MEN—AFTERNOON DRESS. Undressed kid gloves of a dark color are worn.
MEN-BALLS. Men should always wear gloves at all balls, in summer or winter, in town or city.
MEN-CALLING ON WOMEN. Gloves need not be removed at a formal or brief call.
MEN-DANCES. Gloves should be worn at formal dances, and should be put on before entering the room.
MEN-HIGH TEA. Men do not wear gloves.
MEN-MOURNING. Black or dark-colored gloves should be worn.
MEN—SHAKING HANDS. At weddings, operas, or dances, and on all very formal occasions, men wear gloves. In shaking hands with women on these occasions gloves should not be removed.
If a hostess wears gloves at any formal affair, a man wears his when he shakes hands with her.
A man with hands gloved should never shake hands with a woman without an apology for so doing, unless she likewise wears gloves. A sudden meeting, etc., may make a hand-shaking in gloves unavoidable. Unless the other party is also gloved, a man should say: "Please excuse my glove."
WOMEN. Gloves should always be worn on the street.