Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1887 — The Language of Gloves. [ARTICLE]

The Language of Gloves.

For “Yes,” drop one glove from the right hand into the left hand. “No” is said by rolling both gloves in the right hand. If you want to express that you are indifferent to a partner, take the right hand glove partly off. If you wish a male friend to follow you into the next room, strike your left arm with both gloves. “I iove you still,” is expressed by slowly and carefully smoothing both gloves. If the fair one desires to know whether her. affection is reciprocated, she is to put on half the left-hand glove, one finger at a time. “Be on your guard against the governor,” or “my mother-in-law,” as the case may be, is a message often sent, and is given by delicately twisting the glove fingers round the thumb. If the damsel is in a quarrelsome mood she simply makes a cross with both her gloves and proceeds to lay them on her lap in this position. These are the principal and most simple rules.— Pall Mall Gazette.

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