. St. Nicholas [serial]. By Mary N (OWADAYS we usel/,\ gloves only to com-plete our formaldress, or to protectour hands from cold,and, possibly, from the cuts,bruises, or scratches of certain kinds ofrough labor. But in the olden days the glove,although it served these purposes too, played avery superior part. It might almost have beencalled an important personage in those times,for on many occasions it acted instead of a per-son. Sometimes it played the part of a king orearl; sometimes it did the work of a policeman;now and then it gave away large properties,even whole towns and rich
. St. Nicholas [serial]. By Mary N (OWADAYS we usel/,\ gloves only to com-plete our formaldress, or to protectour hands from cold,and, possibly, from the cuts,bruises, or scratches of certain kinds ofrough labor. But in the olden days the glove,although it served these purposes too, played avery superior part. It might almost have beencalled an important personage in those times,for on many occasions it acted instead of a per-son. Sometimes it played the part of a king orearl; sometimes it did the work of a policeman;now and then it gave away large properties,even whole towns and rich tracts of land. Itsounds like a fairy-tale, does it not ? But it isevery word true. This is the way it came gloves were first invented, they wereused exactly as we use them now — to keep thehands warm, and to keep them from all sorts ofdisagreeable blisters, burns, and chapping. Theancient Persians wore them at a very earlyperiod, and boys and girls who have read Vir-gils ^Eneid will remember that the Ro- man pugilists wore
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