Keeping Kid Gloves

New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 170, 25 September 1942, Page 15

Keeping Kid Gloves

Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you or one of your Daisy Chain could help me. I have had a pair of good navy "nappa" gloves given to me, and as I always wear woollen gloves in the winter I wonder what I could do to them, or wrap them in, to keep them from getting spotted during the winter months. I had some spoiled in this way last year, and must not risk @ similar happening -"Constant Listener" (Island Bay). Here is the "shop" method used for removing spots of mildew from gloves, and it will do equally well to prevent them from getting into that state. Get a box long enough to take the gloves flat. In the bottom sprinkle some powdered rock ammonia from the chemist, then put two or three layers of newspaper, and on them lay the gloves, flat, and lightly wrapped in a sheet of tissue paper. On top of the gloves put more layers of newspaper, then more powdered rock ammonia, Now put on the lid and seal box up airtight, For just

keeping the gloves in good condition I would not advise much rock ammonia; but for removing the spots put a little more. Be careful, always, not to let the ammonia come into contact with the gloves. It is dampness which causes kid gloves to become spotted with mildew. See that they ate not damp with warmth and perspiration from the hands when they are put away in a dry place. A cake of camphor in the drawer also helps to keep them dry. Camphor blocks absorb moisture — hence many people hang a block or two inside the piano, and it also helps to discourage moths from getting into the felts,