CONCERNING GLOVES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 3

CONCERNING GLOVES.

Although these arc the .days when the cheap glqves,- flourish apace, it is still exceedingly, rare: (says a writer in the "Graphic") to find a -.woman,' except very . richest classes, .who. is indeed , and in truth well-glovecl" ; and if wo take ,an .average wo shall' find- that quite ton out of . every twelve commit the unpardonable - vulgarity (speaking modistically) of'wearing gloves just one size too small for thom; and leaving ■ the top button unfastened. . .'N°w, reflection- on this point -Will convince , anyone that no error.could. well bo made,- since 'whon the hand is forced into-a-glove too small for it i presents a, squeezed-up appearance very : far • from lovely, and all beauty of .outline it may ; chance ;to. possess is! completely lost.' ' It must' be owned: that Englishwomen are the greatest ofrendersin. this respoct,- for no 'American or.i French; woman would dream of committing such, a-sartorial solocism even for a moment. ' __ Then there is the reverse side of the medal. Wo:are,.ill acquainted with tho : woman ,who,' from- mistaken motives ,of what she falsely calls /'economy;", persists in buying gloves 'a couple'.of sizes too large, the baggy and al--together ' slovenly' appearanco her hands us-ually-present being anything but edifying to . the. onlooker ; and yet .the remedy for this,' and- other ; similar errors, ! which' is a very simple one, lies in the hands of the glovebuyer herself in Imorc senses "than one. : Sho should, ask the glover to tell her the exact : size she ought to take (they are ..always willing to do this, at all good .glove shops), and t , en should buy tliatsize and : no'other. ■■'In'.;this, it is interesting to note, that' tbp' newest gloves: for spring' wear are mostly .in delicate,pastel shades:of'grey beige and ■ moiise:"\cblour'/'. 1 Suede -'is" 1 ' excellently well wprn,'and so, too, is a very fine soft make'J:6f':kid',v'while. the vory newest gloves' are. laced instead of being \';buttonedi an '.altogether: .one : which 'will particularly' Comniend'itself to the' woman without a maid. ;