MANAGING LUGGAGE

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 21

MANAGING LUGGAGE

When travelling time comes round again, it is often found that the lug. gage requires some slight repairs to make it perfectly reliable. If this discovery is made within a day or two of packing, it is made too late.

Saddlers are invariably busy at holiday time, and are often quite unable to cope with the last-minute rush of owners of invalid luggage all clamouring for attention.

Only the professional leather-worker can mend luggage properly. Therefore it is wise to overhaul one's luggage some, time before it is actually needed. Do this systematically. First examine the straps. Notice if there are any signs of the leather cracking.-See that the buckle is quite secure and that the stitching has not become perished. Eemember that the straps have to bear the full weight of the bag. If a strap fails it does so at the last moment, which is very inconvenient. Pay particular attention to the handles. They receive more wear than any other part of the luggage. 'Then see whether the eight cornercaps are intact. The corner-caps take most of the knocks which the bags receive when travelling. A little oil never does any harm to a lock; especially after it has been out of use for a while. Use the end of a

quill rather than an oil-can, when oiling luggage locks.. There is then no fear that so much oil will be used that some of it maysoak through the bag and damage its contents..