paris and Berlin society women
of gloves at a time-a dozen each at least
for street, carriage and evening wear.
Few Americans buy more than one dozen
pairs at time.
"Rich Europeans seldom buy other
than the best qualities. Americans will
! the odds and ends Of the poorest grades
OF skins dumped by the large factories
into the small shops found in a certain
quarter Of Paris and which are badly cut
and worse made. Or at well known shops
they will buy seconds and thirds kept in
stock purposely to please purchasers
who can't or won't AFFORD hrsts but who
expect to get the same at. finish and wear
from a one dollar as a two dollar glove.
Once in while lady will walk In here
and ask to exchange second grade gloves
bought at our Paris store and which we
don't import at all for the reason that
we can't afford 10 sell them over here,
tho duty on cheap and hign grade gloves
alike being SO per cent.
Il had an idea we were breaking in the
rich women over here TO spending more
generously for gloves, but 30 far they
stop short of ordering extravagantly
of the very best plain grades, let alone
OF encouraging largely the manufacture
OF fancy varieties; Strange 70 say, We se.
than from New York, most OF these being
in fancy colors to match gowns and ern-
broidered little on the back and part
way up the arm with contrasting or har-
n.onizing shades. Gloves trimmed up
the arm with bands Of white kid. each band
finished with n button. have received
far more attention in lother cities than
they have in New York. One year ago
they were not worn at all
! aftis a question whether were glovefnan-
ufacturers to. put on the market as many
varieties of fancy gloves as there are
varieties OF fancy silk stockings the wear
ing of fancy gloves at comparatively
high prices would become as much
Of a habit as the wearing Of fancy. high
priced hosiery is. So far no manufao-
turer has put the question to a test. The
experiment might prove too costly.