Evening star., 1923-11-30
OOD gloves and hosiery are
, more or less expensive, but
it never pays to buy any

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more or less expensive, but
it never pays to buy any
but the very best. The frst
cost may seem a little high, but this
method is the best in the long run.
because gloves and hosiery of the
best quality will wear twice as long
as those of an inferior quality that
cost almost as much. Another ad-
vantage is that the best quality goods
will stand repairing many times be-
fore entirely wearing out, but goods
of a poor quality give way all at
once.
In the case Of gloves a great deal
depends upon how they are put on
will wear, especially when they are
new. 1t is always we'll before put
ting on new gloves to sprinkle tai
cum powder either into the gloves
or over your hands. You can then
draw them on and off without strain
ing them. Never pull them off by
the finger tips. First draw the cum
section well over the hand. then
slowly work out the thumb and fin
gers. This method will also prevent
soiling delicate gloves. as you can
handle them more from the inside.
If they are too tight, warm them
a little before putting on. This will
expand them. When not in use pull
them gently into shape, then lay
them fiat between tissue paper In a
drawer or glove box.
Methods OF Cleaning Gloves.
The principal liquids used in tie
so-cal1ed dry cleaning of gloves are
chloroform, alcohol. ether, naphtha.
benzine and gasoline. The first three
ingredients are the strongest. and
are used to remove stubborn stains.
When any OF these ingredients are
used the work must be done out
doors. To sum up, so-called dry
cleaning may be done by means Of a
cleaning powder. with any OF the
liquid preparations mentioned above
or with a combination of both wet
and dry materials.
A liquid that is often used in wet
cleaning is fresh milk applied with
a soft. clean piece of canton flannel
that. has been rubbed with soap. The
milk must be thoroughly rubbed in
wrinkled. If you are cleaning white
Or light -colored gloves use white
soap. For dark gloves naphtha soap
is best When you have rubbed the
spots thoroughly. immerse the gloves
in the milk. squeeze out the mois-
ture. then lay the gloves between
towels to dry. The milk bath is often
used to soften kid gloves that have
become hard.
To clean gloves that fit you per-
fectly first draw them on the hands
sprinkle cleaning powder over them
then rub your hands together as II
you were washing them To clean
gloves that are a little too large or
too small for you, first lay them or
smooth, clean surface. then rub
them with the cleaning powder. A
good cleaning powder for white ki6
or suede gloves can be made by mix
AL .Iof, ri
cream Of tartar. or equal parts ot
French chalk and powdered alum
For ark-colored or light-colore6
gloves. fullers earth and cream ot
Light-colored glace kid gloves that
are only slightly soiled can be
cleaned by rubbing them with .
paste made of flour and gasoline. II
them with a piece of flannel that ha.
been dipped In SKINNED milk and
rubbed on pure white soap. Their
dry them and polish them with French
chalk.
Washable kid gloves can be clean
ed with soft warm water and CASTLE
soap, or they can be cleaned with
fullers earth and cream of tartar
mixed in equal parts. To prevent
them from shrinking; stretch eact ,s,,
the handle of a knife. Do this be-
fore the gloves are dry.
Silk gloves can be cleaned with
white or naphtha soap and warm
water to which a little ammonia has
been added. or they may be soaked
for one hour in a naphtha bath. When
washing them, take care to rub them
with the silk fiber. never against it
Hang the gloves up and allow them to
drip until they are nearly dry. then
to flatten them, lay them between two
clean towels and place a weight on
the towels.
There are some spots that can be
removed from gloves only by special
trea atment. Rub perspiration stains
with a soft cloth dipped in chloroform
and ether, then soak the gloves in a
solution Of five parts OF benzine to
two parts of chloroform and ether.
Paint stains should be treated in the
same way, except that the gloves
should be soaked in gasoline instead
of in the benzine and chloroform So
luton To remove machine oil stains
from kid or leather skins, use cold
cream for white gloves, pure lard for
glbves of soft finish and vaseline for
dark gloves. When the dirt is loos-
eneE. wash the gloves in gasoline A