Evening star., 1914-04-26

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bled by one of two things.
Her gloves either shrink or
else they stretch.
This condition is not literally so
nowadays. The process of making
chamois and doeskin gloves has been
much improved since they were first
| introduced. But it was a literal con-
dition several years ago.
"Oh, 1 never wear chamois or doeskin
gloves" one woman would say. for
| after their first washing 1 cannot get
them on
II never wear them another would
say. because they stretch so dread
| fully"
| Careful washing obviates either
stretching or shrinking. Find out the
| tendency OF your gloves. and then
| counteract It,
The first time you wash them. blow
| into the gloves to pun out the fingers.
| Then lay them on a towel near an open
| window. When they are dry, look
| them over.
| II they have stretched SO that they
| look big and wrinkled when you put
| them on. the next time you wash them
| don't blow them out. Instead. squeeze
| them into little ball. Then dry them
quickly near heat
II they have shrunk. fill them with
| rice on the second washing and hang
| them in a shady window.
Whatever the tendency Of the gloves
| the method of washing is the same.
Use water that is just warmer than
chilly. Make it soapy with CASTLE or
| immerse the gloves in it. Cover the
| soiled places with soap and rub them
| in the hands Rinse them in fresh.
| soapy water.
ing a tablespoonful of olive oil to the
basinful of water in which the gloves
are rinsed.
But whatever little variations on the
original method may be found ex-
pedient. the water must never be really
warm and it must always be soft and
soapy. If these two essentials are re-
membered and observed. no one need
have trouble with chamois or doeskin
gloves.
There is to the best doeskin or chamois
gloves the objection that they are not
suitable for wear with afternoon or even
ing frocks They are Vet too heavy, too
loose. for that. Perhaps in some future
time they will be different.
Now the glovemakers have supplied
a wash glove that is made of glace or
new process and there has been such
demand for these gloves that the manu-
facturers have been taken by surprise.
Some OF the stores cannot get their orders
for the gloves filled. It is said that this
is the first glove of American make that
has sold extensively in Europe. but the
European ehopkeepers have been quick
in taking up this new wash glove.
So far it is success. 1t looks like an
ordinary kid giove-either tan or white.
as the case may be. In each pair Of
gloves there are specific directions for
washing them, and II these directions are
carefully followed the gloves wash quite
successfully.
In spite OF the chamois and doeskin and
probably in spite of the new wash kid
there are always warm weather advo-
Gates Of silk gloves
One objection to silk gloves is that they
wear out very quickly. Another 10 that
the long silk gloves make the arm look
ptnehed and thin. Last summer gloves
with tucks running around the arm were
sold. and these served to give the arm
a plumper appearance. Sometimes. too. il
Is possible to get silk gloves long enough
and big enough to wrinkle from the wrist
to the elbow, and these are more attract-
i've than those that are literally skin
tight.
The tucked or loose glove is one rem
edy for their defect Of making the arm
look thin. Careful washing helps remedy
the other defect-their tendency to wear
out quickly.
To begin with. always hang the gloves
when they are drying by the finger tips.
Pin the ups to a cloth and hang them
wrists or arms downward. This posi-
ton makes the water run away from the
finger tips-the parts that always wear.
II the water runs into the finger tips it
is held there By their thickness and it
rots the silk.
Another thing to remember in washing
silk gloves. II they are white. 10 never
to use very warm water. It turns the
silk yellow. They should not be dried in
the sunshine. but in the shade, as fur
ther preventive of yellowness