Patient Auckland mothers who nightly use the darning needle. to mend holes in children’s socks and stockings will probably be interested (says the Star) in an Eastern method for overcoming the trouble. The Chinese crew of the motor ship Carriso, which arrived in Auckland *
some days ago, all wear a small calico pad sewn on the heels of their socks. The calico pad gradually wears out with friction, but another one can easily be stitched on, and the heel of the sock ie protected. These Chinese say that the European way of letting the shoe or boot wear out the heel of a sock is a very wasteful one. While on the subject of darning—one needs to be the mother of or seven young children fully to appreciate the point—it might be added that if the heels of new socks or stockings are darned before use the wearing life is considerably prolonged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3995, 7 October 1930, Page 47
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