THE WASHING GLOVE.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17973, 19 March 1930, Page 8

THE WASHING GLOVE.

The washing-glove is so uncertain a quantity that its attention needs a little explanation. Partly it is a necessity of life because very dirty gloves : are considered legitimate during that part of the year in which washinggloves arc worn. The washingglove has a moral, a lonic effect. Then also its very uncertainty lias charm. So often it will not wash that when it does it is remembered. Much disappointment would, however, ho avoided if it were realised that the really washing-glove must be made of j thread or col loti or, if it is leather, j it must be washed in petrol. There are chamois leather gloves which can he washed, but the majority, after two or three washes, hardly do I,he washer credit, and site is humble-minded enough lo feel Rial, it is her fatill. which is by tic means always the caseThe Simple Recipe. The simple recipe for washing chamois leather gloves is tepid water and leave the soap in- But the matter by no means ends here. Much more depends upon the hardness or the softness of IJie water and Ihc temperature in which Ihc gloves are dried—all factors rather hard to gauge by any but, the skilled washer. One direction *is usually best avoided. When Ihe gloves arc pari ly dry, the wearer is told to put them on. In point of fact, it is better to stretch them with a glove-stretcher, 'taking care not to make the finger-ends too 1 big. putting itiem on llie hands involves 100 great, a strain round the thumb, a strain which can he avoided by using the stretchers first. For the rest, if i.lie glove owner has a garden, a basin of petrol is far more satisfactory. Many people clean many of Hioir own things in this way, putting whole serge dresses into the petrol, or two petrols, with excellent results. This should always be done in the open air and out of Hie situ. The washed garments or gloves should also be hung up in the air lo dry thoroughly and to get rid ol the smell.