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To dye white gloves purple

Boil four ounces of logwood and two ounces of roche alum in three pints of soft water till half wasted. Let the liquor stand to cool after straining. Let the gloves be nicely mended, then with a brush rub them over, and when dry repeat it. Twice is sufficient, unless the colour is to be very dark; when dry, rub off the loose dye with a coarse cloth; beat up the white of an egg, and with a sponge rub it over the leather. The dye will stain the hands, but wetting them with vinegar before they are washed will take it off.