CLEANING CHAMOIS SKIN

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1942, Page 8

CLEANING CHAMOIS SKIN

Chamois skin gloves and jackets must be washed very carefully. Use comfortably warm wafer, a good soap lather, and rinse well in clean, slightly

soapy water. And here is an additional wrinkle. In the last water add a little glycerine. When the chamois articie is almost dry, pull and work it until it is quite flexible.

ceedingly large attendance. Supper was served by committee member Miss E. King, assisted by Misses J. NortonTaylor, M. King, I. Brown, I. Barrow, K. Cleveland, and E. Roy. ~ For Petone Free Kindergarten.The grounds of "Deerlea," Mrs. W. E. Waddington's lovely home in Ludlam Crescent, Lower Hutt, are to be the scene of a garden party next Saturday afternoon in aid of the Petone Free Kindergarten. The official opening will take place at 2.30 p.m., when Lady Batterbee, wife of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, will address the gathering. There is to be a mannequin parade, and all sorts of novelties. Dance at Paremala. Members of the Paremata Patriotic Committee, Mesdames Hendry, Grigg, and Williams, organised an enjoyable dance for residents of the district and members of the armed forces at the Paremata Hall on Saturday evening. Corporal T. Williams was in charge. Dancing selections were played by Mrs. P. McCarthy. The officers present were Lieutenant-Colonel Allen, Lieutenants Sim and Lunley. The proceeds of the dance were in aid of the fund for local soldiers serving overseas. Greater Need of Nursery Now. The annual general meeting of the Oriental Bay-Roseneath branch of the Residential Nursery, W.N.R., was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. T. F. Walshe. Mrs. F. Porter, president of the Residential Nuf scry, presided. Miss Shepherd was also present. Mrs. Porter congratulated the branch on its successful year. She said thatalthough a considerable sum had been raised for patriotic purposes the important work of the Residential Nursery had not been allowed to lapse in anyway. The need for the nursery was even greater than in the day? of peace. The election of officers for 1942 resulted:—President, Mrs. T. F. Walshe; treasurer, Mrs. H. Stringer; secretary, Mrs. M. C. Price; vice-presi-dents, Mesdames W. Burton, Lewis, Lundius, Kennedy, and Israel; committee, Mesdames Gillespie, Turner, Bowater, McMenamin, Longmore, J. Kessell, H. Parkinson, W. H. ; 'Zander, Spears, and Corliss.