TREATING FURS
LININGS AND OUTSIDES. Furs should never be put away dirty, for dirt and dust very quickly reduce their quality. So before you do anything about storing yom should beat every scrap of dust out of your furs with a stick or carpet beater. You will find the best way to do this is to hang them over’ your clothes line. Now lay them out on a big table and rub in some, heated bran. This can be warmed in the oven, but please do be careful not to make it too hot —it should be cool enough to handle. Leave the bran on your furs for an hour or two and then beat.it out again.
Now turn your attention to the linings. If they are inclined to. be greasy, sponge them over with hot water in which some Lux has been dissolved, and when they are dry they will be quite ready for storing. Sprinkle your furs with some bitter apple powder (you can buy this from any chemist) and then roll them up in large ’ sheets of newspaper. Seal the ends of the paper and hang up the parcel in a cupboard. If you have a fur coat it is a good plan to paste a number of newspaper sheets together to form a big bag, then you can slip your coat on a hanger inside. Paste up the top of the bag and put a little strip of paper round the hook of the hanger and your coat is quite mothproof.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 2665, 3 September 1937, Page 2
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