Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1915 — Debutantes Are Leaving Off Their Long Gloves [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Debutantes Are Leaving Off Their Long Gloves

- ) ) . t ... THE debutantes this season are not wearing long white kid gloves to dances; in fact, they are hardly wearing them at all. There are many reasons given for this. Some say that Mme. Bakhmeteff, wife of the Russian ambas-

sador, seldom wears gloves, and if she does wear them to a party she removes them shortly after arriving. Mme. Dumba, wife of the ambassador of Austria-Hungary, also frequently is seen without gloves. At a dinner-dance recently at the Army and Navy club a debutante of this season pulled off her gloves and remarked that if Mme. Bakhmeteff could “get away with it," she could. Her lead was followed by everyone dancing in the place.

The two debutante daughters of Postmaster-General and Mrs.. Burleson never wear gloves to dances, and Genevieve Clark often appears without long white gloves. \ v ... Of course, the fashion of having long tulle sleeves in evening gowns ha© much to do with it, for a short glove looks awkward and a lona one is w necessary. It has been said that since women are taking their knitting to the theaters and to dances and everywhere else, gloves are useless for them; then to© the increaseo cost of imported gloves may play a small part in It At the hops at the Military academy and the Naval. acapdmy wa« J* th© dancers wear long kid glovep.