Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1884 — A Glove on Dean Stanley’s Head. [ARTICLE]

A Glove on Dean Stanley’s Head.

The late Dean Stanley, says London Truth, is said to have rarely made a gesture while preaching, a fact which probably gave rise to the following amusing anecdote: One day, after morning service, he asked his wife if she had noticed the intensity with which the congregation had gazed upon him during the sermon. “How could they help it, my dear,” said Lady Augusta, “when one of your gloves was on the top of your head the whole time ?” The Dean, having taken off his hat before entering the pulpit, the glove had fallen on his head, and, as he stood quite still jvhile preaching, there it remained.