WINTER COATS.

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

WINTER COATS.

HINTS FOR RENOVATING. Autumn is the time to overhaul your winter clothes so that they are quite ready to present a fresh, smiling face to the world, when the cold days set in. Very few folk can afford to buy a new winter coat each year, -and when the same one has to do for several seasons it needs taking special care of. If your coat is of a heavy material which is inclined to hold dust, take it into the garden, shake and beat it gently to get rid of this. Any mud stains should then be removed by sponging with warm water in which a little bicarbonate of soda has been dissolved in the proportion of half a teaspoonful of soda to half a pint of water. Apply this solution with a piece of cloth as nearly like the coat material in colour and texture as possible, Ihcn sponge I lie solution off afterwards with clear, warm water, taking care not to make the coat too wet. Treating Dark Coats. Dark coats, especially black and navy blue ones, can he revived by treating them with cold tea to whi-ch a littha liquid ammonia has been added. Put about one part of ammonia to four or five parts of the cold tea, then with a clcaji, stiff brush dipped in this liquid, work over the garment in the same direction as the weave of the material.

Light-coloured coats can he cleaned quite suo-cessfullv with warm water and soap, but the material must not be allowed to get very wet. The, best way to do this work is to damp the cloth with the warm water and then put the soap on with a rather soft, clean nail brush, scrubbing gently and evenly. Remove Ibc soap with fresh, warm water, taking care not to damp the coat more than is necessary, then press on the wrong side with a lint iron, putting a damp cloth between the iron amt the coat. Bran for Fur. If the coat has a fur collar, this should be cleaned with hot bran, ’-~- forc the coat is pressed. Make the bran hot in 1 lie oven, but see that it is not scorched in t lie process, I hen rub it into the fur with a clean, warm flannel which should be constantly changed as it gels soiled. When the bran and the llannel no longer become dirty as you rub, you can lie sure the fur is clean, so place it on a pillow and beat it gently with a light cane until all Iho bran is removed. The coat can then be pressed.