Show waterproofing french uniforms uniform la in the rainy season which lasts well into the summer in parts of prance france and belgium the french army author atles faced the necessity of providing an inexpensive and effective means of 0 the uniforms of their soldiers Bold lers A chemist came to their rescue with the information that the fat extracted from wool while in the process of clean cleaning int tt it tor for manufacture would serve their purpose experiments proved that the chera chem lt lot was right the waterproofing to la done by reducing the wool fat to a liquid by the use of a solvent and diluting it with benzine or naphtha the garment Is soaked in this solution for a few minutes it dries in a short time neither the color or of the article nor the fabric to 1 impaired by the treat k |