LONGER LIFE FOR GLOVES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6921, 29 May 1929, Page 11

LONGER LIFE FOR GLOVES

Gloves should be well cared for from the day we buy them until the moment we discard them.

In the first place buy the very best you can afford and make sure that you get the correct size. Unless the gloves arc expensive ones there is no redress for a pair that split tho first time thev are put on.

To put on new gloves properly fold back the hand part over tho lingers. Then insert each finger separately, smoothing the kid well down and keeping the seams in their proper places. Last, work in tho thumb, having the scams down the sides, and then roil back the rest of the glove to its proper place. Glove cleaning is often a very expensive item, but they can be cleaned at homo by two methods. For the dry method place the gloves flat on a clean paper and apply a mixture of equal parts of Fuller's earth and powdered alum. Leave this on for an hour and then brush off. Finish by Tubbing them well with warm oatmeal or bran.

Chamois gloves should be washed on the hands in lukewarm, soapy water. They should be rinsed in clean soapy water so that they retain their softness. To restore their colour soak in water in which orango peel has been boiled. If your wrist is out of proportion to the rest of your hand choose gauntlet gloves or those with a small piece of elastic across the wrists.