Wearing Gloves

A young woman should of course wear gloves with a full evening dress to any kind of an evening entertainment.

On taking one's seat at a dinner table or a card table one may remove one's gloves, but not until then; and at the theater or opera, gloves should be worn throughout the performance and during the evening.

A man  wears light or white kid gloves to the opera, dances, a reception, or any other formal evening entertainment, except a dinner.

It is usual to remove one's gloves when eating supper at an evening affair, unless merely a cup of boullion or an ice may be chosen, and then there would be no impropriety in keeping on one's gloves.

A man wears gloves when calling, and removes them just before or just after entering the parlor. Tan gloves may be worn at all hours of the day; white or pearl ones are proper in the evening, when calling, or at any place of amusement.

No matter how long one's gloves are, they should be entirely taken of at supper, and be resumed again upon returning to the drawing-room or after using the finger bowls, and before arising from the feast.

To wear gloves while playing cards is an affectation of elegance.

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