ABOUT GLOVES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 5

ABOUT GLOVES.

When you are buying kid gloves remember that there is such a thing as a price that is too cheap. It is best to pay a good price and get the erood erlo\es that go with it. Examine the stitching to find places where the thread has broken through the leather, stretch the seams, and if the thread pulls away, leaving a white spot, do not get the gloves. The leather should stretch easily to make a good fit and to wear well. Mend a tear in the leather by working a button-hole stitch around the edges, and then draw them together neatly. The evidence of repair will hardly be noticed. When gloves need cleaning" it is better to send them to a reputable shop where &uch work U done. But if you must do it yourself, tor black gloves put a few drops of the best black ink in a teaspoonful of olive oil, apply with a feather and dry in the sun. Benzine will clean white gloves, but it will hardly do for other colours. Cornmeal. dry, will do for light gloves that are not much soiled. When at the theatre, do not let your light gloves come in contact with the ink on the programme. If you are about to buy a cheap pair of kid gloves, change your mind and buy cashmere gloves instead. They look better than the cheap kids, will wear longer, and are always in style, besides being warmer. Fleece-lined kid mittens are the most comiortable for outdoor wear in winter. To keep the surface of your kid gloves looking well, when you take them off smooth them out lengthwise until they have about the same outline that they have on your hand, and put them in a dry place. If the gloves aie rolled together into a wad the surface will soon present an unpleasant appearance. — "Good Housekeeping."