LEATHER MADE FROM WOOL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3445, 19 March 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

LEATHER MADE FROM WOOL

HOW SCIENCE HELES HOUSE-

WIVESi

BONG-LEVED' MNSIN.

Artificial " leather" has-; been made from a mixture of. cellulose, leather, rubber,, and wool! This is revealed: iai the report, of the Department of. Scientific and In-dustrial'Reseaireh-for IfisSO-Sl* recoatly issued.. At present experiment are being made with the product "' strongly resembling, leather."' "The various uses. t» which this can be-put, namely, glbrres, maamfacture of bootj. upgers leather coats with wool linings complete, upholstery, etc., are all! besng exploited,'* the report states. British' manufacturers who have adopted 1 a new process for the bleaching of wool; found: that flannel garments laundered, twelve times have come up whiter tham in their original state.

Longer lives for tablecloths is another boon for hoiasewives y thanks to a process for finishing linen damask in the laundry from selvedge to selvedge. Any- tendency to wear along lines Localised by the pattern is reduced.

Mentioning the King's interest in the linen industry, the report states that three- aeres of land at the royal estates at Sandringham have been devoted to growing flax. The linen manufactured from this flax was to be used in the royal household. A testing pencil to see if the iron is too hot before ironing clothes should be most useful. "Such a pencil, provided with 'leads' of benzanilide, will leave a white mark when drawn across the sole of an iron which is not too hot for ironing acetate silks; if the iron is too hot, so that its use may lead to glazed and damaged fabric, the pencil will leave no mark." " Bloom; '* on chocolates has also been considered by the scientists. " This ' bloom' gives the chocolate a dull greyish appearance, which suggests staleness, and may even be thought to be a film of mould. It is, however, not an evidence of staleness, as it may occur within a few days of manufacture. Practical methods for preventing its occurrence have been developed.-"