Glove Compartment

I was just thinking last night of how different the world must have been back when the automobile was invented. It just seems more civilised. Consider the fact that they even took consideration for where the driver would store their driving gloves when not using them.

I just looked at the expression "Glove Compartment" in a whole new way yesterday, wondering if anyone still keeps gloves in there or is it just license, registration and six-shooter these days? There must have been people who kept gloves there at one point to merit the name. Was that really its original purpose or did the glove compartment just get that name from people always leaving their gloves in there.