Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-12
SILK GLOVES
FOR ALL
OCCASIONS

~ you remember when you sorrr
how associated the wearing
SILK gloves With OLD Iadisa
general and rather fuFsy Ola ladisa p
particular? n you we're yogug 49,
prided yourself on yOur smart frsrsfr \
you would sooner have gone gisvela-
than to have donnef Rioyoa ~ srtI
Just why you felt this way So ls had
% Bay. SIX st0ckinRr carried oo su,
0diurn or diEtinctiou. And surely So
gloves have always hHf good deu
In their favor for warm weather vea
Cotton gloves, ~ course re thought
ss-~wsll. something that you w1uIS q,
durs braysly n you were reduced
them. They were ssF1ciH'ed vI'h
last Btares towurf ths poorhouss n p
minds of most ~ 49,
Then France began q wssr fahr
gloves ana gradually ws discover,
that they we're more easily Washed . r
cooler than wash charnoir or doe~g b.
gloves But no best thing that eve
happened 70 silk gloves or cotton fst
rio gloves wos ths fact mar bseauv q
% tho var their price went - r..
tho FIRST time people vera willing
try them without feeling 'hat r, aoir =
nous econ nrny Nor~avar hsirr 90
noriosl has CONS high IN favo- sim
Tho var Now although sTk glove
cost probably very Heels esq fhs, Va
gloves dif before ths var s.u ~
gloves hsvs gone soaring 70 tba, ~.
are IN the category ~ lur7irisr
Recently ths rovarrrn~-t nr- .ske-
over an enormous part % ~. o,,.r,,. \,
rnsnufsctur. ~ gloves THIS qor.
thing 10 likely 70 70 on. in Ts~t. I, rns
so on 70 such an er,ent tha, ~. H.
% leather Or kid FOR civilian purpos.s
will cease entirely This sor. ~ ias,b.,
~ u."f for avistor's vests tor various
sorts of gloves FOR th~ soldier ana ~
h~i-nsss
Ch~>r up che silk glove 7nayer- ~ y.
Sspt snreH-t ~ The tirnss ana now
have sufficient variety ~ fhair outr,,,
80 tnht tney ran supply you with 4
glove for sverv 0rna sion
Perhaps tn srnartest alTh gloves -
street wsar are thoa- ~ heavy vra--
"eave. They ar maze ~ vsrfous zood
shades. suitable - wear vitb an
street frock They fartsn nth snap
saEtensrs, ono large one. usually. under
y DIX sThF DeAFi NtsC.
~ ths white gloves thors stitched
with black are snartas-. Thav come
IN various styles Some have h-s7-.
rows of wide stitching down a.. bnes
Some have tiny plea%ad -uffier or black
oiped white ~ tha wrists. some rho.v
narrow black tracings On tha back snr
some arc stitched with black. BLACK
fastenings add further 20 thar smart
ness.
Tn spite OF rNA p-.rfce.on of r>,~ "a
turn oc snort sleeves for stree. war
We do not yss So mary az sn~Yn- Bui
the shops are prepared 20 orr.r sTboz
length glove. ana ionrsr oras. too ,,
wear with shorr-ele~vsd srockn rN.-,
are nowadays made 40 thar sr, ~,
objection that = tain arm looked fafrf-
skinny IN long white glove e over
come. Indeed. the honiest m may 3.
successfully camouhaEed r one of rhl
new gloves. They are made with If-tl
clusters " pin -ucks. some ~ them
and others with wider tucks from
wrist 70 elbow. This a-ransernent r
tuclSs satisfactorily conceaIs the chin
ness Of the arms Tt makes the glove
quite IS becoming As lid ones. yvhict
naturally wrinkle instead II puIllnl
themselves straight and smooth as sil'
ones usually insist on doing.
Other long gloves are covered wit
embroidery, n white silk Althouz.
these are rather "eussy" looking. -.l
there are occasions when they Too.
very well. The mbroidery breaks th
smooth -expanse Of silk and 50 make
the arm appear plump.