ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 26

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Each letter or report forwarded to ** Diana ” for publication must bear the writer’s name and address as a guarantee of genuineness, and questions that do not permit of a public reply cannot be answered. Questions should be concisely put and the writer’s noin de plume clearly written. “ York.”—Tho most satisfactory method would bo to send the coat to bo dry cleaned. If, however, the coat is uniinod, I should advise washing it and hanging on a coat hanger to dry on a windy day, and pressing while still a little damp. Tho collar and cuffs would havo to be removed and cleaned by heating some bran and rubbing this iii thoroughly; afterwards heat_ some more bran and roll the fur in this and put away for some days. Bring out and brush thoroughly. If _ the coat is lined I should wash it in petrol. Wash through once in good clean petrol and then rinse in a fresh suppl.v. Hang on the line for some days until all smell has disappeared, and then press under a damp cloth. This operation must he done in the open air, away from fire' and lights, and the petrol must he emptied on the ground and not put down tho drain.