THE HOUSE HOLD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3700, 2 August 1906, Page 4

THE HOUSE HOLD

STARCHING AND IRONING. How Swiss s»t!(l German Laundresses Do Tlrlt llrruiflfv.i, Glossy Linen. Foreign laundresses generally use the best rice starch for all articles that require hard starching and excessive gior*. ial* | Ss first mixed with a little cold crater to the consistency of thick cream, i lien boilin" water is added while the stirring is continued steadily. For stiller purposes mix a quarter of n pound of nee starch as before, then add the necessary quantity of boiling water, previously mixed With a tenspoonful of pounded borax, a lump of gusrnt and a piece of pure wluto wax aft largo as a nut Stir quickly the same way all the time tho boiling water is DCJiif, added. , If necessary, starch the fronts, etc., iw nr three times They will look all tho better. Starch all the purls iliafe require re, wring flicni out Jiard and clap well in tnß bandf after which roll each thing separately in a clean dry cloth tightly tor a couple of bourn \Vlvn ready for (lie ironing, spread Mm article out cm the boa.ru, rub the starched part wish n coarse, rhaii cloth, then with an ordinary iron proiyed with the opera lion. It i.-f inipoitant tn.it the board should not bo too ‘ mckly covered. The surface on which th-jahirla, wm, nro ironed ought not to bo too salt _ me best thing is a piece of lb i uhlan act. thU’.tly stretched, covered with linen. Coliars and cuffs are ironed first on, tec wrong side with, a very hot iron, Him) on [Lo right side They should then ho pm. aside,"though sill) limp, while ether., i reUviitt’d in tho inline f "‘ 3 time the iron will have cooled sameready re ' finish the things off. Lay them Hat on the board, rub thorn quickly with n STgno, I moistened clotii and iron tub nee .hea-. il,y mid rapidly, leaning principally on tlui I tip of tho iron and going as evenly as possible backward and forward over the surface to insure tho same amount of gloss all over. Mark tho hems or seams by pressing the sido of Urn iron against them. 1 Tho final polish for cuffs and collars consists in pulling them from under tho hot dean iron, curving them, as it is done, so that they roll easily. 3n t Ins at '.to stand them In a largo tumbler and leave them Micro till quite Cold. They will then bo beautifully stiff and glossy. The iron should bo wiped with a waxed cloth. “Occasional” Furnishings. Tho needful furniture may all bo in a room, but no one knows a..; well as i';o housekeeper with mlhrie .warnings bow much one or two of the ‘.mm!! ph’-.m wm go fashionable would add in her a .’fungi:-

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