Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — When Gloves Became Popular. [ARTICLE]

When Gloves Became Popular.

Although worn before, gloves did not find favor with women until the fourteenth centry, when they were always in evidence. If not on the hands, in them or carried stuck in the girdle, the stitching that made the fingers extending far down the back of the hand and finished off with fancy stitch and embroidery, the gauntlet often jeweled, the whole glove perfumed.