CLEANING BLACK AND COLOURED SHOES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 95, 13 July 1927, Page 4

CLEANING BLACK AND COLOURED SHOES

You cannot treat patent leather shoes as you would glace kid. Whit* and coloured leather, satin, silver and gold shoes also need special treatment To begin with patent shoes: Tin should first be well dusted, then mbbtd with a cloth dipped in white of egg:, and afterwards polished with an old piec* of velveteen. Once a week treat them to a good rubbing with white shoe cream. Glace Shoes After dusting and removing all mud. rub with a soft rag dipped in milk or cream. Polish with a soft duster and finally with an old piece of velveteen The latter is invaluable as a polishor This treatment applies to glace of any colour. Shoe Cream The best shoe cream is made as follows: One ounce crushed white wax. : half an ounce powdered Castille soap - and four tablespoonsful of turpentine. Pour the turps over the crushed wax and soap and leave for 24 hour,?; then add sufficient boiling water to make it the consistency of thick cream. Stir well all the time. Put in wide-mouthed bottles and cork well. Creaking Shoes To cure this distressing fault, soak the soles in salt and water and leave them to stand all night in linseed oil. If they still creak, hammer three or four sprigs through the outside iok. Shoes of Silver, Gold and Satin Keep silver and gold shoes wrapped in soft, black tissue paper when not in use. To clean, apply a little dry powdered magnesia; rubt it on and allow to remain for a few hours. Rub of with a dry brush, such as is used for cleaning silver. Light satin shoes may be cleaned with spirits of wine on a piece of flannel. Be sure to rub witi the grain of the satin. From a famous Paris house comes a new drapery, for the short, slim type of frock. One side of the gown, fitting closely to the hips, is left quite p&to On the other appears a small *l :t pocket, from which billows an enormous handkerchief, the end of wjkn reaches to below the hem of the SET The handkerchief is so cunningly vranged that it forms soft folds down the right side, and imparts ment” and grace. Special handkerchiefs are designed for this form o trimming. For flimsy frocks kerchiefs of pale-hued chiffon **'■_ printed borders. For more substantiagowns there are kerchief draperies flamboyant floral squares or amusm* cubist designs.