Show I end Iueroelure or nloes 11 I The custom wearing glove Is 1 try I ancient but their use waa not common nmong alt chalice until the mlclJI age when gloves became a necessary part of tho costume of both men and women At that period glares were often embroidered with gold and all rev and 1 richly ornamented with Jewel They were then used 11 njrmbol of ninny thing A knight would wear n glove ppanglrd with pearl fastened on his helmet nt n tournament an n sign of favor from conic fair lady to throw down the glove it the feet of n rival wax lonslilered a challenge to Fight a duel and other slgnlncatlona I were familiar to tho people of thoie days 1 The manufacture of glove I II one of the most Important Industrie of Europe 1 at the present time It la I estimated es-timated that no Iras than 2000000 dot en pair of glove are rondo annually and In the town of Irenoble In Trance tills work alone give employment to 30000 people Tho above estimate doet not Include the vast quantities of ordl I nary woven gloves of cotton Bilk or other fabric but only those made of fine kin Now York Times I |