WASHING LEATHER GLOVES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1926, Page 18

WASHING LEATHER GLOVES.

Nearly every woman, quite wrongly, washes chamois leather gloVes on her hands. Most of us have been taught to do it that way. But a member of a glove firm insists that the proper way to wash them is gently, between the hands, and not on them, lightly squeezing and keeading as if one were cleansing a sponge. The soapy lather must be worked into the leather; there should be not attempt to rub out the dirt. Fingers and palms, which get l more soiled than the rest, should be very gently scrubbed with a nail brush. This sounds drastic, but there will be no dire results if care is exercised. When quite clean, squeeze the gloves again in fresh soapy water; then wrap in a towel before you squeeze out the superfluous water. Remove from the towel, blow out the fingers, and hang up to dry; but neither in the sun nor in a very hot room. Heat always .hardens the leather.