CARE OF GLOVES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 67, 16 September 1936, Page 17

CARE OF GLOVES

VALUABLE HINTS

■■You-" can.-tell-, a lady by'her gloves, said our-.grandmothers, priggishly.' We don't agree',, but- we do think it's a pity to spoil these' useful articles for lack of a few hints, such' as ■ that the appearance of fabric gloves is improved 'ft, -after washing, they are put through a thin starch and then ironed (states an English writer).-

A few drops of olive oil should be added to the water in which chamois leather gloves are washed. It helps to keep them soft and pliable. Adhesive tape may be used with advantage for mending kid gloves. _ It should ; be applied on the wrong side, to hold: together the edges of small splits or worn seams. The glove should then be turned. right side out again, and very neatly darned with silk ol the same shade.

A glove, finger may be comfortably held for darning if a pencil or a fairly thick penholder is slipped into it. For darning doeskin or chamois leather gloves fine wool is better than silk wr thread if the skin is very soft. In: order to make a strong repair it is advisable to buttonhole round th« edge of a hole before* darning »dt.