DIRECTIONS FOR MENDING AIR-WORK. 271 



half a day, for the purpose of removing the adhesiveness from 

 the cement. 



Another expedient for making damaged air-work useful, if not 

 more valuable than before, particularly cushions and beds, is to 

 cut the cells or compartments as neatly as possible on the under 

 side, and stuff them with curled hair, moss, or any other suitable 

 material ; on the cuts being closed again, as above described, the 

 articles will answer all the uses of those which are stuffed in the 

 first manufacture. 



