Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) GLOVE LORE [Illustration] THE PARIS GLOVE STORE S. W. LAIRD & CO. 390 MAIN STREET BUFFALO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Copyrighted 1897._ OTIS H. KEAN & CO., Compilers and Publishers Advertising Literature, Buffalo, N. Y. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] _Introductory._ In presenting our Brochure on fall and winter gloves, it occurred to us that a few facts bearing upon the historical phase of the subject would not be amiss, and, though necessarily brief, we trust may prove interesting to our readers. Our display of gloves for the present season shows the same characteristic excellence which has always been our aim, and a range of style and variety calculated to meet the requirements of the most exacting buyer. We feel that in point of prices there is no need to make mention, since a liberal patronage is the truest indication of our policy in this regard, and we can promise in the future the same “sterling worth” we have given in the past. Attention is also called to our corset department, in the belief, that for the lady who has not yet worn the Fascia Corset there awaits a real revelation, the extent of which she can appreciate, only when once encircled by the graceful curves of this, The Queen of all corsets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _The Birth of the Glove._ [Illustration] _“’Tis as I should entreat you, wear your glove.”_ —_Othello_. The first pair of gloves of which we have any record was the covering of skins which Jacob wore upon his hands to deceive his blind father, and it is a singular fact, that these hand-coverings, then used for deception and treachery, came in time to be a pledge of faith, a token of fidelity all over the world. The glove is unique in its universal use to symbolize good faith, from the Oriental custom of giving the purchaser a glove at the transfer of property, to its use as a love favor and a challenge. Some authorities say that the use of gloves as a protection to the hands was known to the cave-dwellers. However this may be, it certainly was to the Romans and Greeks. [Illustration]