CH. XVIII GLOVES 423 



driving ; light or white gloves never. If a coach- 

 man wishes to be happy, he will have large gloves, 

 easy about the wrist, and with very long fingers. If 

 they are short, the bending of the hand will pull the 

 glove against the ends of the fingers, which they 

 will tire and make perfectly numb in cold weather. 

 A glove is sometimes left unbuttoned at the wrist, 

 but this permits the glove to slip about and to 

 catch on the cuff of the coat ; it is much better to 

 have it large at the wrist, or the buttons so moved 

 as to make it easy. Some men like a thin glove, 

 but the majority of coachmen find a thick, soft 

 glove the most comfortable, and for hard work, 

 I like a soft lined glove. It is somewhat a question 

 of thin or fat hands. 



A pair of cotton, or thin woollen gloves should 

 always be carried either in the coach or in the 

 pocket of the waterproof cape, to put on over 

 the other gloves when it rains ; when wet, leather 

 gloves are slippery and most uncomfortable. 



After gloves have been wet, a thorough rubbing 

 with crown soap well worked in will make them all 

 right again. 



For cold weather there is nothing better than the 

 ordinary drab cloth box-coat, easy, but not too 

 large, double-breasted, buttoning up close in the 

 neck. It may have covered buttons to match the 

 cloth, or pearl buttons, plain and not too large. 



A cape, either of drab cloth or of some water- 

 proof material, large enough to lie outside of the 



