THE HOUSEHOLD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3640, 19 April 1906, Page 4

THE HOUSEHOLD

STARCHING AND IRONING. How Bwtas and German Laundresses Da Their Beautiful, Glossy Linen. Foreign laundresses generally use the best rloe etarob for ail articles that require , hard Btarcbing and excessive gloss. Tbl* j Is first mixed with a little cold water to ! the consistency of thick cream. Then boll* j Ing water la added while the stirring la | continued steadily. For stiffer purposes j mix a quarter of a pound of rice starch as | before, then add the necessary quantity of boiling water, previously mixed with a teaspoonful of pounded borax, a lump of 1 linger and a piece of pure white wax as large as a nut. Stir quickly the same way all the time the boiling water Is being added. j If necessary, starch the fronts, etc., two or three tiroes, 'they will look all the bet* : ter. Starch all the parts that Inquire It, Wring them out hard and clap well In the hand, after which roll each thing separately in a clean dry cloth tightly for a (•duple of hours. When ready for the Ironing, spread the article out on the board, rub the starched part a coarse, clean doth, then with an ordinary iron proceed With the operation. It is important that the board should not bo too thickly coveted. I’lib Sutfaco Oh Which the shirts, eta, kre ironed ought not to bo too soft. The best thing Ip a piece of thin blanket, tightly stretched, covered with linen. t’oliars and ciifi'S are Ironed first on the wrong aide With & Vet 1 )’ hot iroti, then on the right side. They should then bo put aside, though still limp, while others are being treated In the same waj, J3v this time the iron will have cooled gumofofitly to finish the things off. Lay them flat on the board, rub them quickly with a slightly moistened cloth and Ifon at once heavily atut rapidly, leaning principally on the tip of the iron and going as evenly os possible backward and forward over the surface to insure the same amount of gloss all over. Mark the hems or scams by pressing the side of the iron agalnsi them. The final polidli for cuffs and collar* consists In pulling them from under the hot clean iron, curving them, aa it is dons, 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 be wiped with a waxed cloth. I ’Occasional’' fsMlihl&gi. The needful furniture may all be in a room, but no one knows so well ns the housekeeper with artistic yearnings how muoh one or two of the email pieces now so fashionable would add to her arrauge-

t)AIK’!T BITS OF FURNITURE. ment As for the homo loving girl, to vii'nti the decoration of hor room is n genuine delight, she Is tempted time upon time to spend half her monthly dress allowance on n charming sheraton desk, a heart shaped toilet mirror, a chippendala til la or similar beguiling affair, y What could be more convenient, for Instance. as well as decorative, than the litCo envelope” folding curd table and tha silk upholstered nuisio scat, with Its useful drawer, shown In tho cut? Of the music seats, by tho way, there are various shapes. In a more (-luhorato ono, in place of the drawer, nil tho space underneath the me Is inclosed mid contains a kind of movable rack divided Into compartments, w i- h pulls out on tho principle of a re voh ing desk Thu ladh-s rosewood writing desk reoak.- so ex nelly a cnee favorite shape that items it could not b ■ improved upon.

I (,'uaint and extremely comfortable (a I quality by no means always to ho counted on in these odd bits of furniture) looks tie. little oid fashioned “settee” of striped velvet.

A china cabinet or curio table, fitted with plato glass and lined with plush, becomes quite a necessity in this day when : every feminine body who would be "some- ! body” la "making a collection"—it may i l>o of after dinner coffee cups, of souvenir , spoons, of beautiful specimens of china ; and glass, of foreign curios—all of which , need a safe resting place. To these oabi • nets there Is no end of variety, but a most ■ popular and really commodious stylo Is Ihs j chippendalt here illustrated. j Hut, Om and Book Binding*. "Low book shelves,” said a furniture ! dealer, who la a lover of books as well, to ! a Now York Times writer,"have an origin in reason besides the caprice of fashion Heat Is Injurious to the binding of ohoice books, drying out the natural oil of ths leather and making them warp and gel out df shape. Most rooms are very warm in tha upper parts, and these five and six foot book oases are a necessity rather than a notion.

"Cold la as hard on books as overheating, and an atmosphere that la too damp or too dry also injures them The sun pouring in directly on the shelves fade* tho bindings. “An open Are is another necessity in a library. Books require good air like a hu man being, and gusought never to bo used whore valuable books are kc; t Cannl'-s are hard on tho eyes, though, nod taere fore should bo -ivoided Oil or ■A" ‘ i - I tv an: all better tlian gns, wide!; i-.: - :i.--i--ail ily on bindings us it dues on -A,, r. In lion of tiirni.'.hv.t;', however, b ■ A ■■■ ’■?. elasticity and pkahi.j qua line.- * raco-m-n Hr. A p<: vi .<d v ;.e<A a .'-.-It -n.l r„. a iy-t mid., 0n.,!, .n in ;l. (j l'i ;i i r u tu;: ful mita.” U-a.-poonfaN vanilla or ro:-,» ... . OR. -•"■■■ : I t;„. ;-00.-;aiut. and poor into pa?to shells. I>. not noli tho eggs and milk together. U,;. : antes