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Manawatu Herald, 19 March 1904, Page 4

STARCHING AND IRONING. How Swiss and German I-iiundrexscs Do ’ I'lieli* Beautiful, Glossy Linen. Foreign laundresses gent rally use the best rice starch for all articles that require hard starching ami excessive gloss. This is first mixed with a little cold water to the consistency of thick cream. Then boiling water is added while the stirring is continued steadily. For stlffor purposes mix a quarter of a pound of rice starch as before, then add the necessary quantity of boiling water, previously mixed witn a teaspoonful of pounded borax, a lump of sugar and a ploec of pure white wax as largo ns a nut. .Stir quickly the same way nil the time the boiling water Is being added. If necessary, starch the fronts, etc., two or three times. They will look all the bettor. Starch all the parts that require it, wring them out bard and clap well in the band, after which roll eivoh thing separately in a clean dry cloth tightly £ot a couple of hours. When ready for the Ironing, spread the article out on the board, rub tho starched part with a coarse, clean cloth, then with an ordinary iron proceed with tho operation. It Is important that the board should not be too thickly covered. Tho surface on which the shirts, eto., are Ironed ought not to be too soft. The best thing is a piece of thin blanket, tightly stretched, covered with linen. Collars and cuffs are Ironed first on the wrong side with a very hot Iron, then on the right side. They should then bo put aside, though still limp, while others ate being treated in the same way. By this time the iron will have cooled sufficiently to finish the things off. Lay them flat on tho board, rub them quickly with a slightly moistened cloth and iron at onco heavily and rapidly, loaning principally on the tip of tho iron and going ns evenly as possible backward and forward over the surface to insure the same amount of gloss all over. Mark the horns or seams by pressing the side of tho iron against them. The final polish for cuffs aud collars consists in pulling them from under the hot clean iron, curving them, as It la done, so that they roll easily. In this state stand them In a large tumbler and leave them there till quite cold. They will then be beautifully stiff and glossy. The Iron should bo wiped with a waxed cloth. "Occasional” Furnishings. The needful furniture may all be In a room, but no one knows so well as the housekeeper with artistic yearnings how much ouo or two of tho small pieces now no fashionable would add to her arrange-

BAIMTV BITS OF FDRNITOEE. znent. As for the home loving girl, to whom the decoration of her room Is a genuine delight, she Is tempted time upon time to spend half her monthly dress allowance on a charming shoraton desk, a heart shaped toilet mirror, a Chippendale table or similar beguiling affair. What could bo more convenient, for instance, as well as decorative, than the little “envelope” folding card table and the Bilk upholstered music seat, with Its useful drawer, showu in the cut? Of the muslo seats, by the way, there are various shapes. In n more elaborate one, in place of the drawer, nil the space underneath the seat Is inclosed and contains a kind of movable rack divided Into compartments, which pulls out on the principle of a revolving desk. I’ho ladles’ rosewood writing desk recalls bo exactly a once favorite shape that It seems It could not be Improved upon. Quaint and extremely comfortable (a quality by no means always to be counted on In these odd bits of furniture) look* the little old fashioned “settee” of striped velvet. A china cabinet or ourlo table, fitted with plate glass and lined with plusb, becomes quite a necessity in this day when every feminine body who would bo “somebody” Is “making a collection” —It may be of after dinner coffee cups, of souvenir spoons, of beautiful specimens of china and glass, of foreign curios—all of whlsh need a safe resting place. To these cabinets there Is no end of variety, but a most popular and really commodious style le the Chippendale here illustrated. Heat, Gas and Book Bindings. “Low book shelves,” said a furniture dealer, who is a lover of books as well, to a New York Times writer,"have an origin In reason besides theoaprloo of fashion. Heat Is injurious to the binding of choice books, drying out the natural oil of the leather and making them warp and get out of shape. Most rooms are very warm, in the upper parts, and these five and six foot boob cases are a necessity rather than a notion. “Gold Is as hard on books as overheating, and an atmosphere that is too damp or too dry also Injures them. The sun pouring in directly on the shelves fades the bindings. “An open fire Is another necesslty.ln a library. Books require good air like a human being, and gas ought never to be’ used where valuable books are kept. Candle* are bard on the eyes, though, and therefore should be avoided. Oil *or electricity ate all better than gas, which acts as readily on bindings as It does on silver. In lieu of tarnishing, however. It effects theli elasticity and pliable qualities.” Oocoanot Flu. A pound ooooanut, grated; a half pound powdered sugar, a quart milk, unskimmed; 0 eggs beaten to a froth, a teaepoon£ul nutmeg, 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla or rose water. 801 l the milk, take it from the fire, and whip in gradually the beaten eggs. When nearly cold, season. Add the ooconmtt, and pour into paste shells. Do not boll the eggs and milk together. Bake SO minutes.