Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1912 — Gloves and Thimbles. [ARTICLE]

Gloves and Thimbles.

“One of the hardest things for shoppers to iearn is that the size of gloves and thimbles do not coincide.” said a salesman. “If the woman who wears a No. 6 glove asks her husband to buy a thimble for her she tells him to get a No. 6 thimble. If he takes that size the chances are it will only stick on the tip of her little finger. She needs a No. 8. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, for in thimbles, as in gloves, there are great differences in the make, and a great deal depends too, upon the peculiarities of the hand. But, as a rule, thimbles run about two sizes larger than gloves."