The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-15
How to Wash Gloves.

The process of making channels and
doeskin gloves has been much improved
since they were first introduced. Care.
full washing obviates either stretching
or shrinking, according to a New York
Times writer. Find out the tendency of
your gloves, and then counteract it.
The first time YOU wash them. blow
into the gloves TO puff out the fingers.
Then Law them on towel near an open
window. When they are dry, look them
over.
If they have stretched so that they
look big and wrinkled when you put
them on, the next time you wash them
don't blow them out. Instead, squeeze
them into little ball. Then dry them
quickly near heat.
II they have shrunk, fill them with
rice on the second washing and hang
them in a shady window.
Whatever the tendency Of the gloves,
the method of washing is the same. Use
water that is Just warmer than chilly
Make il soapy with CASTLE or some other
pure white soap. Then immerse the
gloves in It, Cover the soiled places
with soap and rub them in the hands.
Rinse them in fresh soapy water.
Some people get best results by add
ing a tablespoonful of olive oil to the
basin OF water in which the gloves are
rnsed
But whatever little variations on the
original method may be found expedient,
the water must never be really warm,
and it must always be soft and soapy.
If these two essentials are remembered
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with channels or doeskin gloves.
The glovemakers have supplied wash
glove that is made of glace or dressed
kid The kid is prepared by a new proc.
ess. and there has been such a demand
for these gloves that the manufactur
ers have been taken by surprise. Some
of the stores cannot get their orders for
the gloves filled. II is said that this is
the first glove of American make that
has sold extensively in Europe. So far
il is success. II looks like an ordinary
kid glove-either tan or white, as the
case may be. In each pair of gloves
there are specific directions for washing
them, and If these directions are care
fully followed, the gloves wash quite
In spite of chamois and doeskin. and
probably in spite of the new wash kid.
there are always warm weather advo
Gates of silk gloves.
One objection to silk gloves is that
they wear out verv quickly Another
is that the long silk gloves make the
arm look pinched and thin. Last sum.
mer gloves with tucks running around
the arms were sold. and these served to
give the arm a plumpeT appearance
too, it is possible TO get
silk gloves long enough and big enough
to wrinkle from the wrist TO the elbow.
and these are more attractive than those
that are literally skin tight.
The tucked or loose glove is one rem
adv for their defect OF making the arm
look thin. Careful washing helps rem
adv the other defcct-thcir tendency to
wear out quickly.
To begin with. always hang the
gloves. when they are drying. by the
Pin the tips to a cloth and
nang them wrist or arms downward.
This position makes the water run away
rom the ingertips parts that al
ways wear. If the water runs into the |
il is held there by their thick |
ness. and it rots the silk.
Another thing to remember in wash |
ng silk gloves, if they are white, is new
r to use very warm water. IL turns |
he silk yellow. They should not be !
Tried in the sunshine but in the shade,
Is a further preventive of yellowness.
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