TORN THROUGH THE PRINTING may be mended as follows:
(1) Use ungummed, transparent mending paper, cutting it the size and
shape of the tear, and about one-half inch wide. Apply a thin coat
of paste to the strip and fit it carefully over the tear, having
first placed a strip of waste paper under the torn leaf to absorb
extra paste.
(2) For finer or better class of books, upon which more time and
care may profitably be spent, rub a very little paste on the torn
edges, place torn edges together, then take a rather large piece of
ordinary tissue paper and rub it gently along the tear so that the
tissue paper will adhere to the torn edges.
Put under press, and when dry the superfluous tissue paper should be
torn off, using care to pull always toward the tear and from both
sides at the same time. The delicate fibre of the tissue paper acts
as an adhesive and it is almost impossible to discern the way in
which the mending has been done.