CARE OF A MACKINTOSH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 8 (Supplement)

CARE OF A MACKINTOSH.

With a little trouble the appearance; of an old md-ckintoch can be very much improved . To begin -with the " mac" should he well aired. Then if there are anv marks on t,bo garment— there are certain to he—-remove them hy rubbing well with fpints of turpentine. Afterwards, if the parment look?, very shabby it should be washed. This is by no means such a difficult operation as many people appear to think.

Soak the maokintoch in nearly cold water, then scrub with soap. ' Riuso scrub again, and repeat this process until' it is dean. When .lean put the mackintosh on a coat-banger, and hang it up to drain dry. On no account try to dry it by wringing or squeezing it. It' ther» are any holes hi the mackintosh do not try to mend, them by sewing in the ordinary way. If it is not possible to get any scraps of the. material, get some pieces of silk of exactly the same colour Cut,-a piece, slightly larger than the hole to be mended, then spread the patching piece and the edges of the hole with some indiarubber solution, which ran >>•> bought by a tube at a colour dealer's .list a cycle" shop. Fix the patch neatly and :-moothly over the hole, put a lieavr hook or something on lop of it, and leave it overnight so that it heroines thoroughly united.

When ■■> mackintosh becomes mudstained, gather the dirty part up in the hand and plunge, it into cold, soft water, "sloshing" it about, and using as many supplies of water as are necessary to thoroughly disperse the mud. Tt, is no use trying to brush mud off a •'mac." Jt*only makes it, grubbier. With new buttons on the old mackintosh, rents mended, and a scrub down, at looks quite present-able again.