Dye Off Gloves
Every now and then I get a despairing letter from one of our " Daisy Petals" who is having trouble with a new pair of gloves, One lady described her embarrassment at a very smart luncheon party on finding that when she remoyed her beautiful new gloves, her hands were a startling shade of blue! Various remedies have been suggesteddusting the hands with talcum powder before putting on the gloves; wearing a thin pair of silk gloves inside, and even painting over the inside of the glove with white of egg! None of these ways is really quite effective, and the only comfort is that after a while, the dye does stop coming out, The buyer in the glove department of one of our largest drapers told me once that he had come to the conclusion that the cause of the trouble was acidity in
the skin of some people, because he had often sold say, 20 pairs of a certain kind of glove to as many different people, and found that perhaps three of these would be troubled with dye-stain, and the others not at all. It is a very old-established shop, and he knows many of his customers quite well, and so was able to get in touch with them and "check-up " on the matter. Here is a letter from Auckland which bears out this theory: Dear Aunt Daisy, I heard you read a letter this morning from a lady whose hands have become stained by her kid gloves. As you said, it is caused by acidity. A friend of mine had the same problem every time
LL > she wore kid gloves. She tried everything to overcome this rather embarrassing predicament, She found that the best thing was to rub her hands with good talcum powder before putting on the gloves. Of course this acidity is a state of health, and can be checked by diet. My friend was so bad that if she used a needle, it was covered with red rust in a few hours, and useless for further sewing. She ruined the wheel of her sewing machine also-it was just pitted with rust. Her husband enamelled the wheel, which overcame that difficulty. Hoping that the hint about the powder will help the poor "Daisy Petal" in trouble; and with kind regards and best wishes for vou.
E.
A.
(Mission Bay).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 119, 3 October 1941, Page 46
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397Dye Off Gloves New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 119, 3 October 1941, Page 46
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