The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-19
CARE OF SEALSkINS.
HOW to Keep Coat i'm Good Condition
for Number of Years.

How to Keep Coat i'm Good Condition
for n Number of Years.
1t seems 4 little odd that the frisky
seal who when alive spends most of his
time dancing around in the water,
when dead finds water is specially in
furious to his skin. Nothing will do SO
much toward making II new seal coat
look like an old one as it's being rained
upon. However, if yours should happen
to suffer this misfortune do not attempt
to smooth it with your hand, dry it
with soft towels or anything of that
sort, but take it in n cold room, spread
it out and let it stay there until it is
dry. Scalsllin dried in Il heated room
will flatten. If it should be trimmed
with fluffy fur, that portion of it may,
after it is thoroughly dry, be combed
out with Il very course comb
1t is said with truth that the moth
which cNtcrminates does not enter seal
skin; this is quite true, but in his place
comes an insidious little worm which
eats his way through and is n hundred
times more Objectionable He is the re-
suit of dirt. You look indignant, and
yet many of you put your seal coats
away while they are absolutely dirty
Now, the proper way to do is to get out
your coat, shake it thoroughly, hang it
on the clothes line and beat it until not
particle of fluff will come from it,
then let 1t sun for half the day, after
this fold it carefully, not doubling it
over, but allowing it to lay out its full
length; then sew over it, very closely,
coarse muslin; over this pin heavy
sheets of newspaper; then having lined
low, -, A..
queer-shaped package, cover it with
newspapers, put the lid on, and be sure
that it is air tight, tic it with a good
strong cord, mark what is in the box
and put it in dark closet Use news
papers in preference to any other kind.
by putting your coat away so that it is
air tight, in utter darkness and
thoroughly clean, it will come ont when
you need it rs good as new.
For the trimmed coats a somewhat
more elaborate arrangement is necessa-
sary. Of course the trimming must have
special cleaning and you must be sure
to literally bang out all the moth eggs
in it if any are there. For if YOU put n
coat away in which these tiny eggs are
you might just as we'll count it as eater.
up, for they will hatch, and your fur
trimming will be grecdily absorbed by
them. Every woman has her own idea
as to what she prefers to put her furs
away in. | have not found camphor as
cfficacious as the preparations that have
tar in them; then, too, it is more
troublesome to prepare, as it should al
ways be put in coarse muslin bags
which are then pinned to the furs.
Where the other preparation is used it
should be literally showed over the fur,
and then the process of covering with
cotton cloth and with newspapers, as
described for the plain seal jacket,
should be followed. But no matter
whether the coat is trimmed or plain it
is absolutely necessary that it be clean.
All sorts of things may be put on it to
keep out invaders but they will be alb
solutcly of no use unless the garment
has had every particle of dust literally
chastiscd out of it. Experience is the
only teacher of worth, and in telling
you how to take care of your sealslSin
am only telling you how the perfect
care of them was at last achieved by
me.-Ladics' Home Journal.