Cleaning Carriages 123 



impossible, especially when a machine is 

 required for use several times a day, or 

 does not reach home until it is too late to 

 beoin washingf. 



After removing cushions, lamps, etc., 

 the hose may be allowed to play lightly 

 over the different parts, taking care not 

 to let water lodge inside, or in the bottom 

 of the orio-. When water is allowed to re- 

 main for long in the well of a gig, it does, 

 in course of time make the wood soft and 

 rotten. 



If the machine is simply dusty, it is 

 preferable to go over it with a sponge and 

 leather. 



Any particles of sand or grit can be re- 

 moved by squeezing water out of the 

 sponge so that the water will trickle over 

 the part, and carry away the gritty 

 material. See that both sponge and 

 leather are free from any ' scratchy ' 



