THE GLOVE BOX.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14276, 17 August 1910, Page 2

THE GLOVE BOX.

"Wear new gloves in summer because of the light, cleaned gloves will 'hi for winter/' was the advice of a leader ol fashion who rightly regarded a weligloved Land as the indispensable accompaniment to a smart gown. Yet now many at the first touch of warm weather yield to the temptation to slovenly ease where hand covering is concerned. There is even a tendency to discord gloves at the least excuse, forgetting, •that though carrying a pair seems to souk! minds a propitiation of the conventionalities, it does not serve to shield the holder from sunburn, freckles and risk of gnat bites. The discomfort of a damp, hot hand cased in kid and the ruination consequently ensuing is, of course, at the root of much ill-gloved, ungloved, untidiness. But a policy of despair v. h:eh results m a box of stained, crumpled, unsavoury suedes and glaccs. with an alternative of unfashionable lisle silks, and cottons has r.o excuse when modern inventiveness lias provided as such admirable washing varieties lor ivory day occasions. Foremost oi these, for morning wear, arc th,_- many preparations of soft-dressi d leather. Tin; ordinary chamois is at once cheapest and coolest. This is cleaned by careful ablution in tepid suds while worn on the hands rightsale >uit. It is important to refrain I'roni any save the gentlest rubbing, as when wet, weak spnts almost inttamly get fretted to holes. Several waters are required, but ev.en the last must be a little latherv. or in drvin" the loath r will shrink and become harsh. Slightly squeeze the gloves on the hands, and in drawing oh keep the ling, rs well open. Drving should be tttadlial. in the sun or bv mild heat, with a strci -lung «D to shape and plial,;l t\ i'l'om time to time. Gloves for p.pc-ehiymg are subjected to the same washing process. \\ )„.,, s t;l| „. L>t _ ],„„._ rver. they must he transferred to giovc-troos then whitened. These look well enough for unpretentious dav wear, but in contact with garments are -apt to shed their superfluity of whiti mint in n disconcerting wav A similar difiieulty, only—so to sav—ily other way about, confronts those woo Slo k to piesenve delicate kid in lie'- «cither by liberal interior appliea- \-< <-.\ Fionoh chalk. Should the genes lie removed lor any cause, the Ini-ei-nails mid the skin surrounding -•'■."! «''l! b.- iound full of a powdorv v.lutejiess which flecking and rubbin'o'Vitu a handkerchief wili eertainlv not remove.

loKsi.ily the most Satisfactorv solutoii el tliu problem of the summer glove lor more ceremonial purposes, is ■ hat washable kind now made witli a pace .'iinsii by the best firms in Finland and on the Continent, Although tne initial cost is not low these makes '■earing as they do repeated surface washings with a piece of flannel rubbed on Uistillian . V) ap, are really cheap »i too em! An there is no saturation "I material, both shape and lustre are ii tamed in a manner wholly satisfying to the most fastidious. Scented gloves are the crownlm" luxury of the exquisite. Gloves devised to stand the oi-den! of soap and water it is hardly ncossary to say, are without this pleasing finish. Yet the perfume beloved by a refined taste need not lack il the glove-box has its equipment of frequently renewed sachets and the content* of an occasional dustover with scented French chalk Let it be remembered, thourdi. there is the correct and incorrect fragrance Gloves to conform to la mode should be-re-dolent of Russia leather. Peati d'Ks pagne, orris root, sandalwood or cedar